24
2007
5:41 pm
My House is On Fire, I Have to Leave Now!
The past few days I haven’t been feeling too good. I’ve been in a daze, extremely tired, with a queasy stomach. Just about everything turned my stomach. Being hungry with a queasy stomach is definitely not fun. I’m feeling much better, still tired, stomach still a bit sensitive, but I’m eating. I’m a person who loves to eat and I snack “just because” but now it seems that I am never full after eating and when you don’t have a “taste” for food it’s hard to eat. I’ve been eating soup, sandwiches, polish sausages, chips and gaterade. I don’t feel that I am ready to eat or smell a heavy dinner yet. I miss cooking 
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As promised I’ll talk about what happened in Walmart Thursday night, close to midnight… Greg and I had just started our shopping first looking at veggies then the breads. Greg says that he wants to start making his own Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers and then this middle aged (ok maybe he was about 30, he looked like one of those guys that still lives at home with mom. Jared from Subway is who he resembled.) white guy walks up to Greg and here’s how the conversation went. Note: this conversation took at least 10 more minutes than it takes to read. There were many pauses which made it even creepier.
Guy: Hey.
Greg: (makes confused face)
Guy: You must not remember me. You play flag football down in “insert random town here”.
Greg: Uhhh you must have me confused with someone else.
At this point I’m expecting an “oh sorry you look really familiar, well take care” you know like when you call the wrong number? Well that’s not what happened!
Guy: I’m Bob (I don’t remember the creep’s name)
Greg: I’m….Greg
Guy: So what are you up to tonight? (something to that extent)
Greg: Nothing.
Guy: Whatcha got planned this weekend?
Greg: Work, ….you?
Guy: Just tryna go out and have a little fun ya know?
Greg: I feel you.
Guy: Where do you work?
Greg: Sears.
Guy: Ohh that’s where I may have seen you, I go to Target a lot.
Greg: Oh.
Guy: So are you a student at “___” or something?
Greg: Yea.
Guy: What’s your major?
Greg: Uhhh…Information Systems.
Guy: Oh have you taken CS blah blah blah or CS blah blah blah (I don’t remember what classes he named at this point I was tired of shuffling through the breads and went around to the other side of the breads to hide)
They exchange a few more sentences then they exchange “have a good night’s and goodbye’s”. Greg comes over to where I was hiding.
Greg: WTF was that!?
Me: (makes “I know” confused face)
Greg: I didn’t even know dude! We are going around this way. (to shop away from him)
Me: Let’s leave! I’m not comfortable. I can’t shop anymore. Let’s go to the other Walmart (which is 20 minutes away). (Scurries off saying to hell with our basket)
Greg: Wait, don’t run, we don’t want him to think we’re running from him.
Me: Let’s go!
By this time we both were starving and shopping could not wait.
The whole time Greg made minimal eye contact with the guy, his body language obviously showed that he was uncomfortable and the guy would NOT go away. I don’t know what was up with this guy, maybe he was looking for a companion. I guess me standing there wasn’t hint enough that Greg is TAKEN and STRAIGHT. We thought the guy was going to perhaps preach to us or something like this guy had done to Greg in Target. I had been in the next aisle so the guy got to Greg and not me. When I spotted them talking, I fiddled with the ipod accessories until they were done. Without being rude it’s hard to escape “talkers”. But I am convinced to come up with something if it ever happens again. This really makes me not want to go anywhere alone, not that I do now. When I’m out with my mother and she hints around that she doesn’t want to go in a store, I whine. When people are out shopping they want to be left the hell alone, I don’t understand why people insist on talking to me if they see that I am alone so I don’t go anywhere alone. Greg told me that the next time he gets cornered like he did in Target and Walmart, to text him so that he can pick up his phone and scream “My house is on fire, I have to leave now!” (2:15 on you tube video). 
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lol - that is a good way to get out of talking to someone!
Wow, kinda creepy!
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Greg is much nicer than I think I could ever be to someone. He gave that guy way too much conversation. After, hey, you’ve got the wrong guy, that should’ve been it. see, i’m so mean! ya’ll so nice.
Nice talk LoL, good way to get out of talking to somebody
) that is nice 
creepy isn’t the word. now he knows where Greg work hope he wont try to see him again there!
That is quite creepy. I hate it when things like that happen, I never know what to say slash do. He did seem quite patient with the crazy man though, impressive. I would freak out and run away.
Oh my gosh, that is soooooo strange. Why are some people so weird? It definitely does make you nervous to be alone. I love Greg’s plan for if it happens again!
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Roftlmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! WTF was that? i dont know, i think he just got ‘hit”on lmao…..aww man thats funny girl!!! Either that or he tryna form a threesome lmao..you always gotta think extra wild thoughts about strangers that does that. For a second, your man was man meat lmao. awwwwww..yall are just too cute!
that is pretty funny in a creepy sort of way
do you think that you being sick and all, means “something”?
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That was hilarious. Definitely creepy. Of course, maybe the guy was just looking to make a new friend. Who knows.
i hate people who do that to you in stores when your trying to shop. It makes me mad sometimes. But yea the house is on fire is funny..
Oh my, poor Greg! Uber creepy indeed. Kinda funny in a way though!
I know that is why I asked. I know that you loved kids from the many times that you have expressed that in your blog. anyway love the site.
that is pretty weird. and they way you described him (jared from subway) sounds like he would be some sort of creep. i wouldn’t go back to that walmart. i feel sorry for Greg. i know it had to be really uncomfortable for him.