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> So I wandered into my local Gamestop after buying
> a few veggies for dinner, seeing if they happened
> to have a nintendo switch in stock. They
> didn't....
>
> ....but the man in front of me, white, about
> 30-35 years old, trackmarks all down his arm and
> some on his neck (I know the look, I worked in a
> medical office), dirty white tank top and blue
> jeans and beat up converse, holding the hand of a
> 7 year old kid (baby bro? his son? not sure...)
> and the poor kid was WAILING because the man sold
> the kid's PS4 and about 7 good games back to
> gamestop.
>
> Took all the cash and pocketed it, telling the kid
> to "shut the fuck up" "don't tell her we were here
> remember the story we lent it to my brother", " I
> will buy it back next week when i get paid i
> promise" and went between yelling at the kid for
> crying (I would be too, 7 years old and my
> favorite gaming system gone!) and rushing the poor
> teenage cashier to "hurry the fuck up he had
> somewhere to be" and as soon as the man got about
> $250 cash for the lot- he was on the phone "yeah
> wait for me bro I'll be there in 5 minutes I
> promise, yes i still want the brown and white half
> and half I got 250 bro" (same amount he just got
> for the ps4) and dragging the poor crying kid out
> the store, not even buying him a $5 pack of
> yu-gi-oh or one of them cards the kid wanted, took
> ALL the money and left.
>
> Fucking heroin/hard drugs making a comeback in
> Fairfax County. How I know- I played with the same
> in my 20's but now in my late 40's I know better.
> His mannerisms were those of one on drugs, eyes
> pinned, unwashed, trembling and looking like he
> was going through withdrawal.
>
> I was tempted to buy it back for the kid but i
> knew he would simply re-sell it at another store
> the next day and get double that money so I did
> not.
>
>
> All i could do was watch then get in an OLD white
> pontiac grand am, all beat up with a pink
> rejection sticker on it, bumper dragging off, R
> rear window smashed, and they drove off. The cop
> who happened to be pulling in the lot passed right
> by them and did nothing, i was expecting him to
> get pulled for the sticker but I guess not.
>
> Fucking pisses me off. Destroy your own life,
> fine. But not the kid. He did nothing wrong to
> deserve this.
>
> Fucking junkies.
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