Thread by @STOPFLEXIN

I wanna tell y’all a story of something that happened to me at Walmart last year. I never talked about it but I feel like now is the time to talk about it

I pulled up to a Walmart after work in February last year to pick up some milk, cereal and deodorant. It was like 12 or 1am and i like going this late because i usually can get in and out pretty quick. As soon as I walked in the store my mama text me and asked me where i was at.

I told her I was at Walmart and she texted me a whole list of shit to grab while I was in there so i could drop them off at the house before i went back home. I don't mind grabbing stuff for my mom because she had a stroke a while back and has trouble picking up groceries.

I walked in and grabbed all the stuff she had on the list. Took me longer than usual because I don't go to that Walmart that often. After I got all the stuff she wanted the last thing on the list was the stuff I came in for. Milk, cereal and deodorant...

I walk over over to grab me a half gallon of milk and then I walked to the cereal aisle. It had to be like 1:45am by this point and I was ready to go home and go to sleep. While i was grabbin my Captain Crunch and saw this dude walking up to me.

Had my headphones in so i was hoping he wouldn't try to say shit to me. I don't like talking to NOBODY at Walmart. Especially not at almost 2am. Mans walked up to me & just stood there. like RIGHT next to me. I'm close with Jesus but i don't even want him as close as this man was

So i take off my headphones and this man say "wassup bro, you don't remember me?". I'm terrible with names and faces, so i dap this man up like "wassup bro" hoping he give me some kinda blues clues as to who tf he is in this convo i don't wanna have.

This was a black dude. Brown skin. Around 5'9. Had a full suit on. Curly hair for whatever reason. No facial hair. Looked gay but not a noticiable gay, but like a corporate office 9 to 5 type gay. Had a slight accent, maybe from one of the islands. said his name was dennis.

He was like "I go to GA state too, i saw you on campus last week". I had this same shirt on i got on in my avi. It's hella comfortable but it bring alotta unwanted attention cuz folks ask me about football and when i played. It's really just because of my size.

So this nigga start talking to me about all kinda parties he hit up on campus and how the type of orgs he part of. you know? the kind a shit a nigga don't wanna hear at 2am. So i'm tryna ease my way out this convo and then 2 other niggas walk up. I need to describe these niggas

One was like 6'6. big tall rough lookin nigga with dreads and a wifebeater on. Nigga look like Gunplay if he was a small forward. The other dude was this real fat sloppy round nigga that was slightly taller than me. Had to be at LEAST 360lbs.

So the nigga in the suit say "Ay, we tryna hit up this party tonight that's gone be hella lit, you tryna pull up with us?". At this point my nigga senses are off the charts and I just say "nah im good, it's late and i gotta drop this stuff off at my moms crib"

So he say "c'mon bro it's friday, I know you tryna turn up tonight". i said "nah", and gave another random ass excuse because i'm good at making up excuses on the spot.

after like 4 "nah, i'm good's " this man was just like, well lemme get yo number so i can hit u up about all these parties that be goin on off campus. I just gave him the number cause i figured these niggas would go on about they business and i could pay for this shit & head home

Now i gave this nigga the right number, but this nigga call the shit in front of me just to make sure my phone ring. Alot like these niggas do to females leavin' the bar at night. I start walkin towards the check out line so I can hurry up and get tf outta here

I get to the front and they only got ONE line open. No self check outs open. Like 30 ppl in line and they got a old lady ringin ppl out. So i hop in line, and guess who I see walking up behind me with like 6 more dudes? THIS SAME SUIT WEARING ASS NIGGA

so he come up with all these extra dudes and he like "you still ain't tryna kick it with us?", I just laugh it off and i'm like "nah my guy i'm good, i can't even afford to get in no party tonight, imma be broke after pay for all this".

This man say "man don't worry about all that, i'll pay for everything you got, you good, just come kick it with us tonight.". Now i got a smoove $130 worth of shit in my cart rn so I'm feeling extra uneasy about all this shit at this point.

I'm not scared, but every nigga with this man is like damn near twice my size. Including this tall dreaded dude and the fat nigga. Everybody except this short lil skinny white dude they had with them.

So this nigga in the suit just steady talkin but all these dudes with him ain't sayin shit. Just either lookin at me or lookin at him. So i finally just said "you know bro i'll pull up with yall, lemme just shoot to this bathroom real quick."

So i walk over to the bathroom, and I notice this lil white boy done followed me all the way to bathroom. I go to the urinal and he go to a stall. I don't even piss, I just walk out the bathroom. I walk out and see they whole group still in line, so I just head for the exit

White boy come out the bathroom pullin up his pants and just let out a loud ass whistle. They all look over and see him, then look over and see me walkin out. ALL THESE NIGGAS START RUNNIN TOWARDS ME. Everybody in line look confused as shit.

Now i usually park in handicapped all the time cuz i use my mom handicap tag, but she don't like when i do that because she said karma gone fuck me up. So today i decided to park ALL THE WAY IN THE BACK. Like, i'm literally parked at the end of the parking lot.

I'm doing a full ass sprint to my car. These niggas are literally chasing me to my fuckin car. There's a big ass party van parked right next my car. It's parked close enough to the point where i can't open the door on my side. And i got a coupe so my door longer than usual.

For reference the van looked like this

I hopped in my car from the passenger side and and got in my drivers seat. The white boy was the first to make it to my car and was like "AYO WHERE U GOIN?!". I pulled off so hard that shit made the screech sound.

I didnt go home immediately tho, i drove down the road & pulled into a random subdivison & into somebody drive way & I just sat there for like 20 mins. Couldn't call nobody cause my phone had died & I left my charger at work. As soon as I get ready to leave, fuckin police pull up

Guess whoever lived at the house called and said somebody was parked in they drive way. I told the two cops who hopped out everything that had just happened, but they wasn't really tryna hear shit i was saying. Just wanted me to leave the neighborhood...

Got to my mom house and she said she had called me like 10 times. Told her the whole story and she wanted to call the police but I told her not to worry about it. She did call up to the walmart tho and had me make a statement.

Walmart cops up there said they saw a bunch of dudes run out but they thought it was just a bunch of guys playing around. They ran the cameras back and they knew who all these niggas was

They said they were a group of guys who go around to different stores around GA and try to lure people out of the store. They don't know WHY they're doing it but they've been doing it for years. He said for whatever reason, they target grown men and small boys.

They look for cars that are isolated in the parking lot at night. They usually scope out the people in these cars & follow them in the store. When I went back to the store to look at camera with them, they identified all 9 of the men. They were the same guys they BEEN looking for

They said they think the only reason they target men is because they know that most men won't go to the police for something like this. As crazy as that sounds, it makes sense. Because the last thing i wanted to do was tell the police some shit like this

Hell i TOLD the police when they pulled up on me in them people driveway. and they didn't even believe the shit i was saying.

Scariest part about the whole thing is, I'm a guy. I'm bigger than most men, outweigh MOST men, and i'm always in they gym and these niggas STILL saw me as a fuckin target. Can't imagine what would happen if i was some 5'2 130lb girl. Story would've proably been alot different.

and I didn’t get my deodorant..

This is the Walmart where it happened at

niggas who carry pistols everywhere in my mentions like