Ok, so last night I had to get out of the house. Neighbor problems. I needed space and fresh air.
It was midnight so I needed to pick up some items for some new recipes I’m trying anyways and Safeway is open all night so I drove there. I walked in and saw this young kid, maybe 16 or 17 with what I thought was his friend, an older woman.
The first thing I noticed was the kid staring some people down and bugging them. None of my business so I did my shopping. At one point I was near the kid and his woman friend and the kid walked up to me really close and threatening. Too close. The woman gave me a sheepish grin as if to say, : Sorry, you’ll have to excuse him, he always does this to people."
Fine, “Better to run away and live to fight another day.”
So I moved on and I saw the two people again a couple times as I searched for stuff. I got my stuff and walked up to be checked out and here’s the kid again. He took one look at me and I saw fear in his eyes. He was scared. He backed away to get away from me. I didn’t do it on purpose, I was just standing in line. But I just grinned at him (a tiny bit evil). And couple of people were watching him back off. I looked at him a tiny bit friendly to show I meant no harm, but then I said “screw” it and I glared at him and both of them walked away. I have a radar that goes off when someone realizes I am ill but it did not go off so I knew he wasn’t scared of me due to my illness and I always dress nice wherever I go and I am always well groomed. I don’t want anyone to be scared of me for my illness for obvious reasons.
I hate to say it but it felt good, the kid was obviously a punk (I know what that’s like though from having a friend with a low-rider when I was the kids age and we might have caused trouble some times). And the kid was bothering other people.
I like being out on my own at night occasionally but I don’t make a regular habit out it but the incident gave me a little confidence.