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It goes like this...
I finished early with some choirs around the house today. I was ahead of schedule so I decided to catch an early bus to work. Plan was to take the bus to the liquor store where the clerk offers a very "colorful" recap of Vikings football games. He's very funny! Then stop at the cig shop to get my 1 pack a week of Amercan Spirits. Normally this routine allows me 45 mins to connect with the next bus. Not today.
After my brief visit with the liquor store clerk I crossed the street to the cig shop. This where I enter a fugue state. Upon opening the door I hear " STOP that muthaf@cker"! I just see a mass coming at me fast. A blur. I crouch 3 figure stance ( highschool football style ) and I throw my weight directly above his hips. His top half comes over my back, I embrace him and I snap him down! His almost stolen goods and conscious go elsewhere once he makes contact with hard store floor. And he's lights out until the cops and EMT respond in 5 minutes. Wow what a rush!
I still can't get the hollow thud sound outta my mind/ears when his cranium hit the floor. Ugh sickening!
Well it turns out he had it coming. The perp had been out of prison a month. He had stolen from a nearby gas station and the liquor store days prior. The liquor store clerk stopped over to the cig shop to see what was going on and recognized the perp from video captured when perp lifted his store when his wife working.
After an hour helping filling out police testimonials I got some free stuff from the owners of both stores. I tried to walk away, being humble as I am, but they were relentless. I scored two new Dr. Grabow pipes for $30 and the liquor store clerk is giving me two 4 packs of Surley Furious!
It's a case of being at the right place at the wrong time. Good karma I guess!
Thanks for hearing it out, Donavan
I finished early with some choirs around the house today. I was ahead of schedule so I decided to catch an early bus to work. Plan was to take the bus to the liquor store where the clerk offers a very "colorful" recap of Vikings football games. He's very funny! Then stop at the cig shop to get my 1 pack a week of Amercan Spirits. Normally this routine allows me 45 mins to connect with the next bus. Not today.
After my brief visit with the liquor store clerk I crossed the street to the cig shop. This where I enter a fugue state. Upon opening the door I hear " STOP that muthaf@cker"! I just see a mass coming at me fast. A blur. I crouch 3 figure stance ( highschool football style ) and I throw my weight directly above his hips. His top half comes over my back, I embrace him and I snap him down! His almost stolen goods and conscious go elsewhere once he makes contact with hard store floor. And he's lights out until the cops and EMT respond in 5 minutes. Wow what a rush!
I still can't get the hollow thud sound outta my mind/ears when his cranium hit the floor. Ugh sickening!
Well it turns out he had it coming. The perp had been out of prison a month. He had stolen from a nearby gas station and the liquor store days prior. The liquor store clerk stopped over to the cig shop to see what was going on and recognized the perp from video captured when perp lifted his store when his wife working.
After an hour helping filling out police testimonials I got some free stuff from the owners of both stores. I tried to walk away, being humble as I am, but they were relentless. I scored two new Dr. Grabow pipes for $30 and the liquor store clerk is giving me two 4 packs of Surley Furious!
It's a case of being at the right place at the wrong time. Good karma I guess!
Thanks for hearing it out, Donavan
