A Failed Attempt

Today, while my dad and I were working on some light strands in the garage, we watched a man a woman attempt to jump our neighbors fence across the street. This was a failed attempt, since the gate opened and they fell. Not quite sure what was going on, we sorta stared with a blank expression as they proceeded to walk up to us, in the garage. The man, standing so close, less than a foot away from me close, started talking to us, telling us his life story.

I'm not going to type word for word what he said, since literally every other word was the F-bomb or another form of unappropriated words for my blog. (I try to keep it PG-13). But, his story went something like this: Their car tire popped a few streets over, and they need a ride back to it, so they can call a tow truck and their insurance company. They are willing to pay us $80 (he pulls out 20s from his wallet) to take them back. The woman then tells us how she is pregnant and can't walk in the cold rain. My dad starts to question them a bit, like where do they live, how far away is the car, etc. The man, still standing where I can smell the liquor on him as he drops his 2 cigarettes and wallet repeatedly, gets jumpy and starts walking away. The woman then says: "Can you or not? I need to know! No? Fine! Let's go!" And they walk down the street.

We then walk over to my neighbors house across the street and let him know that 2 people just came through his backyard. He tells us that he saw them jump the fence in his backyard, then jump the gate.

Their story didn't add up. For one, she is pregnant and can jump 2 fences, but can't walk? Secondly, why are they jumping fences in the first place? How did they get so far away from their car? Everything was off, and I'm glad they decided to just leave. Hopefully they won't return.

I don't understand choices people make sometimes, but I'm not here to judge or question their actions. If they leave me alone, I'll leave them alone. I have a feeling they might have tried taking the car or something if we would have given them a ride. Thankfully everything turned out alright, and is back to normal. At least for us.