Regular physical activities, such as walking and jogging, undertaken in my “colorful” neighborhood yield interesting vistas, moments and scenes. Case in point: A jar of Sandwich Spread carrying a double-ply bologna sandwich resting on the sidewalk. Waiting. And for whom? Why abandon a sandwich? Was a packet of spread or mayo insufficient? I suppose I shall never know. Luckily my iphone is never far.
Yes, “colorful” can mean hood.
Apologies to Best Foods. Or not.
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Things that make ya go hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
amazing! lol “colorful can mean hood” hahaha.
Very interesting find Matt. Haha!
Watching CSI all those years have made me somewhat of a detective and this photo leads me to believe that a very “new” looking botte was left by the road side could mean that someone was sitting next to it and was preoccupied with some thoughts and abandoned the food in the desire to get something better.
Very funny that you thought of taking a photo.. Thanks for sharing
the photo I meant.
OK, this was a very intriguing post! Bizarre! (love the italicized comments following). I would have died laughing if I would have come across that setting! Great find!
Great find! I’m compelled to find out the mystery of the abandoned half-made sandwich!
haha very nice. good snag.
Great little discovery and I see random things on my urban streets, too. Like a jar of tomato sauce that’s just sitting there. Guess they couldn’t find the V8?
And I happen to love good old fashioned Mayo. Was raised on Hellman’s and I love it, or Miracle Whip, or Vegenasise…I don’t discriminate.
Obviously…. the sandwich maker left for a moment to go get a knife!
The mind boggles
It looks like a Foodie trap! You were lucky to escape with your knife…. erm… life
Now I’m hungry
and your post is very good 
Wow. That’s a stumper!
I agree with Nan. Good plan, but no knife. Trouble with execution.
I’m pretty sure they are in search of some cheese…one of those individually wrapped singles is all that’s missing!
That is hysterical! And now I’m craving a bologna sandwich, but I like my bologna fried — nice and toasted on an open fire. Ahh, that brings back some serious barrio childhood memories
Thanks for the chuckle!
This is fabulous! I am so glad you had your camera/iphone with you. Too good to pass by without documentation.
…Stepped out to get some baby arugula.
Quite the ad for Best Foods! Could it be some extravagant plot by the company to appear on your website? …Nah, probably just a super random and hilarious oddity. Thank goodness for camera phones!
Maybe the dude (or dudette) couldn’t open the mayo jar and left it there in the hope that someone would stop and open it up for him (or her).
I think it’s a trap. The second you went for the bologna, a net would’ve come down on your head and who knows what could’ve happened to you. You’re lucky to have escaped alive!
Bologna Street Blues
It will be a great finding for someone’s dog:)
I’m thinking…I should switch to iPhone! LOL! My blackberry cannot capture such a poetic moment!
This happens in my city as well….usually left on the metro bench at a bus stop. The kindness really counts but sometimes the lunch sits there for a few days and what if someone really hungry eats the lunchmeat and gets poisoned? Think pre-pkg…and a note would be nice.
This happens in my city as well….usually left on the metro bench at a bus stop. The kindness really counts but sometimes the lunch sits there for a few days and what if someone really hungry eats the lunchmeat and gets poisoned? Think pre-pkg…and a note would be nice.
I was watching you. I saw you take a bite after you took this picture.
What an amazing picture. When I saw the title of street food I had visions of the Brooklyn or Portland food scene. And although I love street food, this just is so. much. better. Hilarious. Why leave a sandwich?
I love random finds like this! Priceless. Camera phones are so handy for moments like this when you find something so strange and wonderful and would not normally have a camera on you.
Yup, that’s one mysterious-looking bologna sandwich alright. Photograph is beautiful!
.. just a thought, the left food may have been from someone who had been trying to care for a homeless person who for whatever reason would not “come in from the cold” I have seen that more than once, and in more ways .. like blankets or coats just left in a particular place…
homeless people can become the unseen so very quickly.. sounds like this sandwich could have been from the “eyes” of a good heart…
I also think it was probably left for a homeless. But why the HUGE jar of mayo, I wonder? Better to leave the whole bag of bread or the whole package of ham!
Just a thought…
Very nice deed anyway. And great pic Matt.
Wow. I was amaze as I read this post. But the bread is just too small amount to feed others. I agree with the other comments that he should have leave the whole package of bread. Anyways, he still has a good heart.
i like the arugula theory.
alternatively, guerilla advertising? in which case, you fell for it SUCKA!