May 27, 2012

Link to a movie about the rug!

Not my story but certainly an interesting one that I saw on another blog.  But this is so "Panama".

Before I left Panama last May (2011), a 4'x6' shag rug appeared on the sidewalk in front of the Banco General parking lot off Via Argentina. When I returned in November, the rug was STILL there. Throughout the year I've watched the women in orange clean AROUND the rug, people walk over it, cars drive over it...but no-one's bothered to move it to the trash can, located no more than 5 feet away.
I decided that one of my last acts, before leaving Panama this May, would be a proper disposal of the rug. It was soaking wet this morning and too bulky to squeeze into the trash can but at least it's now off the sidewalk. My friend, Dixon, memorialized the event for me.