Dave Alpert: I Know Where You’re Going with That

Am I crazy or have Bostonians gone completely insane?  All day, there’s been this feel in the air–like the end of days is coming and people are getting ready.  People were driving very, very slowly–long before the snow began.  I must have seemed like a lunatic myself, as I constantly found myself screaming “go, go, Go, GO!!!!!” at the top of my lungs.  I think a lot of people who hadn’t taken the Impala out of the garage in a long time hit the roads to get provisions for the impending doom.  Then, all the parking spaces were filled at 11am–and it IS a work day. 

In the supermarket, people were scooping up 5 gallon jugs of water and food that is guaranteed to spoil before they ever have a chance to eat it.  And I waited 15 minutes in the “scan the shit yourself” line.  You may try and point to the fact I got what I deserved for going food shopping on the day of an impending snowstorm.  But, hey, I’m a poor struggling writer/musician and I didn’t even have the funds to buy a pack of AA batteries yesterday.  I played a show last night and did some odd jobs this morning for a friend, and I finally had some money to splurge on some food other than burritos, Hormel chili and Ramen noodles. 

By the way people acted in the store and on the streets, you’d think our civilization was about to come to an end.  People are definitely in survival mode.  If Shaw’s sold shotgun shells, people would have had baskets full of them.  And, I got the last bag of hot dog rolls on the shelf–and they weren’t the cheap ones either!  I guess people figure that when the utility plants screech to a halt, they can build fires in the back yard and roast hot dogs on sticks with their families (as someone stands guard with a shotgun and shells they just bought with their Shaw’s Card).  So, remember, in this season of generosity and kindness: it’s every man for himself.  Good luck!

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