Hello everyone, I dont post much but I visit often.
This morning my wife and I are out shopping when she decides she needs some shoes.We all know 120 pairs aint enough, right
. While I am sitting on a bench in the middle of the store,two guys walk in wearing hooded sweatshirts.One of them goes immediatly to the left, out of my view.The other puts a bandana over his face,gives me the shhhh! sign,turns around and locks the door. When he turns back around I see he has a small handgun in his right hand,at about this time my wife notices him and asked me "whats up with that guy" I think she realized what was happening as she finished her sentence.I pushed her to the back and into a bathroom where I locked the door.At this point I am kicking myself for not carrying. We heard the door chime but I never heard any other noise.I told my wife we should wait until we heard police before opening the door.We heard someone approaching ,then knock on the door, but we did not open or make noise. I usually carry my cell but I forgot it this morning and my wife didnt have hers either.I felt very helpless.I havn't been carrying because I put on some wieght and havnt updated my wardrobe for c.c.
We waited a little longer, then heard the door chime a couple more times,then we heard a baby and a woman so I opened the door, looked around and saw a fire exit, My wife and I went through it and into the back.
As we went around the building I saw someone and asked them to call the police.We went to the front of the store and noticed there was the woman and baby at the register PAYING FOR THEIR PURCHASE
I went in and the lady at the counter wasnt even aware of what had just happened.She was wondering why we went out the back. Apparently she had been stocking shoes and had not seen the men come in.Seems that for whatever reason the guys changed their minds and just left quietly.The cops took quite a while to assess the situation before even making contact with the store.I thought that when I pushed the fire door open it would of notified everyone,but I guess not.Whats funny is while we were waiting for the cops,my wife continued shopping for shoes.
. I on the other hand had a big knot in my stomach and felt very sick.
The worst feeling was being in that bathroom and thinking there was almost nothing I could do.Thinking of my kids and wondering if this would be our last day on earth.I can assure you that I will be carrying always no matter what.
By the way this was at the Payless on Hulen st. across from Wal-Mart in Fort Worth.
If you have any questions please ask. What would you have done? What should/could I have done?