dissemination of new york city attitudes.

scene: gourmet supermarket, dairy section. there's little soft cheese cubes with toothpicks in flat wicker baskets to sample.

one hobbly old man shuffles by, grabs a handful of the free cheese and stuffs the congealing mass in his coat pocket.

another younger fussy man sees this, flags down a floor guy:

you better change that tray right away; some old man just stuck his whole hand in your cheese tray and took a big handful. with his fingers! it was disgusting...

all the time, they both crane their necks to find the old hobbler, but like any old new york store, the floorspace is angular, meaning the shelves are as well, so you can't easily track someone once they make a corner.

i'm just happy i grabbed my cheese prior to this fiasco.
mmm, brie, especially when free.
freebie free brie.

...what?!
everyone else is!