Seen today in the Port Authority: a wire stand that exhorted passengers to peruse a bulletin from the PANY/NJ. It was about as tidy as one can expect of a wire stand with sheets of paper placed in the pathway of one of the busiest entrances in the city, a scattering of leaflets trapped beneath the stand itself and a few visible, discarded or fallen, within a short radius.
The bulletin itself was a single sheet, memo format, run off a dying toner cartridge, and was addressed to all passengers, and serving to remind each of them that today was the 12th anniversary of the first WTC bombing, and to request that they join in a moment of silence to observe the passing. Staring at it somewhat aghast at the perverse admixture of kit memorializing and insensitive bureaucracy, I did not read it closely, but it does seem they neglected which moment, specifically, in which to observe the silence. Perhaps, then, we are all encouraged to take an individual moment and reflect. So, unless you’ve been reading this aloud, consider your quota filled.
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The poignancy might have been greater if we still had mimeograph machines.
Seen today in the Port Authority: a wire stand that exhorted passengers to peruse a bulletin from the PANY/NJ. It was about as tidy as one can expect of a wire stand with sheets of paper placed in the pathway of one of the busiest entrances in the city, a scattering of leaflets trapped beneath the stand itself and a few visible, discarded or fallen, within a short radius.
The bulletin itself was a single sheet, memo format, run off a dying toner cartridge, and was addressed to all passengers, and serving to remind each of them that today was the 12th anniversary of the first WTC bombing, and to request that they join in a moment of silence to observe the passing. Staring at it somewhat aghast at the perverse admixture of kit memorializing and insensitive bureaucracy, I did not read it closely, but it does seem they neglected which moment, specifically, in which to observe the silence. Perhaps, then, we are all encouraged to take an individual moment and reflect. So, unless you’ve been reading this aloud, consider your quota filled.