6'2, 180 lbs, Male, African American

Since I have worked at the truck stop I have shared many stories of funny things, weird things, and some slightly scary propositions. Well last night/yesterday I imagine will probably be the most scary thing I will ever be able to report to you.

Before I go on with the story I want everyone to know that the truck stop handled the situation very well and we were very protected through the whole night. So please do not worry, I was in very good hands.

Yesterday, around 3 a tall slender African American trucker came in to get a shower. Not noticing anything in particular he was given a shower and he went on his way. Approximately 3:45 that same man walked back to the lube bay and started a ruckus. (when I was first told what was going on it was fast and I only got the basic of the story. But as the night went on more and more truth came out.) He allegedly pulled out a knife and flashed a gun at some of the lube bay employees. He then threatened that he would be back later that night and he was going to kill one of the employees in the store. He even had it all written down that he would be back to kill us.

The time when I got into work this was all happening, without our knowledge of course. By the time we were out on the floor running our shift, the lube bay had finally called us and told us the threat. The police were obviously called. For a couple of horse the police hung around waiting for him to come back, and I assume they were out on the road trying to find him but I really don't know that. 3 security guards were called in, normally we don't have a security guard till 11 pm. So we had 3 of them come in early. And the employees were all armed with "tire beaters" (baseball looking things, just shorter) behind the counter.

Luckily last night we had 5 employees working, which is unusual, and all of them were male except for Bobanna and I. The man never came back while I was there. And I am assuming that he didn't come back later either, Who would seriously come back?? But last night we had 2 employees working, plus three night guards. So they should have been safe.

This was defiantly terrifying, no one really knew what was going on and there were a lot of people panicking. The owner, plus other employees who had seen him were shaken up a lot which caused my nerves to go crazy. But we were perfectly protected and I have no doubt that if that man did show up again that we would have any problems, there were so many people there that he wouldn't have even had a chance to get to the front counter I am sure.

I called mom and dad last night to tell them I love them, you never know. I wasn't going to tell mom the story, I knew she wouldn't like it, I knew that everything she thought of about me working there was coming true the instant I told her. But I knew she needed to know. And I knew I was going to be ok and I could convince her of that. It was brought up that maybe I shouldn't write about this event. But I feel that the reason I started this blog was to really talk about all the crazy things that happen at the truck stop, and this defiantly falls under crazy. So I feel it is necessary to write about it. Please just remember that I was protected from any bad men who came in ad that the truck stop handled it with precision and I felt VERY safe! Maybe too safe, I had security follow me everywhere. Its amazing I even got my own bathroom stall!

I love you guys so much!!!

ps: Romeo said he would jump in front of a bullet for me!