Arbitrary+

“I’m sorry, you can’t come in. No ID, no entrance,” a bouncer tells my friend outside Terminal 5 in midtown.

“I don’t want to drink, I just left my ID at home,” my friend replies, trying to gain admission to a show he came all the way from Boston to see.

“Sorry, no exceptions,” he’s told, as he is pushed aside to let in those in line behind him.

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