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12. When I was young, I worked at a social service agency

Sat Dec 7, 2024, 10:09 PM

Saturday

My boss asked me to take the company van and take a veteran he had spent the last few hrs talking to to the Veterans Hosp across town.

I had my 5 yr old daughter with me. The vet sat in passenger side and my daughter was in back.

He pulled a knife on me and said he wanted the van, I said fine - he changed his mind and said keep driving. I tried to be as calm as I could making small talk. I couldn’t jump out because my daughter was in back.

We get to hospital and he wants to go to a back door - makes us get out with him -

He gets into a line in hospital (with us). I see nurses going in a “do not enter” door - I grab my daughter’s hand and we run in. I tell the nurse the story and she goes out - she knows him - Hi Jim -and asks for the knife. We run out of there.

I was so pissed at my boss - he spoke to this guy for hrs and didn’t get a vibe he was crazy and put my life and my daughter’s in danger.

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