Watch it, kid!
May is a treacherous time in Harvard Sq. The Harvard Seniors, confident with their new diplomas and more careless than the day they were accepted roam the streets of the Square with complete disregard for the commercial and residential traffic that has not miraculously paused in awe of the revelation that they have successfully navigated the halls of Cambridge’s westerly college.
Coincidentally I noticed for the first time on my way home a sign posted: “Caution Seniors.” As any fan of “Eats, Shoots and Leaves” will quickly point out, what the fine city of Cambridge intended to do was warn motorists of elderly that may also be roaming the streets of the square. But it is always amusing to take signs at their word, and so without hesitating to appreciate the timing I Caution all newly graduated Harvard College Seniors: “Watch out for that truck!”