To the Yonkers Fire Department

Dear Yonkers Fire Department:

I had the pleasure of visiting your city last weekend. It seems like a fine place. I hear that things are looking up for Yonkers what with new waterfront developments and such. Good for you.

Sadly, the finer feelings that your town and your work should evoke were consumed by confusion and frustration. Why, Yonkers Fire Department, oh why did you chose to clog a busy highway with your "Fill My Boot" charity drive? Why did you chose to waste the celebrated firefighter bravery by standing in the middle of a road? Surely you could have stood outside one of the many bustling shopping malls nearby and hit up one of the many people who were wheeling plasma screens and such into their vehicles. Instead you chose to back up traffic for miles. What if there had been a fire?

I hope that next time you do that Fill the Boot thing or a similar event, you will be able to find a more sensible location than the middle of a freaking four lane highway.

Best Wishes,

Ashy