"Do I have "crazy person magnet" written on my forehead?
I'm at Mapco (yeah, the same one that I saw the altercation between a crack head and police a couple of weeks ago.), and I get out of my car. I drop my phone, let out a swear word, pick it up, and begin to walk inside.
Suddenly, a the lady in the SUV parked beside me hops out and confronts me. The conversation went like this:
Lady: "Excuse me, but did I just see you pick up that phone?"
Me: "Uhhh, yeah."
Lady: "Well, that's my son's phone."
Me: "No, ma'am, it's my phone."
Lady: "My son dropped his phone out here and I just saw you pick it up."
Me: "No, ma'am, I dropped my own phone and that's what you saw me pick up.".
Lady: "Well, he dropped it out here and.... "
I interrupted her and answered, "Ma'am, I can prove that this is my phone if you don't believe me. I can give you my phone number, you can call it from your phone, and you'll clearly hear my phone ring."
Lady: Deer in the headlights look.... "No, that's ok."
I wasn't about to let her off the hook. Time for me to make her feel uncomfortable. "No, ma'am, really, I don't mind proving you wrong. My number is...."
She shut her car door and drove off."
"Another life oddity tonight. A couple of months ago, coming out of Mapco, I got caught in the middle of an altercation between police and a guy resisting arrest. Tonight, as I was entering Walmart, I was greeted not by the standard greeter, but a shoplifter that was bolting out the door, and an undercover policeman tackling him right in front of me. Then, the policemen threw his badge at my feet and had me call for backup. Afterwards, I talked to police and told them about the Mapco incident. The policeman stated, "Oh, so you are the one causing all this... Let me know next time you go out in public." Lol..."