You can't put a beagle in a backpack

I was driving the girls to school this morning and while I was waiting in traffic,  a guy on a bicycle pedaled by - acting as if nothing was weird - carrying an infant car seat in one hand and steering with the other. You can't make this shit up. Where was he going? Oh, I forgot to mention, there was no baby in the carrier.

Did he steal it? If so, who steals a baby seat? It's worse than stealing candy.... Did he drop the baby off (via bicycle) and take the baby seat with him? If so, why didn't he leave the seat with the baby? Was he going somewhere to pick up a baby on a bike? What mother would willingly turn their baby over to someone who was going to pedal off with them - to God knows where? I mean, so. many. questions. I. have.

And, being a nurse at a level 1 trauma center, I went from laughter, intrigue and wonder to anger. Said baby (if one exists) will probably end up at the hospital because of this idiot. This happens to me all the time. It's just usually with unhelmeted motorcyclists and not guys on bikes with baby carriers. I drive around this town and every time I see someone riding their motorcycle without a helmet I say to myself, "See you next week, idiot - I'll be wiping your ass." It sucks. And it's even worse if they are driving recklessly and unhelmeted.

It does however remind me of a funny incident several months ago. I was meeting a friend from nursing school after work one night, and on the way to meet her I got cut off by a guy pulling out of a gas station on a motorcycle without a helmet. He also was wearing a yellow backpack. We got stopped at the next stop light and I was directly behind him and noticed the backpack was moving. He reached back, fumbled with the backpack, (meanwhile, the light turned green) slightly unzipped it - and a little beagle dog face popped out.

Are you kidding me? You can't put a beagle in a backpack and drive him around on a  motorcycle. You just can't, people. My next thought was of course that the dog was going to jump out and I'd get in an accident trying to avoid the damn thing and end up at my own hospital.

Anyway, I guess my point is, people do stupid shit. But sometimes, it's funny. Funny uh-oh, but still funny.