Thursday, January 15, 2009

Masked Man

ok I've gotten several requests for this story...

The night we got back to Cleveland from FL we ordered Chinese food.
I volunteered to go pick it up so off I went!
Getting out of the elevator, a man who lives in our building asked me where I was heading. (we'll call him "the suit")
I explained.
He said to wait bc there had been an incident.
We walked over to the security guard together and "the suit" explained what had just happened.
As he was pulling into the parking garage level 1, (my level--there are 3 levels of the garage), he noticed a man run into the garage behind his car, and pull a mask over his face.
"The suit" stopped, leaned out of his window and shouted "what the f*ck are you doing?!", and the guy ran off out of the garage.
Sidenote: if that happened to me, I would have peed myself, just sayin...

Anyhow, "the suit" parked his car and ran up to tell security, which is where he intercepted me.

Now, please remember I had Chinese food waiting for me.
So I asked the security guy to walk me down to my car, so that I could leave.
Hungry Jennie!
He agreed as he was heading down there anyway to look around for the would-be intruder.
As we walked down to my parking level, he got on his radio to alert the other security guard along the bridge about the situation.
I got in my car, he checked outside and off I went.
I called Bill to tell him about what had happened and then focused on driving thru the sleet/rain/ice storm to go get our grub.

When I pulled back into the garage, I was definitely more aware of my surroundings and basically sprinted into our building.

We ate.
As I was cleaning up, Bill got a phone call.
It was the security guard.
Apparently they had caught the intruder.
He had gotten into our building!!!!!!

They think he ran out initially (after "the suit" encountered him) and then hid, watching the security guys look for him.
Somehow he got past them (not too surprising I guess) and was in our building with his mask on when they caught him.
They held him and then had him arrested for criminal trespassing.

When questioned about why he was there, his response was:
"I was going to visit my friend Tony who lives here"
"Tony who?!"
"Uhh I don't know his last name, I met him at a bar"
ok yeah......and the mask?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next call: Bill's dad, the judge.
Next day: Bill's mom hands me a present from his dad: A nice can of tear gas/pepper spray!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Actually, that masked man was me - I was plotting to enter your apartment and steal Teets' Kirby vacuum.

--80sBand

Jennie said...

I think he would actually faint if he ever opened our closet and his beloved Kirby was missing...

Anonymous said...

Don't spray yourself in the face! Somehow I see this happening...

Angry Johnny

Jennie said...

for that very reason, Teets and I are going to be trained by the police on how to use this spray (aka "how not to spray yourself in the face")

Bill Teets said...

NOT THE KIRBY!

Mrs. Teets - I am glad you now have mace. However, mace is only effective if you carry it around with you :)

Jennie said...

I'm scared to carry it around until I have been officially trained.
You KNOW the percentage of me spraying myself is high...

dudethatsrad said...

i have tear gas! it's ten times more effective than pepper spray/mace, just so you know. i got it for christmas and carry it around on my key chain. i've yet to spray myself in the face, so i don't think you will either, i have faith lol

Anonymous said...

Apparently dudethatsrad has dropped out of college and joined SWAT. I've never heard of portable tear gas, thats crazy, haha. I'm definitely sticking close by her should we encounter any altercations during the May festivities.

-Balls Deep

MissMeliss said...

WHAT?! How did a comment like 'don't spray yourself in the face...' get by without a THATSWHATSHESAID!