Living in Seattle has led me to many weird encounters with the homeless and
destitute
A while back I was walking down 1st Ave, heading home when a homeless guy
asked me for $$$
I waived him off and I guess he took offense to that (ppl are REALLY sensitive here,
even the homeless) because he started following me down the street
He followed me all the way down 1st Ave into Chinatown where I live, threatening
to mace me the whole way
Yelling at me from across the street
So when I got home, I got my Alaskan Bear Grizzly Spray and went back outside
in search of this asshole
I found him a couple blocks away
As I walked up to him, I could see the dim flash of recognition come over his face
I approached and said
"Hey, weren't you the guy who said he was gonna mace me?
Well, check it out I got my mace here
What's up now?"
I help up my huge, industrial strength can of bear mace
"Aw naw, man, I don't know you
You got the wrong guy", he said
We stood and talked for a minute
Him refusing to admit that he was the one who followed me home threatening to
mace me
Finally, I walked away
So, a couple years go by
And then I see this guy again
I recognize him because I pretty much have a photographic memory
And he must have recognized me too, cuz he goes
"Hey, man I remember you
You that dude who, when I said I had some mace, you went home and go yo mace
Be easy, partner
Be easy"
