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(17,493 posts)I was headed to work on the graveyard shift and I stopped at a Walgreens liquor store in Town 'N Country in Tampa. I needed some cigars to enjoy on break time at work and because of theft, Walgreens had decided to move all their tobacco products to the attached liquor store.
I entered the store and there were only two young male customers and the clerk inside. Something set off my situational awareness about the two customers. One was walking up to the counter and the other was acting erratic and nervous and was rapidly pacing up and down the aisles.
I picked up a pack of cigars and approached the counter. The guy who was checking out offered me the opportunity to go first. I politely declined and stepped back by a row of counters placing my hand in my pocket on my snub nosed revolver. The guy at the counter then reached in his pocket and announced that he must have left his wallet in his car. He left his purchases on the counter and exited the store to retrieve it. Several minutes later he returned and looked at me appearing slightly frustrated. I smiled.
The clerk rang up his purchases and both guys left the store. I felt the clerk looked slightly relieved.
I stayed in the store for another ten minutes bullshitting with the clerk who I had often talked to before. Consequently I was late for work but since I was the shift supervisor I didn't get any heat.
Now perhaps my imagination was in overdrive that night. If so that is the only time that I have ever had the hairs on the back of my neck stand up since I have started to regularly carry a handgun for over fifteen years.