Watch Your Back

[CoronaBorealis]

Went to Lowes and WalMart today. While at Lowes on the plumbing aisle, we were approached by a teenager asking if we wanted to buy a Sonic gift card to support the Southmoore baseball team. Maybe he was legit, but I got scam vibes. Then as we were leaving Lowes, two people had a table set up in the breezeway for some non-profit and tried to engage me as I was leaving. While at Walmart, we saw a man in the parking lot who my wife thought had said something like "she's pretty" while he walked around aimlessly. When we got to the main doors of the store and turned around to look back, he was standing next to a woman who was loading items into her trunk. I thought he may have been with her, but she got into her car and he walked away.

I feel like every time I leave my house, I am watching everyone around me with a paranoid, guarded eye. I know this isn't New York or Chicago, but stories from there where even old people get sucker punched or robbed don't help. I don't trust anyone out there.

 

[Snattlerake]

Effin A!

 

[retrieverman]

In today’s world, it pays to be paranoid.

 

[trekrok]

I hate it when vagrant types approach me in parking lots. Especially if I'm with family. I usually hold up a hand and say 'Nope' if I see them approaching. I've only had one that kept coming, but he went away with the follow up, fairly stern 'step back'. I think he mumbled some compliments when leaving..

 

[Gadsden]

Situational awareness can't be underestimated. It is a must any time you are in public.

 

[hunter966]

Good people can’t be too careful these days, waaaaay too many thugs, idiots, dip shits looking for an easy mark.

 

[PanhandleGlocker]

One of the reasons I hate going to the OKC area.

Well.. love it plus hate it. I like Edmond. That’s about it.

 

[Glock 'em down]

Thank God I live in the country. No way in hell I could make it in a big city. Folks in my little redneck town (population >10K) are goofy enough.

 

[retrieverman]

I absolutely hate having to deal with “beggars“ that set up outside a store, and around here, Tractor Supply is the worst. It’s either girl scouts, FFA, 4H, or some church group with a table of junk and half a dozen people accosting people as they go in and out of the store. These people bring out my inner @sshole.

 

[turkeyrun]

The worse Pedo Joe makes things, the more desperate people will be out.