Last night in Greenwood, I had a nice dinner with my family at Chili's before the Colts game with my wife, father, and couple of grown kids. I had one beer with my meal and that was it because I knew I would pick up some more for the game and stay all night at my father's place. Besides, having beer at home was a lot cheaper and safer.
As I was driving south on 31, getting ready to turn right into the strip mall near the Shell station at the corner of Fry, I turned my turn signal on and started to move to the turn lane, which was finally clear of snow. As I started to move over, I saw a car quickly approaching and passed me on the right side. It was obvious I wanted to move to the turn lane. I shrugged it off thinking that I do not like traffic around the Greenwood Mall and people are just plain crazy.
It was at that point I saw that he and I were headed to the same place, the 21st Amendment liquor store. He pulled up and parked cross ways in a handicap spot. The car was running and it seemed that there were others in the car, although I could not see them. I decided that I was not going to change my plan because of this guy but I especially did not want to have any confrontation with him since I was armed. I parked in a proper spot. As I exited the car, I could see him going in. I try very hard these days not to judge someone by their appearance and/or skin color but besides his wise ass actions, he looked like a wanna be gang banger.
I went on in to the store and back to the cooler to grab some Budweiser and he was just a few feet way. I stood up straight as he seemed to be sizing me up but I was much bigger by about a hundred pounds and several inches taller than him. He went to the counter and asked something about some orange juice. I decided to hang back and moved to a position to where if he would try to rob the store, I would have a good field of fire. He seemed to be looking around nervously and left and came back in a few seconds later. He looked around again and left without ever buying anything. My .38 snubbie stayed in my pocket the entire time.
I did not say anything to the cashier as I paid and left normally and went on to my destination to watch the game. I decided to make a mental note of the vehicle in case I heard later the place is robbed. So far I have not heard or read about anything happening there. I will write this off as just a case of over active situational awareness.
Was I right, wrong, or what would you have done differently? Fire away...............
As I was driving south on 31, getting ready to turn right into the strip mall near the Shell station at the corner of Fry, I turned my turn signal on and started to move to the turn lane, which was finally clear of snow. As I started to move over, I saw a car quickly approaching and passed me on the right side. It was obvious I wanted to move to the turn lane. I shrugged it off thinking that I do not like traffic around the Greenwood Mall and people are just plain crazy.
It was at that point I saw that he and I were headed to the same place, the 21st Amendment liquor store. He pulled up and parked cross ways in a handicap spot. The car was running and it seemed that there were others in the car, although I could not see them. I decided that I was not going to change my plan because of this guy but I especially did not want to have any confrontation with him since I was armed. I parked in a proper spot. As I exited the car, I could see him going in. I try very hard these days not to judge someone by their appearance and/or skin color but besides his wise ass actions, he looked like a wanna be gang banger.
I went on in to the store and back to the cooler to grab some Budweiser and he was just a few feet way. I stood up straight as he seemed to be sizing me up but I was much bigger by about a hundred pounds and several inches taller than him. He went to the counter and asked something about some orange juice. I decided to hang back and moved to a position to where if he would try to rob the store, I would have a good field of fire. He seemed to be looking around nervously and left and came back in a few seconds later. He looked around again and left without ever buying anything. My .38 snubbie stayed in my pocket the entire time.
I did not say anything to the cashier as I paid and left normally and went on to my destination to watch the game. I decided to make a mental note of the vehicle in case I heard later the place is robbed. So far I have not heard or read about anything happening there. I will write this off as just a case of over active situational awareness.
Was I right, wrong, or what would you have done differently? Fire away...............
