Good Ol' Boy
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I'm starting this partially in response to Jeff's thread. Also to show that I'm not in condition red all the time.
So this morning I'm at a country gas station as I live in the sticks, its maybe 630am, not pitch black but pretty dark. I'm filling my car up when I notice a middle aged guy pushing a wheelchair with older guy in it maybe 100ft away coming off of a main backroad. Closest house had to be at least a couple miles away. You have to understand how not normal this is for this gas station. I fuel up here regularly.
I go back to watching my inflation, I mean pump. A couple seconds later I realize they're making a straight line towards me so I focus on them. The guy in the chair had a blanket over his legs/mid section. I'm acting normal but alert and ready.
They stroll up and ask for money. I look them dead in the eye and politely tell them I don't have anything. They move on to the two other cars filling up.
What was most interesting was watching the other patrons. One was completely oblivious initially and once he did realize what was going on he just tried to ignore them and wouldn't even look at them. The other patron basically did what I did.
Point being, these days nothing is off the table. Guy in the chair could've had a Uzi under the blanket for all I know. Guy pushing the chair could've been armed. It was a very odd and not normal situation for a place that I frequent.
But you shouldn't, and I don't, go through life on code red with everyone you come in contact with. Be aware, be alert and be ready, but be civil.
So this morning I'm at a country gas station as I live in the sticks, its maybe 630am, not pitch black but pretty dark. I'm filling my car up when I notice a middle aged guy pushing a wheelchair with older guy in it maybe 100ft away coming off of a main backroad. Closest house had to be at least a couple miles away. You have to understand how not normal this is for this gas station. I fuel up here regularly.
I go back to watching my inflation, I mean pump. A couple seconds later I realize they're making a straight line towards me so I focus on them. The guy in the chair had a blanket over his legs/mid section. I'm acting normal but alert and ready.
They stroll up and ask for money. I look them dead in the eye and politely tell them I don't have anything. They move on to the two other cars filling up.
What was most interesting was watching the other patrons. One was completely oblivious initially and once he did realize what was going on he just tried to ignore them and wouldn't even look at them. The other patron basically did what I did.
Point being, these days nothing is off the table. Guy in the chair could've had a Uzi under the blanket for all I know. Guy pushing the chair could've been armed. It was a very odd and not normal situation for a place that I frequent.
But you shouldn't, and I don't, go through life on code red with everyone you come in contact with. Be aware, be alert and be ready, but be civil.