-NEMO-
Regular Member
This incident happened to me about a week ago now. Haven't really had the time to post it until now, unfortunently.
I was at the auburn Walmart, by the Super Mall, purchasing a new flat screen TV as a gift to my parents. I was CC as I am still new to it all and am not 100% comfortable with OC outside of the area I live yet. I made my purchase and was exiting the Walmart with a new BluRay player under my arm and a employee following me with my new TV in tow. When out of no wear a guy in his 40s comes up and asks if that is a new TV. I say "yes". He then asks how much. I ignore him while still watching him out of the corner of my eye hoping he would walk away. He didnt.... So I answer his question. Still keeping things as short as possible. I reach my truck and help the Walmart employee load the TV into the bed of my truck. This bothering gentleman keeps walking past us and disappears. Now that I am all alone, we approaches me again about 20 feet away while I am fishing for a tie down strap out of my dog box and asks if I have anything to tie it down. I answer yes.
At this point things are getting very suspicious and I am starting to feel uncomfortable. I prepare for the worse, and in zip my coat just in case he presents a weapon or becomes aggressive. I watch him as I am tiring down the TV and he is walking back and forth eyeing me out of the corner of his eye, apparently "acting" like he is searching for a car but in reality he is watching me. I finish tiring the TV down and jump in my truck and leave the situation.
All in all I am glad nothing escalated, but at the same time feel like I could of been more upfront and tell him to back away or something along your lines. I am still new to OC and have only been CC for about a year and a half now. What can I do better in the future if a situation similar presents itself?
-NEMO-
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I was at the auburn Walmart, by the Super Mall, purchasing a new flat screen TV as a gift to my parents. I was CC as I am still new to it all and am not 100% comfortable with OC outside of the area I live yet. I made my purchase and was exiting the Walmart with a new BluRay player under my arm and a employee following me with my new TV in tow. When out of no wear a guy in his 40s comes up and asks if that is a new TV. I say "yes". He then asks how much. I ignore him while still watching him out of the corner of my eye hoping he would walk away. He didnt.... So I answer his question. Still keeping things as short as possible. I reach my truck and help the Walmart employee load the TV into the bed of my truck. This bothering gentleman keeps walking past us and disappears. Now that I am all alone, we approaches me again about 20 feet away while I am fishing for a tie down strap out of my dog box and asks if I have anything to tie it down. I answer yes.
At this point things are getting very suspicious and I am starting to feel uncomfortable. I prepare for the worse, and in zip my coat just in case he presents a weapon or becomes aggressive. I watch him as I am tiring down the TV and he is walking back and forth eyeing me out of the corner of his eye, apparently "acting" like he is searching for a car but in reality he is watching me. I finish tiring the TV down and jump in my truck and leave the situation.
All in all I am glad nothing escalated, but at the same time feel like I could of been more upfront and tell him to back away or something along your lines. I am still new to OC and have only been CC for about a year and a half now. What can I do better in the future if a situation similar presents itself?
-NEMO-
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