#20: Under My Umbrella
Opening an umbrella inside a building is bad luck, but what about opening an umbrella inside the subway? This woman obviously doesn’t believe in superstitions, but superstitious or not, opening an umbrella inside a subway car seems redundant. And it doesn’t seem comfortable whatsoever sitting inside a cramped car with a giant umbrella.
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Perhaps she is trying to assure herself that no one will invade her personal space in a city full of people who lack a sense of personal space, and this is surely a creative way to achieve this. We need a born and raised New Yorker to explain this photo. In the meantime, we’re sticking with the personal space theory.