Wednesday, July 31, 2019

The Donut Dilemma

Level: 34
XP: 4,822,917
Pokedex: 344 > 1 new from Sinnoh

I have been trading legacy pokemon with guys who do PvP.  The other day, I met one on the way home from work.  He wanted to meet near this busy complex that's a live/work area with a metro rail station.  No problem, that's kinda on my way home from work and I have met others in this area recently.  But it's one of those places that has a lot of foot traffic but not a lot of parking options. 

Oh! Hey.  There's a Dunkin' over there.  I mean, a donut shop shouldn't be very busy in the evening, right?  It's a small parking lot but we won't be there very long and I'll park at the end furthest away from the drive-thru.  That shouldn't be a problem. 

I get there first because he messages me that he's gonna knock out a couple of Team Rocket stops along the way.  No big deal, those take 2 minutes a piece.  Meanwhile I see a TR stop juuuuuuuust around the corner from where I'm waiting on him.  But he rolls up and I am more interested in completing the trade than in trying to grab the TR stop. 

He parks next to me.  We chat basically just long enough to be like, "Hi, my name is..."  "Whut? My name is..." "Slim Shady" "wicka wicka wicka wee"  and complete the trade.  So, like 5 minutes?  I notice that the stop juuuuuuuuuuust around the corner is still a Team Rocket takeover.  So I walk away from my car to go get it. 

On the way to the stop, there's a little voice in the back of my brain.  This is the conversation I had with it:

Little Voice: "Uh, you just left your purse sitting out on the front seat of your car."
Me: "So what? I'm only gonna be gone for like 10 minutes, maybe less."
Little Voice: "This is an area with a high volume of foot traffic.  It only takes 2 minutes."
Me: "Yeah but all the foot traffic is actually a deterrent.  Someone would see a guy busting out my window to snatch my purse.  It'll be fine."
Little Voice: "Probably.  But you're gonna feel awfully stupid if you have to deal with identity fraud because you were busy playing a mobile video game."
Me: "Shut up, we're here.  There's Team Rocket."
Little Voice: "Ooh, let's get 'em."

So, Team Rocket was vanquished and another pokemon was saved from their clutches.  Ash and the gang headed back to their car.  I mean, I walked back to my car.


As I was crossing the street back to the Dunkin', there was a guy about to kneel down TO BOOT MY CAR!!!!! 

Look! Look at how close I'd been to my car.  I know I'd only been gone from it for 10 minutes.  It was ONE BLOCK from the car to the pokestop.

As I was crossing the street, I yelled, "STOP!  I'M HERE!"  He looked up and saw me coming.  Thankfully, he stood up straight and turned to the car next to mine (which I don't even remember being parked there when I walked away).  I was like, "I was only gone for 10 minutes."  His response?  "It only takes 2 minutes.

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