Ok... some things are so traumatizing that you have to share them.
I went to the foodshelf with my mom today and I saw this guy that I recognized. I hoped he wasn't who I thought he was but after a while I realized that it IS who I thought it was, because of the tattoo on his neck.
I met the guy a few days after I started working at a local store here. It was either my second or third day working... and this guy came in and wanted to make a return on a cat collar that was very old looking and broken... he was covered in this nasty looking rash on every piece of skin I could see... and he was hitting on me as he was scratching! And all of a sudden he pauses and holds out his hands in front of him and say 'I have syphilis' just randomly in the middle of talking to/hitting on me. I was FREAKED...
Thank god he didn't have a receipt, so I was able to call one of the old ladies who works there up to the cash register. She made him go away and then told me that the guy is not ALLOWED to have returns done. (Because his returns are a scam and he had 'returned' that same cat collar 4 times before... that they know of.) She also said 'I don't know WHAT he was covered in but wash the counter.'
I told her what he said he was covered in and her eyes got all big and she said 'wash the counter REALLY good'... I washed my hands really good too... it was so nasty it made your skin crawl just looking at it.
That happened when I had just turned 16... idk how old he is but it was just WRONG on so many levels.
Did I mention he seemed to be high?
I just witnessed one of the most interesting things I've seen in a long time.... My mother wrapping christmas presents.
She starts by cutting the paper from the roll and putting the present on the paper... then either on the floor or in her lap she rolls the present in the paper... then unrolls it and does it again... she does that about 3 times untill she finally puts the tape on.
Then she picks up the present so it is eye-level with her, and starts turning the present around and moving her head so she can look at it from every angle. she looks into both ends of the paper thats sticking out at least 12 times. I was watching her like 'whaaaaaat?'. As shes looking at it like that she starts poking and proding it and then puts her finger in one end to try moving the present over in the paper. Then she looks at it again and then she might finally put it down and look at it a bit more from that angle. Then she starts messing around with one of the ends and EVENTUALLY will make one little fold, and then unfolds it and trys figureing out a different way to fold it. She looks so lost while shes wrapping presents.
After a while she will finally have half of one end folded and she will put a piece of tape on it and then hold it up again to look at it. After a minute or two she will slowly finish folding that end of the present. Then it will be the same thing for the other end of the present.
It's halarious to watch. I had never seen my mother wrap a present before now and I guess I now know why. lol Theres just this look of sheer concentration on her face the entire time and it looks like it takes a lot of thought. I think that now, every year, I am going to give her small presents to wrap just for the entertainment of it.
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lol. I just wrap paper around it and close the ends with tape. If it's not completely covered, so be it. Wrapping presents is not an art form to me. Hahaha.
Congrats!You just whitnesed life!Your soul awakes!
I wonder that beyond the fun you really thought about it.
LMAO iw ant to soooo see this.
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rosho
22:01 Jan 15 2008
Umm... Yeah, that person was stupid, returning a cat collar. He'd have an easier time, making real money than scamming off your store.
La6Muerte66
22:20 Jan 15 2008
At the restaurant I worked at when I was 16, we had this customer that came in once in a while, and he was obviously a hardcore heroin addict. His skin was all gross and his fingertips were usually bleeding. It was pretty fucking gross. I know what you mean though. Ughh....
Dragonrouge
03:56 Jan 20 2008
You must be in ctrl of your mind!
Just be calm!
You`re a vampire after all!
Stay cool!
dabbler
06:22 Jan 26 2008
There are bums and there are derelicts and no bum would ever accost another person ...see what happened is that by attempting to touch you and appearing as he did that is a tactic of decadence to get him out of your space you were suppose to do his wishes (return the collar) don't let scum like this represent displaced people for you.If he wore a three piece suit and did what he did,it would have been just as creepy. It is a good thing to learn to spot this type of person even if they do not have visible stigma.