So, yesterday I'm driving through the not-so-nice part of the fair city which I live near. I see a young nigger guy standing on a corner, pretty obviously selling drugs. On a whim, I decide to try to buy some weed. I haven't been stoned in a couple years, and don't really have any good sources if I wanted to buy. I know this is a bit risky in all kinds of ways, but I figure I'll be alert & keep my eyes open, and hopefully minimize any risk.
I pull over and he walks up to the car. I'm 2 footing the pedals: left foot on brake, right foot resting on gas, so I can bolt instantly if need be. I'm watching his hands, and all the mirrors, for cops & his homies. "yeah man....you need sumpin'?".
I hold out a $20 "yeah, you got any weed?"
He takes the money "Yeah...hang on a minute..."
He goes into the bodega he was hanging out in front of. 2 more homies come out. One goes into lookout mode on the corner. He hands my money to a different guy who walks up to the car. "Yeah..watchoo lookin for man?"
me: "uhhh...weed...$20 bag"
He looks in the car, asks me who I am, I tell him he doesn't know me. He says hang on a minute, goes back into the bodega with the guy I originally gave the money to.
After a minute, the lookout walks over, asks me what I need <wtf?> I tell him the other guy is taking care of it.
A few more minutes go by, I'm constantly scanning mirrors, staying vigilant. I'm not going to mind losing $20, but I don't want to get carjacked or worse.
Finally, the first guy comes back out, he starts walking towards me, but then the sound of sirens in the distance spooks him and he ambles back to the door of the bodega. The sirens pass and he walks up to the car. "Hey man, them niggas left, yo money gone".
I say "Really?"
He says "Yeah man...its all done"
I figured this was a possibility, I'm alot more dissapointed than pissed.
"Way to live up to the stereotype" I tell him, and slowly drive off.
Now I've been wondering about what happened, and how common it is. I think a good businessman would want to cultivate new clients. The $20 he stole from me was peanuts compared to the hundreds of dollars in business I may have given him later. On the other hand, maybe what they have is a better business model: rip off anyone you think you can get away with ripping off, it's pure profit. He figured (correctly) that a fat middle-aged white guy wasn't going to make much of a fuss over $20. Even if I had my 12 gauge with me, I'm not pointing it at someone over that kind of money.
I guess, hold onto the cash until I see the product next time, maybe I'll have a ghost of a chance.
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Originally Posted by Rotting Camel Ass 
