Well, calamity for Big S as he now has no where to sit his fat lazy ass down at the shopping center while he panhandles. Sometime yesterday, workmen came and removed all the benches lining the perimeter of the shopping center near the shops and the grocery store. I am not sure if this was an attempt by the management to deter these men from hanging out down there all day. They will occasionally call in the police from time to time to run the gang off for a few days when the loitering problem grows out of hand.
Big S was livid mad when I saw him this morning. He was cussing up a storm and saying that this was some convoluted plot by “the white man” against black patrons. He said he was going to “take his business elsewhere.”
“What business?” I asked. “You don’t buy anything from the shops unless you are talking about the business of begging people for money.”
Big S told me to shut the fuck up and that I was taking sides with the white man.
This probably won’t deter any of the gang from hanging out down there. Cap W/Tag Guy (who I need to add to the cast of characters) always stands up against the wall between the dollar store and the grocery store. Droopy usually stands as well. Big S will probably just plop his big ass down on the sidewalk against the wall. HIV/AIDs Guy and Shifty are usually so hyped up on crack cocaine that they can’t sit still anyway for more than a few seconds. We will just have to see how this all pans out over the next few days. My educated guess is that things will be back to normal in just a short time. Old habits die hard and these men have nothing better to do than to hang out down there all day. It is groupie social central.
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