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Fun sighting from Kabe's and my enforced time offline.
In order to beat the insane heat while our power was out, we spent a lot of time at the local game store. This store is in the middle of one of the downtowns (the area we live in is essentially several towns that have melded into one so you get several downtowns in one local area).
So Kabe and I are there with a couple of friends after I got off work just playing some games. There's another group across from us playing Warhammer or other miniature game. It's quiet, besides the group playing D&D in the game room behind us, and everybody's involved in their own thing.
Until a newcomer comes in and starts shouting, "Excuse me! I need your attention!"
It should be noted that this guy came in wearing a crumpled suit. Like crinkled pants, shirt unbuttoned about three down, jacket looks like it's never seen an iron. Add in the slur as he talks and a slight sway, and I would swear that he's drunk.
So Drunk Dude (DD) continues on, "You've lost a right today!"
People start looking away. "Excuse me! Pay attention! You've lost a right today!"
This continued for several minutes before he got to his point, which was that the local/state government or Phillip-Morris was forbidding the small tobacco stores to roll cigarettes for customers. Frankly, I kinda zoned out since I don't smoke and so the whole tax arguments there I don't care.
Anyway, he's rambling on, reinforcing the idea that he's drunk, when one of the miniature guys continues making his measures for his turn. That's when DD shouts, "Excuse me! Yeah you! You with the dark hair and goofy smile! Why are you smiling? You just lost a right today!"
That's when the other miniature players started informing him that we at the game store had a right to enjoy our games in peace and that his tax evasion strategy was of no concern to any of them. Turns out one of the players was the working employee for the store and he kicked the guy out.
But DD had to try to have the final say! He reopened the door to shout back at the guys who had stood up to him, only to get shouted down again. Honestly, I can't remember what was said at this point, but, damn, it was a strange occurrence!
In order to beat the insane heat while our power was out, we spent a lot of time at the local game store. This store is in the middle of one of the downtowns (the area we live in is essentially several towns that have melded into one so you get several downtowns in one local area).
So Kabe and I are there with a couple of friends after I got off work just playing some games. There's another group across from us playing Warhammer or other miniature game. It's quiet, besides the group playing D&D in the game room behind us, and everybody's involved in their own thing.
Until a newcomer comes in and starts shouting, "Excuse me! I need your attention!"
It should be noted that this guy came in wearing a crumpled suit. Like crinkled pants, shirt unbuttoned about three down, jacket looks like it's never seen an iron. Add in the slur as he talks and a slight sway, and I would swear that he's drunk.
So Drunk Dude (DD) continues on, "You've lost a right today!"
People start looking away. "Excuse me! Pay attention! You've lost a right today!"
This continued for several minutes before he got to his point, which was that the local/state government or Phillip-Morris was forbidding the small tobacco stores to roll cigarettes for customers. Frankly, I kinda zoned out since I don't smoke and so the whole tax arguments there I don't care.
Anyway, he's rambling on, reinforcing the idea that he's drunk, when one of the miniature guys continues making his measures for his turn. That's when DD shouts, "Excuse me! Yeah you! You with the dark hair and goofy smile! Why are you smiling? You just lost a right today!"
That's when the other miniature players started informing him that we at the game store had a right to enjoy our games in peace and that his tax evasion strategy was of no concern to any of them. Turns out one of the players was the working employee for the store and he kicked the guy out.
But DD had to try to have the final say! He reopened the door to shout back at the guys who had stood up to him, only to get shouted down again. Honestly, I can't remember what was said at this point, but, damn, it was a strange occurrence!
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