Not in Pasadena!

We live in an area that isn’t very large. Pasadena has a population of about 12,000. It is definately ever growing, and I suppose with growth, comes some uninvited “excitement.”

This week Miquel had some such excitement where he works at a local pharmacy.

It seems he had a male customer and Miquel at once had a bad feeling about the man. The customer seemed agitated, but he had a suit on, and placed purchases on the counter, and then asked for a large amount of cigarettes from behind the counter. Miquel did as asked, and after bagging, told him the total of the bill, some $500, and the fellow then suddenly ‘remembers’, “Oh, I have some photos I need to pick up too.”

No sooner had Miquel turned to fetch his photos, the man was gone, with all of the bags full of loot. Miquel quickly noticed that his friend and co-worker, Shane, had ran out the door chasing after the thief.

Miquel then quickly ran after Shane, worried for his friend and what could happen.

Ahead, Miquel could see some construction workers, having a lunch break, noticing and fully understanding what was going on. Since one of the construction workers was the father-in-law of the workers in the pharmacy (advantage of a smallish town?), he summed up was what was going on, and tackled the running thief. Very agitated with the bandit, he pinned him down and boomed out with a very decisive bellow, “You don’t DO that in PASADENA, boy!!!!”

The police were called and it was soon found out the pharmacy pirate had heroin on his possession.

As a mom, I could see this as a situation that could have gone very wrong, and am very glad it turned out how it did.

Anyway, I learned something; apparently, in Pasadena, we either ‘got your back’ or can flatten you on your back- your choice.

🙂