Stacks said the best thing about a gated community is how stupid it made people act. Normal shit like locking their doors at night was forgotten.
“These geezers, they want to live back in the simple times,” he said as he slid the crowbar into his pack. “But they still want all the modern conveniences.”
Juggy nodded. “And them women have lots of diamonds!”
Juggy was a fucking idiot, but he could lift the back end of a truck off the ground. It’d come in handy more than once.
We slipped over the outer wall, no problem. Easy pickings tonight.
Sorry, when I see old people in a bandstand the first thing I think about is the fact that they’re not home. Lock your doors, people.
Nice take on the prompt. I can see we have to watch you Randy 😉
Hey, aren’t you supposed to be in jail? Whenever you don’t post I always make that assumption.
Ha. No, I have enough memories to last me for a while. Seriously, I work driving a street sweeper now. My life is all boredom and salt and dark streets now.
Good reminder to lock doors…Older people are vulnerable to theft…Nice take on the prompt!
Stacks and Juggy deserve 25 year sentences and community service cleaning nursing homes. Randy
A good and different take on the prompt. It is great when something inspires thoughts on an almost unrelated subject.
I think they have forgotten the geezer’s pit-bulls waiting to chew their balls…
🙂
Doors locked! And is that Perry Smith in the thumbnail photo? If so, it works well with your story this week. It put me in that creepy thief mind-set. (Oh Lord, I hope it isn’t you in that picture now!!)
Great story, love the dialogue!
Thanks for this. I’m home alone, it’s dark outside and it’s after midnight. Did I p[ut the chain on the door? I’ll have to hobble downstairs and check now. 🙂
Nasty. Someone should warn those poor old folk. Clever, and engaging.
Just wait until they get the tuba thrown at them. The arrogance of the young can backfire. Great story, and good advice, though.
Dear Randy,
You make me want to lock all my doors and set the alarm. Realistic dialogue.
Shalom,
Rochelle
That’s why we don’t go out.
Sad truth. Easy pickings for young hoodlums.
I live in the Wild West. The old geezers around here are probably “locked and loaded”. I liked the dialogue.
Tracey
Sad but true!
Your story is sad but good for us “seniors” to think about – yes – we do lock our doors. Entertaining too! Nan
Cynical, but right on the money. Well done 🙂
Pretty cool! I painted the old geezers as the criminals … you have them as the victims! 🙂
A fine, hard take on the prompt, and true, too. I want to live in simpler times, too, like when men like that could be shot out of hand and no one would give me a second glance. Nice story.
Aloha,
Doug
That’s how all bad things start – it will be easy picking.