Adventures at Starbucks 3/26/2011

My friend Cyndi and I were chatting at a local Starbucks when a commotion caught our eyes.  A young girl, early 20's, who worked at Starbucks was ordering a man out of "her store".  "Please leave now", she said.  He looked fairly normal, until he looked right at Cyndi and I and said, "I want your heads".  At that point we both looked down, and at each other, pretending we didn't hear and hoping he was just talking to the window, or he was crazy.  It turns out, he was  a little excitable.  The Starbucks workers said he's been in before and is harmless but when someone wants your head, you can't be too careful.  The gal locked the door and the man stayed right outside the door, looking right at us, mouthing, "I want your heads" and making cutting motions with his finger to his head.    The Starbucks employees reassured us the police were on the way, and even now, their security guard was outside if we wanted to walk safely to our cars.  "SECURITY GUARD"!!!,   Cyndi exclaimed, "I wouldn't trust them...I was a security guard once"! (she is a tiny woman)  We had a good laugh about that and when the police car showed up, we made our exit. As we were walking out, the man points and gestures at me and says, "and she stole my credit card"!!  The large, female police officer, who was writing a ticket to the man, ignored him and said, "Sir, all I know is that you are a convicted felon in possession of a stolen shopping cart".   I didn't stick around for the rest, and we both walked quickly to our cars laughing.

I just want to give the man some sympathy and say, "Sir, whoever you are, I understand.  I am a little crazy in the head too sometimes, and I have a "normal" life.  If I was a felon and all my possessions were in a shopping cart from a 99cent store, I would want someone's head too".