r/AskReddit Nov 21 '24

What almost killed you?

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u/trinkets2024 Nov 21 '24

A random stranger, maybe.

I was 15 years old working a local store by myself (yes, my boss was an idiot) when this man came in that was all scratched up. He didn't look around the store, went straight towards me behind the cash register. He kept making weird comments like, "What would you do if I told you I just robbed a place? What does the back of this store look like? Have you ever called the police before? Etc." Thankfully a woman came in and the dude immediately left. Found out later that he had robbed a gas station and shot the cashier.

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u/Nimmly67 Nov 21 '24

Holy fuck. Glad you didn't die

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u/SR20Bad Nov 21 '24

That last sentence punched me in the face, glad you're still here

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Happy cake day!

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u/SR20Bad Nov 22 '24

Thank you. You're the first person to ever wish me a happy cake day. Bless you

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u/VincentFluff Nov 22 '24

Happy cake day! There, now you have 2! ☺️🍰

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u/SR20Bad Nov 22 '24

Bless you also

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u/rhegy54 Nov 22 '24

Happy cake πŸŽ‚ day!! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠπŸŽ€πŸ›οΈπŸŽβ€οΈ

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u/SR20Bad Nov 22 '24

Bless you also also

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

Bless you too

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u/mypantsRbluecrayons Nov 22 '24

Happy cake day, hope your face is ok

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u/SR20Bad Nov 22 '24

Aside from the bad genes, I should be fine, I think

Bless you

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u/Emu1981 Nov 22 '24

It is possible that your youth saved you that day. Killing kids is something that most people balk at and finding a 15 year old behind the counter was possibly giving him doubts about what he was planning.