another op-ed

I've been saying this for 7 years now.

I don't understand people's desire to eat lunch outside in the Chicago loop. Don't get me wrong, I I enjoy the smell of car, truck, and CTA bus exhaust as much as the next guy, but sometimes I try to avoid it while eating. And as much as I like hungry homeless men asking me for change as they watch me eat an oversized burrito, I feel guilty telling them that I don't have any. And I really don't have any change, I can't remember the last time I paid for lunch with cash.

Maybe the next product to be created should be a credit card reader for the homeless. There have been plenty of times when I was more than willing to give a small amount of change to a homeless man, but I simply didn't have any. Perhaps if they had a credit card reader, I could just swipe my card, authorize the transaction for $.50 and move on.

Ok, so back to my original point,



This is a scene that is all to common in the loop. It is still cold outside, yet people have begun to sit in the courtyard outside this office building to eat lunch. Is that grass growing from the ground? I took that picture in April, and look at how green the grass is! It is so artificial that I'm actually worried about exposing my food to it. And by the time June rolls around, you can't find a seat out there.

If you look directly to the left of that courtyard, you'll see this:


And I don't see any tables or chairs.

The people responsible climate control are giving us the middle finger in their graves. Lets show them some respect.