I couldn't decide if this was a Sign of the Apocalypse story or not. I decided to err on the side of caution and save the Apocalypse awards for Fox's upcoming new shows - like The Moment of Truth, where people are strapped to a polygraph and get the chance to win $500,000 if they don't lie on questions like 'Have you ever accepted cash for sex?' or 'Have you cheated on your spouse?'. Gold. Solid freakin' gold.
Anyway, I wake up this morning and find this story on The New York Times:
Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, it may have been a first: Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to a check-cashing store to cash the dead man’s Social Security check, the police said.
Straight out of Weekend at Bernie's. The two criminal masterminds were down on their luck and could use a little extra cash. So they took the recently deceased's Social Security check, strapped the body to an office chair, and hoofed it to the nearest check cashing place. The check cashing employee insisted that the dead guy be the one to cash the check, and when Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber went outside to roll in the guest of honor, a crowd had gathered. Apparently, a dead body strapped to a chair on a New York sidewalk is not a common occurrence.
Anyway, I wake up this morning and find this story on The New York Times:
Even for the once-notorious Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, it may have been a first: Two men were arrested on Tuesday after pushing a corpse, seated in an office chair, along the sidewalk to a check-cashing store to cash the dead man’s Social Security check, the police said.
Straight out of Weekend at Bernie's. The two criminal masterminds were down on their luck and could use a little extra cash. So they took the recently deceased's Social Security check, strapped the body to an office chair, and hoofed it to the nearest check cashing place. The check cashing employee insisted that the dead guy be the one to cash the check, and when Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber went outside to roll in the guest of honor, a crowd had gathered. Apparently, a dead body strapped to a chair on a New York sidewalk is not a common occurrence.
If this isn't a sign that we need Social Security reform, then I don't know what will do the trick. I would like to think that when I start drawing my Social Security (let's pretend it's going to be there in 50 years, for the sake of argument), $355 is not enough to make me 'pull a Bernie' on my best friend. I'm thinking at least $1,000. Just kidding.
I guess it's not really a sign of the Apocalypse; rather, just one more stunning example that people will do anything for money - Fear Factor, Jackass, The Moment of Truth, and the list goes on.
