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OK, I was walking into the grocery store & saw the 2 local cigarette butt picker uppers over by the .25cent carousel out front. He was squatted down hitting the coin return, no big deal, BUT THEN, he pulls out a pocket knife & starts jabbing it in the slot. His look-out is a woman & she was too out of it to be doing a very good job.
I ran in the store & hollered for the manager. There is generaly a big man on duty. They said they would call her to the front. Dasng, the big guy was not on duty. I hollered the coin machine out front was being broken into. Blank stares are flashed at me from 3-4 big male customers & a dozen women.
Then I remembered that new show on TV about what would you do if you saw a crime being committed.
Then it also occured to me that my best friends husband works for the man that owns those quarter machines.
So I ran back outside half way expecting at least 1 of them men to follow me out there. I stopped about 30 feet from him & yelled "Is that your machine?" he stood up & said "no, but my quarter is stuck in there." I yelled back "You did not put a quarter in there & that machine belongs to my friend." I continued "Do you know how hard it is to make a living 1 quarter at a time?" He said "Do you want the money I got out of it?" I said "Yes" and walked twords him.
He stuck his hand in his pocket & at that very moment I realised I was an idiot & he might be pulling out his knife. He pulled out a few coins & handed them to me. I turned & walked into the store. A big dude at the check out said you just stopped a crime, that was brave. I am thiking "yes and you were no help".
I was explaining to the manager what had just happened when the 2 of them entered the store. They had no shame. They walked right back into the store & even looked at me. I said to the manager, there they are. She said yes, they come in 3-4 times a day but made no attempt to call the police or have trespass reports issued so they could not come back on property or anything :? . I grabbed my milk & left.
Yes, yes, it was stupid. It was like I was a puppet. I did not plan to do it, it just happened and very quickly. My husband was in our vehicle so I knew he was watching. I was so focused on them though I did not notice he pulled our car right up behind them by about 20 feet, he did indeed have me covered :wink: .
Crazy huh?
OK, I was walking into the grocery store & saw the 2 local cigarette butt picker uppers over by the .25cent carousel out front. He was squatted down hitting the coin return, no big deal, BUT THEN, he pulls out a pocket knife & starts jabbing it in the slot. His look-out is a woman & she was too out of it to be doing a very good job.
I ran in the store & hollered for the manager. There is generaly a big man on duty. They said they would call her to the front. Dasng, the big guy was not on duty. I hollered the coin machine out front was being broken into. Blank stares are flashed at me from 3-4 big male customers & a dozen women.
Then I remembered that new show on TV about what would you do if you saw a crime being committed.
Then it also occured to me that my best friends husband works for the man that owns those quarter machines.
So I ran back outside half way expecting at least 1 of them men to follow me out there. I stopped about 30 feet from him & yelled "Is that your machine?" he stood up & said "no, but my quarter is stuck in there." I yelled back "You did not put a quarter in there & that machine belongs to my friend." I continued "Do you know how hard it is to make a living 1 quarter at a time?" He said "Do you want the money I got out of it?" I said "Yes" and walked twords him.
He stuck his hand in his pocket & at that very moment I realised I was an idiot & he might be pulling out his knife. He pulled out a few coins & handed them to me. I turned & walked into the store. A big dude at the check out said you just stopped a crime, that was brave. I am thiking "yes and you were no help".
I was explaining to the manager what had just happened when the 2 of them entered the store. They had no shame. They walked right back into the store & even looked at me. I said to the manager, there they are. She said yes, they come in 3-4 times a day but made no attempt to call the police or have trespass reports issued so they could not come back on property or anything :? . I grabbed my milk & left.
Yes, yes, it was stupid. It was like I was a puppet. I did not plan to do it, it just happened and very quickly. My husband was in our vehicle so I knew he was watching. I was so focused on them though I did not notice he pulled our car right up behind them by about 20 feet, he did indeed have me covered :wink: .
Crazy huh?
