Tuesday, December 19, 2006

my encounter with a future 40-year-old virgin

Yesterday I was sitting on the train, just people watching, studying the faces of my fellow passengers and trying to guess their stories when my attention turned to a teenage boy reading the paper in his prep school outfit, complete with the navy blazer and red and navy diagonal striped tie. He was obviously very dorky, with a mop of messy brown hair, glasses, and a bad case of teenage acne. However, one would not guess, just by looking at him, that he is also the most fucking disgusting creature on earth.

As I watched him, he started picking his nose with his thumb. I was surprised that he would actually do this on the train, but my surprise turned to complete and utter disgust as I watched him then insert his thumb into his mouth and eat the booger. My disgust only got worse as I watched him dig his thumb into the other nostril and then lick the bounty off of it.

The last time I saw somebody eat a booger (or boogers) like this was preschool. There was this little boy that I didn't get along with who would pick his nose and eat it in front of me just to torment me. And here this kid was like 16, eating his boogers on the metro. But it didn't stop there.

As disgusted as I was, I couldn't stop watching him. He then began picking at one of his many zits. After digging for about two minutes, he examined the dried pus on his finger. I thought to myself, "If he eats it, I'm gonna fucking die right here on this train." He didn't disappoint. He licked his prize off his finger and continued reading the paper.

I still couldn't stop watching. He discarded the paper and pulled a Sudoko puzzle out of his trapper keeper. As he studied the puzzle and determined which number should go where, he took his thumb and started digging in his left nostril again. This time, my stomach turned as I watched him eat it, and I couldn't look at him anymore. Next he might have moved to his ass, I don't know.

What a dork. I feel a little bit badly for him, knowing that he's so not going to get laid til he's at least 40

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