Interesting interaction

Went out to eat with the girlfriend tonight. We decided to go to a candy shop nearby the restaurant after dinner. I'm in a power wheelchair and can zip around pretty quickly compared to the average walking speed. So, with that in mind, we decided that I would run the leftovers to the van and meet her at the candy store half a block away.I'm trucking up to the street corner when a guy (I assumed homeless) crosses the street in front of me coming my way. He is cursing at God-only-knows-what just loud enough for me to hear as he crosses the street. He passes me, and then spun around to come back my way. I certainly wanted him to know I was aware of him so I gave him a friendly, "Howdy!" He stopped about 20 feet away and mumbled, "How are ya'?" I looked up at the clouds which were kind of sprinkling a little bit and mentioned that we might get wet in a few minutes. He mumble grumbled about the weather, being broke and some other stuff I couldn't understand but seemed halfway friendly, so I just kind of tried to keep my eyes on him as if in a simple friendly conversation.The light turned green for me to cross and he sort of jumped at me and said, "Give me all your money!" I just laughed at him and he immediately said, "No, I'm just joking!" As I rolled out into the street, I responded with, "Good, because you'd be out of luck with my broke ass!" I then just ignored him and went on.Dude said he was joking but something in my head said that had I acted the least bit intimidated he wouldn't have been "joking" any more. I didn't even have my gun on me and didn't need it for that interaction but I'll be damned if I go out again without it. I'd rather get asked to leave a restaurant than mugged by a bum. via /r/CCW https://ift.tt/3b0HzXv