SLIDE ALERT
Speaking of unsafe, the first night back in Austin, Late August this year, we went out to eat at fine dinner (I’ll PM you if you want to know where exactly) at a great restaurant we hadn’t gotten to before we moved out of Lakeway.
Anyhow, thingum-spouse and I were just about to order a nice dessert to finish off the experience when a nut job entered the establishment with 2 dogs on leashes. The man in black was asked by a nice Hispanic gentlemen, who worked for the restaurant, to take the dogs outside and tie the them to a post while he came in to eat, but as the man in black turned & took the dogs outside it was noted that he had a machete tied to his backside with the handle side just below the collar at his neck.
The nice Hispanic gentlemen told the nut job in black he couldn’t come back in with the weapon and was kept out of the establishment by physically having the door held shut. As the nut job started to get physically violent with the door and demanding entry WITH his machete (still on his backside) he pushed his way back in and tried to pull the machete at which point a customer cold cocked him and the man in black fell to the floor semi unconscious all while the 2 owners had pulled their guns out and repeated at least 4 times that he should calm down and put the machete down or leave the premises. He didn’t comply.
As the nut job in Black started to come to and crawl towards our seats, 2 other patrons took a chair and managed to pin the purp under it, restricting both his movement and his arms by his side until police arrived and a woman officer cuffed and took the nut job outside to get ambulance care prior to being hauled away by the Austin men & women in blue.
Side note: Based on our seat location thingum-spouse and I had the luxury of witnessing the entire episode with in 2-5 feet of our seats the whole time. At one point, I even had to tap things-spouse to suggest we move back away a bit because Thingum-spouse was in a trance watching this all play out like it was some TV show.
My point? The people of Austin city proper may be blue to the core but there are a lot of us out here that are more like Todd Beamer willing to take action instead of “Taking it without a fight”.
Final point:
As of September 1, 2021 anyone can carry a gun in the state of Texas, even in Downtown Austin and obviously the patients running the asylum have forgotten that part.
also as of Sept 1 2017, texas - you can carry a machete. with restrictions as to where it can be carried.
as of June 2018 the knives can be open or concealed.
https://mdcreekmore.com/texas-knife-laws-guide/
wonder why he couldn’t come into that eatery...
That takes the cake for a unique dining experience! 🙀🎂😜
You’re among the best writer-story tellers evver!!🥳
Great read!! And Good point.
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RE: Dinner experience
Did you leave a big tip for the front row seats to the “show”?
THAT WAS A PAGE TURNER, CLIFF HANGER, WHAT-IS-GOING-TO-HAPPEN NEXT story! Wow! ThankQ!
Great story. Thanks for sharing.