I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the most intimidating guy, but I came OH so close to getting some teeth loosened.  Who the heck picks fights in an AM PM parking lot?  Yeah, I'm puzzled too.

 

All I wanted to do is get my Dr. Pepper and get back to work to finish my day up, but it's hard to leave when you have a car sitting behind you while some guy talks to the driver. . . and talks. . . and talks.  Okay, I'm gonna be late so I honk my horn.  No, not a long extended blast - just a quick couple of bursts to let them know I'm trying to back up.  This guy comes flying towards me yelling... yes, yelling using profanity frequently while he tells me he's talking to his grandma and that how DARE I throw up my hands to her (for the record that little gesture was for him since he was the cause of the hold up, but I figured I didn't need to point out his mistake there). After listening to his tirade and a  few heated retorts from me (the guy wasn't that intimidating either) I finally said "listen, I need to get back to work and I don't have time to sit here for 5 minutes while you have a conversation with your grandma.  You need to find a place where you aren't blocking traffic to conduct your conversations"

 

I don't know, maybe he realized I was right and then yelled at me to go.  Which would have been easy if, you know, his "grandma" wasn't still behind me.  I'll give her credit, she did move mostly out of the way and after creeping forward a few more inches I was able to back out.  He then told me not to say anything stupid or he would "pull me out of my f-in car"  He said more but I was too busy trying not to say "anger management classes"

 

So, you would think that the story ended there.  You happen to be in luck.  My co-worker (first week at the job) came back from lunch and I told him I was almost beat up and he's like... "oh no... where at?"  When I told him and what the guy was wearing he proceeded to tell me about HIS run in with the guy at the same place.  Seems the guy wanted money and was asking people for a couple of bucks.  Co-worker told him he jus carried an ATM card and the guy began to walk away muttering to himself.  This guy then turns around with that "I'm gonna start something look" starts heading back.  My co-worker then pockets the little collapsable billy club he keeps there for his wife and gets out of the car.  Instructs the guy to just stop and turn back around because he doesn't like how he's approaching him.  He then calls out to his dog in the back of the truck.... a pitt bull/Rottweiller mix.  The dog takes one look at the situation and is ready in crouch mode, hackles fully raised and that deep growl that intimidating dogs do so well.

 

Let's just say that the guy actually does have a few common sense cells left in his addled brain because that was pretty much the end of that confrontation.

 

I'm still wound up from that and even though I tried to play a little Xbox... I can't sit still yet.  In fact, all I do is pace around still.  Hopefully the adrenaline levels begin tapering off soon.