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I stayed late tonight at the office to try to finish up so the rest of the week will be much easier ... and had my adventure (well, my almost-adventure) of the week, too.
Around 11:00 tonight one of our supervisors came by the office for something. She asked if I was ok and seemed quite concerned about my being there so late by myself though she knows I do that from time to time. She's always a little jumpy but seemed just a bit more so this evening. She tended to what she came for and left, with cautions to me to be careful.
About an hour later, as I was finally closing down the computer and preparing to leave, one of our branch managers (and the supervisor's boss) came in ... apparently to see if I was ready to leave and escort me out to my car.
..... My mouth dropped open when he told me that there had been what seemed to be an armed robbery at the service station less than 2 blocks away!
Johnny, if you remember, it is that station at the corner after you get off the interstate as you turn onto the street where our office park is. It's right before the Cracker Barrel.
The supervisor knew about the robbery ... or at least she knew that the place was crawling with cops and something had happened ... but she didn't tell me. I guess she didn't want to scare me since I was going to be staying. But after she left, she called hubby (who was already home) and her boss. And, if I know her, she ordered her boss to come baby sit me as I was leaving ... LOL!
..... Branch manager was still out working and was closer by than hubby, in case you're wondering why hubby wasn't the White Knight coming to rescue the damsel-who-was-oblivious-to-the-distress-she-was-in.
When I left, there were still 3 police cars at the station. But I made it home with no incidents ... :-)
A local news station already has a blurb up about the robbery. Seems that 2 guys robbed the place and fired shots as they were leaving, though thankfully no one was injured.
Btw, Good Morning to the Dawn Patrol! Have a good day!
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