Boulevard Carnot, Cannes
Yesterday at the intersection where Boulevard Carnot delivers its heavy traffic into Place du 18 Juin, I saw two squeegee kids, no more than 15 years old, washing windshields of stopped cars, whether the drivers wanted the service or not. One non-customer received a gratis swirl of soap on the windshield, un-squeegeed. Another cleverly avoided a cleaning by turning on his windshield wipers. I’d planned to take photos of the boys at work this morning, but instead captured them talking to a policeman who swooped up the sidewalk on his scooter and got out a pad to write on. The officer inspected their blue bottles of soap and found extras stashed in a planter. I couldn’t determine what penalty the boys faced, but soon after the encounter, traffic was flowing without their services.
Yesterday at the intersection where Boulevard Carnot delivers its heavy traffic into Place du 18 Juin, I saw two squeegee kids, no more than 15 years old, washing windshields of stopped cars, whether the drivers wanted the service or not. One non-customer received a gratis swirl of soap on the windshield, un-squeegeed. Another cleverly avoided a cleaning by turning on his windshield wipers. I’d planned to take photos of the boys at work this morning, but instead captured them talking to a policeman who swooped up the sidewalk on his scooter and got out a pad to write on. The officer inspected their blue bottles of soap and found extras stashed in a planter. I couldn’t determine what penalty the boys faced, but soon after the encounter, traffic was flowing without their services.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
