akv
09-16-2010, 20:21
I suppose the Boy Scouts always had it right. There is a barber shop 2 blocks from my apartment in SF. Like any major city there are homeless folks around, most of them it's hard not to feel empathy for, others are different. I usually wear real shoes and have my T2 with me most anywhere (CCL next to impossible) . It's a warm night and in a rush to get in a haircut before it closed I just headed over in shorts and flip flops.
As I'm getting my haircut, a homeless guy walks in, he is wearing a leather jacket and has a bag full of stuff. The barber asks him to leave, he says no he is here to see his friend. He takes a seat and has a bunch of new cellphones and purses in his bag and he wants to sell one to the girl who sweeps up in the shop.
The barber keeps telling him to leave, and he keeps saying no and they are starting to get heated. I'm sitting between them in the barber chair thinking this is stupid I'm leaving, when I notice the homeless guy has a big kitchen knife handle sticking out of his jacket. It doesn't take any SA to notice something that big. The guy never said anything to me or even looked at me, but I'm thinking to myself great genius if it came to it of course you are wearing flip flops and don't have anything on you. I decided just leave and got up to do so, when the girl came up and gave the homeless guy some money for a phone. The homeless guy quickly left, and the barber began chewing her out. I asked him did you see he had a knife, he said what knife?
No harm done here, but this reinforced the lesson trouble can find you anytime, don't be lazy, and avoid the barber shop on 2nd in SF.
As I'm getting my haircut, a homeless guy walks in, he is wearing a leather jacket and has a bag full of stuff. The barber asks him to leave, he says no he is here to see his friend. He takes a seat and has a bunch of new cellphones and purses in his bag and he wants to sell one to the girl who sweeps up in the shop.
The barber keeps telling him to leave, and he keeps saying no and they are starting to get heated. I'm sitting between them in the barber chair thinking this is stupid I'm leaving, when I notice the homeless guy has a big kitchen knife handle sticking out of his jacket. It doesn't take any SA to notice something that big. The guy never said anything to me or even looked at me, but I'm thinking to myself great genius if it came to it of course you are wearing flip flops and don't have anything on you. I decided just leave and got up to do so, when the girl came up and gave the homeless guy some money for a phone. The homeless guy quickly left, and the barber began chewing her out. I asked him did you see he had a knife, he said what knife?
No harm done here, but this reinforced the lesson trouble can find you anytime, don't be lazy, and avoid the barber shop on 2nd in SF.