Things that annoy me greatly in New York, are people asking for money just because they are on the hustle.

On the Subways the rides can last a minute.  Some old sod will get on the carriage and say ‘Hey Everyone I’m going to sing A Song’.   They are not homeless, they are not desperate, they are playing on the need people have to give to charity, even if they don’t understand what they are giving to.

  They then sing the chorus or verse of the song as tunelessly and loudly as they can and before the minute journey is up have their hat out for you to give them cash.

They then move onto the next carriage.

If they get 2 dollars from one carriage and that’s per minute then they are onto a big hustle.