It was a precarious moment, as we were sitting at a light on Saturday morning. A car making a left turn southbound on the Boulevard caused a commotion when the coffee tumbler inadvertently left on top of the car while some dad packed the luggage and kids teetered off. The vessel bounced off the trunk and crashed onto the pavement. The top severed from the mug, and the iced coffee was splattered all over the pavement.

The car hit the brakes. We couldn’t hear the conversation in the vehicle, but you have to assume the woman asked her…