Monday, August 13, 2007

Riverside Chronicles I

Note: This will be the first entry of a three part series.

There is a Valero gas station on Oltorf St. that I always frequent because it has the lowest gas prices in town (Austin). I decided to stop by and fill up after a late night Wal-Mart trip. I noticed a man in what looked like a trench coat sitting by the car wash drinking some coke. He started approaching me as I swiped my credit card to pay for the gas.

As this moment I realized it was a terrible idea for me to leave my keys in the ignition and leave my wallet in the drivers side seat in plain view of this man. I wasn't particularly scared because there were other people next to me filling up, so I am sure they would have had my back if anything went down.

Our conversation went something like this:

Him: Hablas espanol?
Me: No
Him: Do you want buy 3X movies?

It took me a second to realize what this guy was talking about. It didn't hit me until he reached into his coat and pulled out a couple of burned DVDs with some pictures on them. I immediately told him that I didn't have any cash on me and that I would not be able to purchase any three x movies from him.

I should have messed with him for a bit, but that would be dangerous...

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