Friday, June 11, 2010

Fontanil

We live right near the fountain at the center of le Fontanil. As a result, I see the strange things people do to the fountain that might otherwise go missed. I've seen kids try to drink from it (much to their parent's chagrin). I've seen all manner of trash that people have thrown into it despite the presence of a trash can three meters away. Yesterday, I noticed an older man filling a plastiuc cup from the spout as we were leaving. I thought it was odd, but it was the usual morning rush to drop off kids. After dropping ZZ off, we passed by the fountain again, and the guy now had a towel over his shoulders, a face full of shaving cream, and was SHAVING and rinsing with water from the fountain!

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