I’m sure there are some people who might think this is a regular sighting for us living in the liberal/sodomite/crackden that is New York City, but this is the first person I’ve ever seen someone smoking crack in person (Of course, I have seen it in movies/TV and home videos of Amy Winehouse).

The guy was standing on the end of the subway platform, hiding behind a garbage container, sparking away on his crack pipe (I’m assuming it was crack, because I was pretty close to him at first, and it didn’t smell like marijuana.  It could have been something like PCP or some other random drug, but i didn’t stop to ask him, so we’re sticking with the crack assumption). Unfortunately, although he thought he had chosen an inconspicuous hiding place, he chose to “hide” during rush hour on the end of the platform where the train enters.  So there were about 50 people standing on the platform facing his direction (and the direction of the incoming train), watching this guy smoke crack.  Lesson:  Crackheads are terrible at hide ‘n’ seek.

I should also note, he was also rotating the crackpipe with a beer and a cigarette, since it’s always best to attack sobriety from all angles.