I just creeped out to the store (711) for some coffee and encountered some drama. There was a dude who kept coming behind the store counter and trying to stab this other guy with a screw driver. Now I had gone earlier and they were closed but I needed to go back because I wanted some quarters to do my laundry but man...was that intense. I walked in and had no idea I had just entered a warzone...
-To be continued-
Update:
So while maintenance was cleaning the lobby I thought I would quickly dip out to the 711 so I could get some quarters for my laundry and maybe a cup of java. As I approached the store i could hear loud thumping bass of music coming from a car in the parking lot and I thought "Here we go. Did they just see me and turn that up?" Because folks sometimes do that when they see a black guy. Maybe they do it to black women too? Anyway as I entered the store I could hear some comotion going on and people were gathered at the counter. Also people were staring at me which is something folks usually do so I just quickly headed to the back to get some energy drinks so I could escape the eyes. Someone was obviously arguing and I noticed it was getting louder while I grabbed my two Rockstar drinks and went to get a cappuchino but the damn machine was out of order...again. I decided to get some coffee instead and as I made my way to the coffee machine I could see one light skinned brother who was looking kinda wild yelling at someone behind the counter. "Nigga this and Nigga that!" Seemed to be trying to get at someone behind the counter and they were both exchanging words back and forth. The dude at the checkout was VERY aggressive and angry. The guy behind the counter would always seem to say something to piss the angry guy off everytime he appeared about to calm down. Eventually the angry bro went behind the counter. He had something in his hand and it turned out to be a screw driver. I guess he was slashing the other guy as security was not really able to do anything to stop him. At first I thought he was trading blows with the other guy who kept saying stuff like "Man you REALLY wanna KILL me??!?!" Like he was incredulous to it all. I was feeling like I was in the twilight zone as I stood there watching everything happen. It was too risky to try and film what was going on but I kept dreading if dude had a fucking gun. He walked past me a few times but didn't really make eye contact and I didn't exactly look away either in those moments. As it were I couldn't really go to the counter to pay for my shit because of everything going on. Just had to wait until all the drama subsided. Angry dude (who looked kinda like dude I saw in a Youtube video earlier who pushed a guy onto train tracks in NY) kept telling the other guy he was gonna be waiting outside for him. I could see the guy who was behind the counter was bloody and he even said at one point he was bleeding. When the angry guy finally went outside somewhat reluctantly I went over to pay for my stuff. The security guy looked frazzled and I was waited on by this cool dude who once gave me some banana sodas. ANother clerk stood looking a bit bemused/amused as I asked if I could get some quarters whilst paying for my stuff and saying "Oh my God" as my heart beat like crazy. The clerk said "How are you doing Sergio?" I hadn't seen him in months and actually was told he'd quit I think. I told him he was a life saver for giving me those quarters because usually they never wanna give up quarters because we are having a stupid shortage of them for whatever reason (Why would a pandemic create a coin shortage?) After I got my quarters I jetted out of there hoping I hadn't been gone long enough that it would get me in trouble. I told the maintenance and other guard what happened when I got back to work and a few minutes later sirens sounded as the police arrived at the 711. I have no idea what happened after but I did think I saw someone running from the area around that time the sirens went off.
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