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Glad I didn't have to use the peashooter Walther I had in my pocket!
It's a .32 and just makes little holes, but it's handy and not too cumbersome. ;)
I'm about as laid back as they come, but maybe all the stupid politics these days is making ME a bit crazy. I've heard about, read about, seen examples on the news about and seen YouTube videos about ..... these stupid confrontations people get into over being required to wear masks inside businesses. Well, today, I not only witnessed one of these confrontations, I became a part of one!
I had a doctor's appointment at the VA today and on the way home, stopped at a local thrift store (close to my house) to search for a possible hidden treasure or two. The name of the place is "Children's Thrift Store" and it's my understanding they donate the proceeds to missing or exploited children. I honestly don't know if the employees are paid or are volunteers, not that it matters really. I do know that the employees are normally elderly (two older women up front and an older gentleman in the back taking in donations and sorting/pricing inventory). They look like your typical retiree types doing something useful with their free time.
Anyway, there's a sign on the door (as well as on their website) that masks are required for anyone entering the store. As I was perusing the goodies in the store, some dude walked in without a mask and one of the women at the counter politely informed him masks are required to enter the store. The dude went ballistic and proceeded to go on a long rant about them stomping all over his freedoms and the right to make his own decisions. He was then informed it was store policy and is for the safety of everyone .... employees and customers alike. He then exploded into an even louder rant and I decided to move over to where the women were behind the counter as I could see they were getting really nervous. He raved on about the 10's of thousands of veterans lying in cemeteries who'd fought and died for his freedom to make his own decision as to wear a mask or not.
He went on about how the veterans would be rolling over in their graves if they knew what was going on in this country and how the rights they'd died to protect were being trashed. Ok, this is where I just had to open my big mouth as he had the two grandmotherly types cowering in the corner by now. I asked him what branch of the service he served in and I was told it was none of my f'ing business. I told him it IS my business as I have the right to NOT be exposed to his frigging germs and maybe I frequent this particular business because they DO require masks! He then spewed more b/s about his rights being infringed upon and I again asked him when and where he had fought for those rights as he kept bringing up the dead vets who protected those rights, then he reiterated that it was none of my business and I need to butt out of the "conversation". By this time I'd had enough of this nutbag and told him to leave the store, as he'd been asked, and to check out the license plate on the blue truck right behind him (I was parked in the handicapped space right at the front door) on his way out. I informed him it was MY truck and if he wanted to discuss the situation further, I'd be glad to step outside and let him tell me why he thought it was "none of my business". He mumbled some b/s that I didn't even understand and as he stormed out of the store, I saw him take a quick glance at my license plate, then continued stomping back to his car and drove out of the lot. (I know, the reg. expired on my birthday and I got my new decal in the mail a few days ago, just haven't put it on yet)
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I bought a couple of items, told the ladies to just call the cops if he came back in without a mask or made a scene and they thanked me profusely! It made the whole ordeal worth it. What a frigging punk he was. :pissed
