I don't usually spend much time on my personal blog, but this weekend's events seemed like they deserved a post :)
We decided to go to a shopping mall on Friday night. My spouse wanted to pick up a copy of the "Anne of Green Gables" book series, after we had recently watched the Netflix series "Anne with an E" that was based on the books (good show btw).
We got to the mall and as soon as we got out of the car, we heard this lady screaming really loudly about someone who had stolen something from her.
She had pulled up right next to another car that was parked outside the main entrance, and had gotten out with a baseball bat. We heard a loud pop and the sound of breaking glass, as she proceeded to smash in the windows of the other parked car.
My thought at the time was seriously - this stuff actually happens in real life?! (I couldn't believe what I was seeing.)
We resisted the urge to record the whole thing on camera for fear that the crazy lady would see us and target us next. I also didn't put it past her (or the owner of the car being smashed) to escalate and start involving guns. We decided to discretely enter the mall and stay far away from the drama.
As soon as we got into the store, I realized that I had left my Barnes and Noble gift card (that I received from my mom for Christmas) back in my car. I wasn't about to pay cash for something when I had a gift card laying around. I told my spouse that I'd have to go back to the car to get the gift card.
I hate to admit it, but more than wanting to get the gift card, I wanted to see what else had transpired with all the drama.
When I stepped outside the mall entrance, I could still see the car with the smashed windows sitting out front. The crazy lady was nowhere in sight though, and by that time quite a few people had gathered nearby and were watching to see what would happen next.
I decided to discretely walk past the car and pretend like I was oblivious to what was going on, while busily doing something important on my cell phone. As I walked past the car and was confident that nobody was paying attention to me, I tilted my phone towards the car and quickly snapped a shot :)
I continued on to my car to get the gift card.
As soon as I got to my car, I started digging around for the gift card. I was far enough from the smashed car and the girl seemed to be long-gone, so I wasn't really paying much attention to the scene anymore.
As soon as I found the gift card and pulled my head back out of my car though, I realized a police car had pulled up right behind me and was basically boxing me in.
They were not interested in me though; they were interested in the car parked right behind me.
Two police officers had gotten out of the car and were pointing guns directly at the car behind me, yelling at the people inside to get out of the car or they would be tazed.
Given that guns were already drawn, I quickly closed/locked my car and got out of there as fast as I could without making a scene. As I was walking away, it appeared that they were starting to arrest one of the occupants of the car.
The End.
Yes, these events really did happen to me this weekend. Exactly as described :)