Do people even watch the news?
So I swing thru the Mickey D’s parking lot & there’s these two young guys, one tall & really thin the other really short but put together. Tall thin guy is trying to get away from the short one & short one is staying right on him telling him “Yeah you keep walking ” and other BS. So I put it in park & pop my seat belt & just wait for shorty to grab tall & skinny & start weighing my options:
1. grab shorty: I’ve got just as much Muscle & I’m well outside the 30 Lbs rule on him, I’m no miraculous Fighter but once I’ve got a hold of you you’re in trouble. Put a choke on him & toss him around like raggedy Andy while I’m doing it & tell tall guy to call 911.
2. Climb out with my 9mm.
Fortunately neither happened & tall skinny reached his car. I was surprised he didn’t pull out a gun & then I’d have to jump out to cover shorty in a complete flip of events. Shorty gets to his car & it has a out of state plate on it. You’d think these people would realize, especially in light of recent events that Florida isn’t a good state to threaten people in…Dumb-asses.
Knight-Hood
Glad things did not escalate. There was a third option. Get out of the car and intervene before shorty reached skinny and try talking Shorty down. Skinny was already walking away, so let him. Ask him, “What’s going on here?”, “Why are you upset?” Listen to his answer (drunk or not) and try talking sense to him. Meanwhile Skinny will get out of there. Point out that whatever Skinny did is not worth getting locked up for. One of two things will occur. At first Shorty will tell you to butt out and he will transfer his wrath to you. But assuming he is not drunk, just irate, if you remain calm and speak softly he will be forced to calm down so he doesn’t feel like the crazy person. Sometimes people just want to vent or have someone listen to them.
(Now I know you know all of this, I am just posting it for those young folks who might be reading this who never considered this option)
Glad things worked out
Knight-Hood