joey93turbo
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YES! Another real life livin-in-the-ghetto post from joey93turbo. I know alot of you have been waiting a long time. Unfortunately I don't have any exciting story this time, just need some advice.
For the last three night there's been a group of four or five goblins hanging out on the steps just to the left of my apartment. These steps are set back a couple feet from the sidewalk and very poorly lit. I've noticed they show up around the same time, after 10pm, and appear to be selling something (drugs, pirated DVD's/CD's, something else??) from their person and possibly a black land rover which they park right in front on the street, about 4 feet from the stairs. The stairs belong to a business and lead up to some other apartments and a walkway that goes next to my apartment unit.
The first night I saw them was Friday. My buddy was driving and the only available parking spot was RIGHT in front of them. I saw them but there was absolutely nowhere else to park, as we live next to a popular bar. We happened to have a keg in the back of the Mustang, we were throwing my buddy an Iraq homecoming party. So we park and I open my door to check the curb and one of the guys says "you alright dawg", referring to our distance from the curb. I was on the phone so I nodded my head as to say thanks. We wait for a bit, hoping they'd leave, then go back down to get the keg out of the car with three of our other friends who were in the house. They ask if they can come up and one of my buddies told em no that it was just a small get together.
All night they were asking everyone that walked up to our place if they could come up and party with us. Everyone either said no or just ignored them. Just so you know, these guys arent homeless, they're all dressed in expensive hiphop clothing. At one point in the night I could hear one of them talking on their cell saying "Yeah nigga, they got a full keg up there, you tryin to go kick it?". The night ended without incident.
Last night I saw them but had no interaction.
Tonight was the night that really bugged me. I was up in my room, waiting for the girl I'm seeing to come over. I realize she did a few things she shouldn't have, and I've already talked to her about them. She calls me from my front door and says "Joey, come open your door, now". I go down and she's kinda shaken up, says a group of guys hangin out on the stairs tried talking to her. She doesn't know what they said. She parked a little ways down the street about 15 feet from them, so there's no way she could've avoided them without being extremely obvious. I already told her she should have called me from her car and been paying attention to her surroundings so she could've picked a better parking spot. So she comes up and we're hanging out. I hear the guys being loud down on the stairs and see multiple cars come, stop, then leave. I'm not sure what they were doing but at one point I looked out my window to see them unloading three laptops from the Land Rover. It's about time for us to leave to head to her place and they're still there. I KNOW for a fact that there's no way to avoid interaction with them, and there's about ten of them now because other cars have dropped people off and/or parked. I really wasn't sure what to do, so I called the police non-emergency number and explained the situation to them. They basically said they're real busy tonight and they'll put it in the computer but they're not sure if an officer will be able to make it over anytime soon. We waited for another 15 mins then my roommate said "forget it, I'm gonna take the garbage down". He'd have to walk within 15 feet of them to do it. I offer to go down with him, then try to talk him out of it, he says no to both. He comes up and says they're no longer there, then Jenny and I leave.
Ok, so what would you guys do? I have a feeling they're going to be hangin out there again, and I need to know what to do about it. They harass just about every visitor I have to our apartment.
For the last three night there's been a group of four or five goblins hanging out on the steps just to the left of my apartment. These steps are set back a couple feet from the sidewalk and very poorly lit. I've noticed they show up around the same time, after 10pm, and appear to be selling something (drugs, pirated DVD's/CD's, something else??) from their person and possibly a black land rover which they park right in front on the street, about 4 feet from the stairs. The stairs belong to a business and lead up to some other apartments and a walkway that goes next to my apartment unit.
The first night I saw them was Friday. My buddy was driving and the only available parking spot was RIGHT in front of them. I saw them but there was absolutely nowhere else to park, as we live next to a popular bar. We happened to have a keg in the back of the Mustang, we were throwing my buddy an Iraq homecoming party. So we park and I open my door to check the curb and one of the guys says "you alright dawg", referring to our distance from the curb. I was on the phone so I nodded my head as to say thanks. We wait for a bit, hoping they'd leave, then go back down to get the keg out of the car with three of our other friends who were in the house. They ask if they can come up and one of my buddies told em no that it was just a small get together.
All night they were asking everyone that walked up to our place if they could come up and party with us. Everyone either said no or just ignored them. Just so you know, these guys arent homeless, they're all dressed in expensive hiphop clothing. At one point in the night I could hear one of them talking on their cell saying "Yeah nigga, they got a full keg up there, you tryin to go kick it?". The night ended without incident.
Last night I saw them but had no interaction.
Tonight was the night that really bugged me. I was up in my room, waiting for the girl I'm seeing to come over. I realize she did a few things she shouldn't have, and I've already talked to her about them. She calls me from my front door and says "Joey, come open your door, now". I go down and she's kinda shaken up, says a group of guys hangin out on the stairs tried talking to her. She doesn't know what they said. She parked a little ways down the street about 15 feet from them, so there's no way she could've avoided them without being extremely obvious. I already told her she should have called me from her car and been paying attention to her surroundings so she could've picked a better parking spot. So she comes up and we're hanging out. I hear the guys being loud down on the stairs and see multiple cars come, stop, then leave. I'm not sure what they were doing but at one point I looked out my window to see them unloading three laptops from the Land Rover. It's about time for us to leave to head to her place and they're still there. I KNOW for a fact that there's no way to avoid interaction with them, and there's about ten of them now because other cars have dropped people off and/or parked. I really wasn't sure what to do, so I called the police non-emergency number and explained the situation to them. They basically said they're real busy tonight and they'll put it in the computer but they're not sure if an officer will be able to make it over anytime soon. We waited for another 15 mins then my roommate said "forget it, I'm gonna take the garbage down". He'd have to walk within 15 feet of them to do it. I offer to go down with him, then try to talk him out of it, he says no to both. He comes up and says they're no longer there, then Jenny and I leave.
Ok, so what would you guys do? I have a feeling they're going to be hangin out there again, and I need to know what to do about it. They harass just about every visitor I have to our apartment.
