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PEACHY KEEN!! (dude walks up to me)
dude: give me your money.
me: what?
dude: give me your money n*****
me: are you serious?
At this point I seriously still think he is joking, because he has no knife or gun and although we were in an unlit part of the street, it was still quite a busy street with lots of car and foot traffic. Turns out he was serious, because right after I asked he punched me right in the eye. I turned around and since I was walking off the sidewalk towards the middle of the street the entire time, I'm in the middle of the street and he didn't pursue me any further. Afterwards I called the cops and drove around for a bit, filed a report, but didn't do much else about it when we couldn't find him. I guess the lesson here is...if you want to rob someone do it right. Don't try to rob people with your fist on a busy street.
The cops called an ambulance over to give me a checkup, but since I felt OK and none of my injuries seemed too serious I decided to go to the gym.
Fastfoward 2 hours...
I'm leaving the gym, which is on the 2nd story of a two story shopping complex with an attached parking garage. I walk outside, and as I'm standing on the top floor of the garage I hear lots of screaming, yelling, and then...GUNSHOTS. All of a sudden I'm thinking...how did I decide to come to this gym! To be perfectly honest I had no idea it was even a bad neighborhood because the buildings look nice and new, but I suppose the reason for that is they tore down the terrible looking old ones. What a TARP.
Anyways, right after the gunshots I start panicking, because I had never actually been in a situation like this before, but for the time being I felt safe on the 2nd story of the parking complex. As soon as I thought this though, I hear police sirens coming in from all different directions. I decide to walk over to all the commotion and see what was going on, so I go to the edge of the parking garage along with 2 other guys. I see...people streaming out of 2 clubs, lots of yelling, cop cars blocking off the entire block, firetrucks coming in, and most importantly--one guy on the ground in handcuffs and another guy on the ground not in handcuffs, not moving, and laying in a pool of blood. I could only assume he was dead.
At this point I did what any sensible person would do, so I immediately whipped out my iPhone and started video recording what was in front of me. I was trying to get the 2 guys on the ground, when all of a sudden I saw a cop with an m16 in his hand. I'm not sure if you are familliar with guns, but an m16 is an assault rifle used in the Vietnam war that packs quite a punch. This thing is NO JOKE, and I didn't even know police were allowed to carry it. When I saw this cop I decided that pointing a black object at an alert officer with an m16 from an elevated angle in the dark was probably a bad idea, so I put my phone away, continued to watch the mayhem for a while, then drove home.
Word to the wise--if you are ever in San Francisco at night, I would avoid the area near Bay St and Powell St near the Northpoint Shopping Center. It's not the tenderloin, but its not exactly safe.
Feb 7, 10 10:45:57
I was held in the back of my store on the ground with a gun to the back of my head. While the store was run through, its no joke man glad your well.
Feb 7, 10 11:15:14
so i am reading your blog, thinking, where the fuck does this guy live? sounds like a total shit hole, and i am glad i dont live there.
then i get to the last paragraph, and what do you know, I LIVE THERE!
not in that hood, but in SF. Come to the haight. there may be bums, but you will get hugged and not mugged :)
Feb 7, 10 13:02:32
just look at it as getting extra cardio in, once you leave the gym run to your car
Feb 7, 10 14:09:27
yea i live in the presidio and its very safe. i also go to the gym in the marina on weekdays and thats safe too. i just go to this one on weekends because the other one closes early. oops.
Feb 7, 10 15:23:41
i was just reading about this on the news- guy from richmond died, 4 others in critical condition and the shooter got shot my the security guard- pretty crazy situation to be in for you
Feb 7, 10 17:11:06
Shit that's messed up. Ever since this police have been stocked with heavy rounds, not just SWAT.
Feb 8, 10 07:47:51
I got mugged near the Civic Center bart station when I was in high school for \$7. I love the City!
Feb 8, 10 23:22:05
It's not the tenderloin, but its not exactly safe.
wtf does that mean ?
Feb 9, 10 01:05:28
The Tenderloin is considered the unsafest part of town. San Fran is crazy how one street can be so nice and literally one block off there will be cameras bc it's so dangerous..
Feb 9, 10 02:01:04
why are you going to gyms in the tenderloin!? you got enough money go somewhere else!
Feb 9, 10 17:50:23
Eric, I know exactly where your talking about because I go clubbing around that area sometimes. It is somewhat shady, and very odd since the 24hr fitness is right across from the clubs.
If I work out late, I usually gotto the 24hr on Ocean Ave, although thats probably farther from where your at.
Feb 9, 10 20:24:10
pretty sick Hitsurume, I will try that one out. what about the one on Van Ness, is that any good?
Feb 12, 10 19:25:27
Never worked out at Van ness, so I can't really say. You also have the option of Daly City's 24hr which is actually open 24hrs, but that place is sooo old and janky. The one on Ocean closes at 2am I believe, so I usually go there around 10-11pm.
Its funny I was out at the haight the other day and all my friends were talking about the shooting at suede haha.
Feb 13, 10 01:56:52
"Turns out he was serious, because right after I asked he punched me right in the eye."
lol?
if this happened to me, i'd probably be shocked at first but eventually amused at his sheer audacity.
Feb 17, 10 16:10:58
Eric come and live in London, much safer you get held up by a carrot no joke.... not even organic!!!!
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