Posted on Sep 22, 2015 Updated on May 27, 2021, 10:38 pm CDT
Minding your own business is a dangerous game.
Don’t believe me? Just watch this jaw-dropping CCTV footage of a Saudi man’s brush with gruesome death last month. He was idly walking down the street, probably thinking “there’s no way a giant sheet of glass is about to fall on me,” and then, of course, that’s exactly what happened.
We’re surprised he’s still alive—and to judge by his reaction, so is he.
Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'