Weird encounter with a stranger in the Walmart parking lot

[Tazz]

I stopped by Walmart to pick up some groceries on my way home from the gym this morning. I parked my car and walked over to the shopping cart corral in the parking lot to grab a cart. Suddenly a man gets out of a white Ford Transit van that's parked next to the carts and well...this happened.


Stranger: You can leave that right there!

Me: What?

Stranger: You can come over here looking angry all you want but if you made better lifestyle choices you could be driving a 15 passenger van like me!

Me: ........huh???

Stranger: You're looking really angry but I'm just saying if you made better lifestyle choices you could have a van like me!

Me: *visibly annoyed* I didn't say anything to you. I don't want any trouble with you.

Stranger: *smiles and puts his hand on my shoulder* Haha I'm just joking you look like you probably have a really nice car...

Me: Why are you touching me?!

Stranger: *takes his hand off my shoulder and steps back*. It was just a joke...

Me: .....have a nice day.


Now to be honest I feel a little guilty. I've been told that I look mean and angry a lot. I guess I just have resting b**** face. The guy was a well-dressed white guy probably in his early 40s. I don't think he meant anything offensive by it. I think he thought I was having a bad day and was just trying to joke around to make me laugh. However it really caught me off guard and I was not very polite to him. I know I have nothing to feel guilty about because I mean who the hell walks up to a stranger in a Walmart parking lot and puts their hand on them? The guy wasn't threatening but it was just a really strange situation and not one that I knew how to react to. Now I'm going to spend the rest of the day weirded out and feeling bad for not showing kindness to a stranger who made a very poorly executed attempt to be nice to another stranger.

I used to get told I look mean and pissed off, but it was just the back pain showing.

 

[WyldeDime]

And blow your trouble whistle three times in rapid succession.

Directions unclear and now I need bail money.

 

[robster31316]

Wow, since we're all sharing our random weirdo encounters in public. My son and I were on our way to the gym last week when I stopped at a red light, and I saw some insane woman running up on my car in the rearview mirror. So, I readied my gun assuming she had something to road rage about. when she knocked on my window with a big ole grin, I knew it wasn't road rage but something insane, so I cracked my window when she began to ask me if I was from " Johnson County, KY" pointing at the tag on the rear of my car. I simply said No, it's a rental and then began to berate her as to how she should've been more cautions running up on strangers at intersection. I don't think she ever knew how close she came to meeting St Peter that day.

 

[glocker]

When I was in my early 20s Me and @captdave77 were out at a bar grabbing drinks and some dude walks over and puts his hands on both of our shoulders and says "How would ya'll like a juicy steak." It was all I could do to keep from punching the dude in the face. He was clearly a queer so me and Dave just looked at each other and simultaneously said no thanks. Then the SOB kept following us around the bar until we finally had enough and left.

Yeah, people are weird that's for damn sure.

Was it a tomahawk steak? I mean for a churrasco, I might follow them back to the van….

 

[glocker]

Coming back from Copper Hill Tennessee the other day, I stopped at a convenience store and went in to get a paper and saw a young man down the isle looking at me..I had noticed a red old truck back in to a spot with the motor running and a driver behind the wheel. The passenger door was open and chills run down my back neck. I had back my Tacoma in as well and when I went to the my truck, I put my hand on my P365 as I heard a noise behind me..He the one in the store, had followed me outside, I turned and told him to stop...He said that they had run out of money and could I give him twenty..I told him to back up and go to his truck, he backed up and I left..I'm glad he made that decision my adrenaline was at full steam.. Always be aware of your surroundings

That went from a strong arm mugging to a soft mugging. You handled it well.

 

[palmettomoon]

Look up Wendingos and Skin Walkers. Then never sleep again

I used to have a doppelganger running around Greenville, SC. I'd have people walk up to me greeting/talking all the time only to find out they thought I was someone else. It's really creepy, plus I kind of feel sorry for the poor bastard.

 

[palmettomoon]

Doesn't get much stranger than this.View attachment 6059165

Is that Fatal_Bert on a formula run in Thomaston? That looks like his pick up truck in the background.

 

[palmettomoon]

people recognize right away, Ima poor. Hell they should offer me money

The longer I stay out of work, the scrubbier I try to look. Keeps away the indigs.

 

[Fatal_Bert]

Is that Fatal_Bert on a formula run in Thomaston? That looks like his pick up truck in the background.

Hey! Our Walmart is nice. People from other towns compliment our Walmart for how nice it is!

 

[lostchild]

Wow, since we're all sharing our random weirdo encounters in public. My son and I were on our way to the gym last week when I stopped at a red light, and I saw some insane woman running up on my car in the rearview mirror. So, I readied my gun assuming she had something to road rage about. when she knocked on my window with a big ole grin, I knew it wasn't road rage but something insane, so I cracked my window when she began to ask me if I was from " Johnson County, KY" pointing at the tag on the rear of my car. I simply said No, it's a rental and then began to berate her as to how she should've been more cautions running up on strangers at intersection. I don't think she ever knew how close she came to meeting St Peter that day.

Mebbe she thought you were hot and she was looking for some unsaintly Peter?