Ramblings…

Today I was reminded I live in Baltimore City. Sometimes I forget because the street I live on is decent. Things have been in steady decline over the years. Johns Hopkins has bought a lot of the low income/section 8 housing that is about a mile from my house. Once some one is evicted or leaves, they’re boarding/cinder blocking up the doors & windows so people can’t squat in the houses. It’s going to drastically improve Dundalk Real Estate eventually but in the mean time a lot of people are being displaced & it has lead to a not so safe feeling sometimes.

I don’t live in a ghetto, the street I live on is average, but if I were to Cross Dundalk Avenue, which is only 4 houses down from mine, you cross into a really bad neighborhood (Were my brother was jumped and nearly killed). You have to constantly be aware of your surroundings & walk around here with an attitude (that’s why I drive every where!) if you don’t you don’t know what will happen. Some people down here sense fear and it just makes you a target.

Now to get to the point… I stopped at the local convenience store on the way home. As soon as I got in there I got a bad vibe, there was some shifty guy in the candy aisle. I didn’t look at him as I passed but saw out of the corner of my eye he was pocketing candy. He saw me, I grab my ice cream and turn and I see he’s got his 5 layers of shirts pulled up and over top of his jeans he has a pair of granny panties, maybe it was a girdle I don’t know, it looked like tight tighty whiteys that came up past his belly button. He had it filled with Candy! Apparently he had stuff on the counter & told the cashier he wanted something else, I go to get in line and he tells me to get in front of him & he was checking me out for a purse. Thank GOD I locked it in my car & just brought a few dollars in. I thought for sure he was going to hold the store up and rob me. I just got in the car & went home, a whole 4 blocks as fast as I could.

I called the convenience store to let them know of the new stealing technique involving panties over top of your jeans. I couldn’t help but giggle a bit when I was telling her, but man I was sweating bullets there for a minute. /end rambling

I am glad your ok. Hope it doesn't happen again.