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  • From: Frederick, MD
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Topic: A funny old memory....

Now I grew up in one of the rough sections of the Bronx, Ny. People constantly checked out for stupid mundane things like looking at someone else wrong or mistaken identity.
So...I'm 18 and sitting in Dunkin Donuts one morning thinking how awesome it is that I can have a nice quiet breakfast in my favorite place without anyone else around causing trouble  and enjoy my morning before my skating comp later that afternoon.
I'm sitting there eating and enjoying myself when two white young men in trenchcoats, terminator shades, briefcases and mean faces show up at both of the exits for the small restaurant. Immediately, I'm thinking "Oh crap...this is some mafia crap and I'm sitting in the middle of it!!"  yikes sad The two trenchcoat-mafia guys are staring at each other like they've been enemies for years when they both open the doors at the same time and come in. The guy behind the counter and me are looking at each other like "Are you gonna run? Cause I'm about to!
The two trenchcoat-mafia guys walk up to each other growling and getting in each other's faces and shoving each other with their briefcases and start yelling at each other. At this point I had grabbed my sandwich and left my coffee and started inching my way towards the door closest to me. The two trenchcoat-mafia guys walk over to the larger table in the restaurant while yelling at each other and...

*BAM*...*BAM*

I hit the floor. Dropped my sandwich all over the place and screaming like a nut started belly-crawling the rest of the way to the door while looking back to see what was going on.

The two trenchcoat-mafia guys must have slammed their briefcases down on the table ultra-hard (thats what made the shot sounds) and were opening them up and slamming down cards while yelling something at each other. In my panic I was still curious enough to find out what the hell was going on and the guy behind the counter had long gone into the backroom and I'm guessing out the back door. I got up from the floor and watched them for a few seconds yelling at each other about these dang cards and what they were doing. From looking at the cards from a distance they looked like tarot cards or something. Either way, I got the hell outta there before they pulled uzis out of those briefcases.

When I got home and asked around, I found out that they were playing a "Magic: The Gathering" Card game.
::)

I never went back to that Dunkin Donuts.


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Re: A funny old memory....

That's the strangest story I've heard in awhile.

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  • From: Frederick, MD
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Re: A funny old memory....

Lol, was thinking back listening to "Tones of home" and recalling some of the wacky things I went thru back home.
Just thought I'd share and give some friday humor.

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Hey detman I think I would have had some dirty underware,and would have been pretty mad cause they made me lose my sandwich. I know in california they would have got some jail time for what they did. Or shoot by a police officer.

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I walked into a dog-eared bar in Mobile, Alabama where my band had a six-night gig for several months. I stepped up on the band stand and began taking my guitar out of it's case when I heard a someone whisper my name. I looked around and saw our bass player lying under a nearby table. He pointed toward the bar. I looked around and saw two guys - each with a pistol pressed into each other's neck. A absolute standoff.
I continued to get ready for work. I told the bass player that no way would these clowns shoot. It took a few minutes for the lady bar owner to sweet talk these thugs into putting their guns away.
Now that I'm older, I realize what an idiot I was. There ARE people stupid enough to pull the trigger in a situation as tense as that.

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Great stories.

One from my days catching shoplifters...

Got a call from the cart attendant that there was a guy boosting merchandise in mens. Went over there and see a tall gent who looked like Hakeem Alajuwan (former Houston Rockets center). Followed him to the back of the store and watch him grab some merchandise and stuff it into his waistband. I see he already has full pant legs and guess he has boosted the clothes in them. He is accompanied by a gent who tipped the scales at 300+ and while the gent looked small compared to "Hakeem" he was as tall as me (6-4). I start taking stock of my back-up in the store: The only male is the cart attendant (and me), everyone else is female.

K...

I follow Hakeem to the register where he buys gum. I 'm thinking fast as I HAVE to let him exit the store but I don't want him to get too far out. IF he is gonna resist it will be easier to push him back into the store than fight it out with him in the parking lot. I turn to the woman behind me (she has no idea who the hell I am ) and say, "I forgot my effin wallet in the car, I'm going to get it..." She gives me a look and I walk toward the exit. Hakeem is behind me and I can see him in the glass reflection (it was night). I exit and he is right behind me. I turn as soon as I get about three feet out, take out my badge, identify myself and ask him to return to the store.

Hakeem is trapped by the railing that keep people from walking into the auto doors that swing outward and the doors themselves. Big guy is behind him, sees me and detours around to another door. Hakeem looks at me and I get that lovin' feeling (stomach dropping to my feet/fear/fight or flight/etc...) he asks to repeat myself as he tries to get by me. I block him and am thinking to myself: "dude you ARE LOOKING UP AT HIM!" I never look up at anybody.

Hakeem decides he wants to talk in the parking lot and tries to push by me. As soon as he touches me I can touch him, take him down, FAST, and flip him onto his stomach before he can think. (Damn BunBun! nicely done!) I cuff him and bring him into the security office.

I recover the merchandise and call the police to have him taken to jail. Officer arrives and I let him in. The officer takes one look at Hakeem and says, "Why John Doe (not his real name...of course) never thought we would get you this way!" Hakeem shakes his head and says, "yeah, yeah, yeah I was stupid."

I, of course, have no freaking idea what is going on and take the cop out of the office. "Hey, uh....There something I need to know?"

"Yeah," the cop says "He is wanted for the Phone company and Pizza parlor takeover (armed) robberies we had in this city last week. We have him on video doing both robberies."

Really...

Gulp!

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Re: A funny old memory....

bunbun wrote:

Great stories.

One from my days catching shoplifters...

Got a call from the cart attendant that there was a guy boosting merchandise in mens. Went over there and see a tall gent who looked like Hakeem Alajuwan (former Houston Rockets center). Followed him to the back of the store and watch him grab some merchandise and stuff it into his waistband. I see he already has full pant legs and guess he has boosted the clothes in them. He is accompanied by a gent who tipped the scales at 300+ and while the gent looked small compared to "Hakeem" he was as tall as me (6-4). I start taking stock of my back-up in the store: The only male is the cart attendant (and me), everyone else is female.

K...

I follow Hakeem to the register where he buys gum. I 'm thinking fast as I HAVE to let him exit the store but I don't want him to get too far out. IF he is gonna resist it will be easier to push him back into the store than fight it out with him in the parking lot. I turn to the woman behind me (she has no idea who the hell I am ) and say, "I forgot my effin wallet in the car, I'm going to get it..." She gives me a look and I walk toward the exit. Hakeem is behind me and I can see him in the glass reflection (it was night). I exit and he is right behind me. I turn as soon as I get about three feet out, take out my badge, identify myself and ask him to return to the store.

Hakeem is trapped by the railing that keep people from walking into the auto doors that swing outward and the doors themselves. Big guy is behind him, sees me and detours around to another door. Hakeem looks at me and I get that lovin' feeling (stomach dropping to my feet/fear/fight or flight/etc...) he asks to repeat myself as he tries to get by me. I block him and am thinking to myself: "dude you ARE LOOKING UP AT HIM!" I never look up at anybody.

Hakeem decides he wants to talk in the parking lot and tries to push by me. As soon as he touches me I can touch him, take him down, FAST, and flip him onto his stomach before he can think. (Damn BunBun! nicely done!) I cuff him and bring him into the security office.

I recover the merchandise and call the police to have him taken to jail. Officer arrives and I let him in. The officer takes one look at Hakeem and says, "Why John Doe (not his real name...of course) never thought we would get you this way!" Hakeem shakes his head and says, "yeah, yeah, yeah I was stupid."

I, of course, have no freaking idea what is going on and take the cop out of the office. "Hey, uh....There something I need to know?"

"Yeah," the cop says "He is wanted for the Phone company and Pizza parlor takeover (armed) robberies we had in this city last week. We have him on video doing both robberies."

Really...

Gulp!

Were you a security guard or something?

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Re: A funny old memory....

Funny, interesting, scary stories guys!  Thanks for sharing them smile

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Interesting bunbun, I would not risk my neck over some stores merchandice. You got gut's.!! I know Wall mart employees get fired if they try too catch shoplifters,I just had a friend who got fired and she was the stores manager!!

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I worked as an undercover agent catching shoplifters and dishonest employees. As for the job, I wanted to do something exciting while I was trying to get on with a fire department. That job was exciting...or downright scary, depending on the bad guy. As far as risking my neck? I guess if you look at the pay and the element I dealt with yeah, but it was different and I had tons of stories to tell when I was with my friends. Spent ten years with that company and thirteen years overall in retail security.