This Week in Lines

by Jake Gallagher

4:18 A.M. Monday, September 8 — NYU Orientation
Location: Bleecker and Mercer
Length: At least two hundred backpacked cattle
Weather: 75 and mostly sunny
Crowd: Literal fresh-faced fresh-persons
Mood: “Zomg so excited!!!1”
Wait time: Four or five years, depending on major
Lingering question: How many mansions could you purchase with the amount of student debt accumulated the occupants of this line?

7:17 P.M. Thursday, September 11 — Mighty Quinn’s Barbecue
Location: 2nd Avenue and 6th Street
Length: Nineteen people
Weather: 82 and mostly cloudy outside; slowcooked and steamy inside.
Crowd: Meaty
Mood: Carnivorous
Wait time: Twelve minutes
Lingering question: How many cows died for these meals?

11:57 A.M. Thursday, September 11 — En Noir fashion show
Location: Pier 59
Length: Fifty-three people
Weather: 77 and cloudy
Crowd: Leather-clad fashion week attendees trying desperately to ignore the humidity
Mood: Calm, cool, and contrived
Wait time: Thirty-five minutes
Lingering question: How many cows died for these outfits?

Jake Gallagher is a writer for A Continuous Lean and other places.