The other day me and Gloria were at the Shouk and this lazy from South Africa came and sat next to us as we were waiting for Lily to come out from her shopping spree with a puppy in her arms. She started to tell us that the puppy, who had a collar on its neck, did not have anyone looking after it and how it was just running around in the middle of the streets. She also kept saying how she saved it from being almost ran over by the traffic, even though there were no incoming trains and I’m pretty sure dogs are not stupid enough to be running around the street if there really was an incoming train. This lady also started telling us how Israelis are all cruel, cold hearted people who has no empathy or sympathy or love for animals. She has this self-righteous attitude and told us how much she loved animals and that she has three dogs at home all of which she rescued herself. Then this old lady, who cannot speak much English, came over and held the puppy for us while the crazy lady tried to get the police to do something about the dog. This old lady seemed to really like the puppy and wouldn’t let it go. After the crazy lady’s futile attempts in locating a shelter or to get the police to do anything, the old lady decides that she’ll take the puppy home and have it herself. The crazy lady then vehemently refuses to let her do so on the grounds that the lady is too old to care for anything. The crazy lady also kept saying that she doesn’t trust any Israeli to look after a dog because they have no empathy and are all cruel to animals. She then started interrogating the old lady asking her whether she will really look after the puppy and if she will care for it over and over again even though it was pretty clear that the old lady was very much smitten with the puppy. Incidentally, it turns out the crazy lady’s daughter applied for Hebrew University and didn’t get in and mother dearest is a bit bitter. We figured all this hate towards the Israelis’ is probably because of that.
-Yvonne