I love Coolidge Corner in Brookline.  Let’s consider just a few things I experienced there this evening:

How Windows Work

Dear Guy in T-Mobile Store,

The enormous plate glass window separating the store from a very busy intersection is, as most windows are, transparent.  When you walk directly up to it and start picking your nose, many people will see you, very few of whom will have wanted to.

I believe the device you thought you were using is a door, which, when closed, is typically opaque.

Sincerely,
Passer-by who was just minding his own business

I’ll See You in Court

Overheard from someone passing with a cell phone, in the tone one uses with a hostile witness in a courtroom:

Did she or didn’t she sleep with Jacob on Wednesday?

The Outcast

A boy and his father were shopping for another child’s birthday present.  The boy recommended a particular Bionicle figure, which prompted this conversation:

Father: Do you like Bionicles?
Kid: No.

Father: Oh.  Well, how do you know he’ll like them?

Kid: Most kids my age like Bionicles.  Like, most kids like sweet things like ice cream, but I don’t.