Seriously, Southside?
A Southside Bethlehem memoir.
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Some crazy lady (as big as Arnold schwarzenegger) carrying a ton of random shopping bags stumbled towards us mumbling to herself. We couldn’t understand much of what she was saying, but we did understand when she told us that she’s not on cocaine and asked where she could get the coffee. She then ran away laughing like a hyena and screamed at the top of her lungs.
Rad.
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While walking home from work yesterday a friend of mine was flagged down by a persistent woman screaming for her to stop. Once she caught up to her she asked her if she liked nickelback. Apparently this woman was recently at a nickelback concert and the girls there were dressed similar to how she was. SOO she wanted to let her know there was a nickelback and seether concert coming up and she should get her tickets now because they sell out quick!
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So one day last summer I was sitting outside of my place of work on 4th street when a woman approaches me asking for a cigarette. Everyday I typically have at least ten people on 4th street asking me for a cigarette but this woman seemed nice so I gave her one.
She started making small talk with me and very soon after it started getting weird. She told me that I must be the only person with cigarettes because everyone else is out of cigarettes today. Then she asked me where I worked. I told her that I worked at the record store, where I was sitting outside of. She told me that she wanted to become a dentist. I smiled politely and told her that seems like an exciting job, but personally I could never be a dentist. She asked why not and still politely (joking around) explained that I wouldn’t be able to work on other peoples mouths. Her response was, “I like mouths.”
She then said “I’m going to go to dentist school.” and repeated the same statement about seven times (not exaggerating),blankly staring off in space. I sat there thinking is this really happening to me right now? She then told me she wanted to show me something and started un-buttoning her blouse. In complete disbelief, I yet again smiled politely and went back into the store and called my friend to tell her what had just happened.
No wonder I’ve been afraid to schedule my next dental appointment.
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Did she just growl at me?
This little gem walked by and asked for a cigarette. When we said no and apologized she felt it necessary to respond by growling at us, actually growling and then proceeded to storm off.
Really lady?
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Just a quick post. Yesterday we had a couple come into our place of employment and order 43 dollars worth of food. Thats a lot of work for two people! He understood that obviously because he made sure to leave us a tip of a whopping 14 cents!
Basically im just trying to give a shout out to my lehigh buddies. :)
Thanks a bunch for the 14 cents. It will help me get groceries and pay rent and all my other bills. Just like im sure you have..not.
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The Can Man.
We met the can man the first weekend we moved in. We had a little birthday celebration the night before and the next morning my friend and I went onto our second story back deck to have a cigarette where we found a strange man digging through our recycle bin. He is an older gentleman who appears to be homeless or just another southside “character”. He roots through our recycle about three times a week and collects all of the cans for cash.
For the most part I completely appreciate his efforts. Recycling only comes every other week and is usually overflowing after just one weekend. So he helps us out a great deal. Until tonight.
Our porch keeps getting mysteriously trashed and our landlords are not too happy about it. After cleaning everything up two days ago, we went out to throw a few things away and noticed three GIGANTIC garbage bags filled to the brim and all our our chairs placed upside down on top of them. Turns out they are filled with empty cans and the can man is using our private deck as his headquarters.
So collectors beware you’re in for a scare. Stay tuned for photos of the can man in action.
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I was walking home from sotto santis one night in the fall when I spotted this guy passed out on some random porch. Way to go bro!
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If you’ve ever lived or passed through Southside Behtlehem you know exactly what we’re talking about. The college kids taking over our bars and restaurants. The bums and crackheads always wanting our last cigarette, or the hopeless cretins that lurk the streets in hope that we will help them with “everyday” tasks.
We’re a group of Southside natives who live and work in this interesting town and we feel obligated to share our stories, photos, and just ridiculous things that we witness on a day to day basis.
For example…
While having a smoke outside of local coffee shop Deja Brew we were confronted by a local Bethlehem woman seeking our advice. She told us although she didn’t know us she wanted our advice from woman to woman. Apparently she needed to forge a pregnancy test. She asked us how she could make a negative pregnancy test read positive knowing the results would surely be negative. She went on to quote ” I dont want to lie to my husband but I dont want to be not pregnant either.” Seeing as we couldnt wrap our heads around the situation we told her to google it.
Things like this really happen right here everyday.
So nows your chance to share your stories and pictures!
Enjoy!
