I'm Still Shaking [View all]

[rustysgurl]

I went to our local home improvement today to order some stuff for my garden project. As I left my car and started walking to the door, I was met by a man coming back to his car. He was absolutely fuming, red in the face and waving his arms. He pointed at me and yelled,

"You'd better have your mask with you. If you don't have a mask they won't let you in to spend YOUR money in THEIR store. I left my mask in my truck and now I have to walk back out here and get it. Or I have to pay them a buck. Just another way for them to make money. It's all bullshit. I've got something else in my truck I'm gonna wear into that store, and it sure ain't no mask. All you sheep running around scared is what brought this on. It's all your fault!!!"

I thought he was going to hit me. I ran ... literally ran .. up to the armed security guard at the door and told him what the man said. (Can I just say a home improvement store needing an armed security guard is beyond the pale?). He pushed me behind him toward the door, hand on his holster and told me to go to the very back of the building. He got on his walkie and told whoever to call 911. Two employees rushed out the door as I went in, and he pushed them back inside as well. The two employees herded everyone away from the front doors. The customer service people ducked down behind the counter.

I never looked back. It seemed like it took forever to get to the back. We all stood there, listening for yelling, gunshots, who knows what. The police in our town are VERY responsive, and I guess they showed up in jig time. Eventually we saw them walking down the aisles, telling everyone it was safe to leave. Angry man was sitting in the back of a squad car when I left.

I never put my building supply order in. I may do it tomorrow. I may not.

People are freaking crazy.