METROPOLITAN DIARY

Unusual Passenger
Dear Diary:

I can still recall one subway ride I took after moving to New York City from Cape Cod at the age of 23.

I got on an uptown train in Greenwich Village. Seated across from me was a huge, raw roast beef, nicely tied in white butcher’s string and sitting on brown wrapping paper.

Several people avoided sitting next to the beef. I thought someone might say something about it, but everyone who got on the train just glanced at it and then sat down as if it were normal.

I got off at 42nd Street. The roast beef continued on uptown.

— Jan Worthington

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/nyregion/metropolitan-diary.html