CarrollBlog

People in Vienna who are blind or sight impaired wear large yellow bands with three black dots arranged in a triangle on their arm to alert others that they are handicapped. Passing one of them today, I thought wouldn't it be interesting if others wore color coded bands like that for all sorts of "handicaps" or positive qualities. For example, white would mean the person is a son of a bitch-- proceed at your own risk. Orange would mean they are a false friend. Black would say this person is fascinating but deeply neurotic, so be careful. Blue with two black circles would mean this guy talks a good game but in truth is a coward. Of course there would be color bands for good qualities too, but wouldn't it be helpful if you could tell at a glance whether you wanted to have contact with that stranger or not. Yes, it might take some of the mystery out of life but to tell you the truth, I'm exhausted by the mysteries I must confront daily and I assume you are too.