Town outing

They didn't know this was coming. Rock rode in Elaine's station wagon with Ron and Elaine up front and he in the back with Susy and Jamey. They noticed as they drove through Park Hill on JFK Boulevard toward I-40 that a festival was underway. Thousands of people were gathered around the few storefronts there. A large sign was strung across the street that read, 'TOWN OUTING."
"What the fuck is this?" Rock said.
"I don't know," Ron said. "I didn't know anything about it."
They continued along JFK, down the hill across I-40, and as they slowed for a red light noticed runners streaming past—a few at first, and then hundreds. There was a road race in progress with no traffic control.
Susy pulled out her cell phone and aimed it toward a woman running past the car. "Smile, bitch," she said.
Rock later looked at the photo of the woman scowling.
"Why did you call her a bitch?" he said.
Susy could not explain.