A Horse Walks Into a Bar, the Bartender says...

At several points today I've noticed a number of people (in fact the majority of people) looking really miserable. Personally, I haven't been in the best of moods the last couple of days but I don't think I've been looking as despondent as most of the people out there.

The subway is a classic place for finding the most depressed, despondent, hopeless, tragic, and pessimistic people in the City. That wasn't so surprising.

But then I'm walking to work and I see a couple of people standing outside near the office that look as if they just saw Old Yeller for the first time. Further, I'm suddenly noticing similar looks on people's faces in the elevator, in the cafeteria, all around the office, pretty much everywhere I go.

What the hell is going on? A few possibilities: 1) the weather has been about as comfortable as a 15 year old boy trying to buy condoms 2) the economy is performing like post-steroid scandal baseball players 3) the people that still have their jobs wish they were part of the layoff statistics 4) the hot dog vendors are making everyone bob for their own hot dog.

Are New Yorkers constantly miserable? I guess it's possible. But definitely not these guys though:

This gives the rest of us hope (and these guys aren't even running for President)!