So, of course, living in NYC I’m used to seeing discarded objects on the street.  But usually they’re like a lost glove, a hat, a broken umbrella, etc.  In the last week, I saw three unusual of these things.

The first was on a really cold day, when it was 17 degrees.  Early morning I walked out of my apartment, and on the nearest fire hydrant someone had left a trench coat.  It was hung up, very intentionally (as opposed to accidentally).  A couple days later, I was coming back home middle of the day, and right on the corner, was sitting an empty wheelchair.  And then to complete this series, late night after a concert was left a car seat (ya know, the kind for babies to ride in).

The trench coat I can at least make a bit of sense out of.  It was the coldest in a series of cold days here in NYC, and someone decided to just leave a trenchcoat for someone who needed it.  Ok, that is at least plausible, even though I am curious why not give it, say, to a homeless shelter.  But, I won’t challenge this one.  The other two, though, leave me baffled.  Like, the person in the wheelchair… did he hail a cab and then forget to take his wheelchair into the cab.. “Ooops” ?  And was the baby car seat left alone, or with the child in it, and only the child was rescued/taken?