Six

Today, when I went into work, the boss announced that we were all taking the day off and going to get a little culture in our lives. He was taking us to see a Mid-summers Nights Dream at the theater. Well after the first hour or so of the play I was having a hard time staying awake so i walked out to the balcony of the theater where all the workers take their smoke break to get some fresh air and wake up. I had been standing out there for a few minutes when I heard a man screaming about his shoes. At first i thought it was some stuck up rich man that stepped in gum or something but then I looked over and saw that some guy had just robbed him of his newly purchased, still in the box shoes. At first I thought it may have been the guy who had clearly just spent the night in jail. He had hangover written all over him, he tried to run after the robber but after about three strides he fell to his knees in exhaustion. You would think that a robbery right next to a police station wouldn't get very far, but besides the hungover fella no one even attempted to catch the robber. The guy who's shoes got stolen proceeded into the police station with a pouty face to go report the robbery to the police. So stunned by what I had just seen i proceeded back into the theater. Our town had never been one where robbery and crimes were large, witnessing this crime gave me the feeling that this robber was not going away and our town was going to be on high alert.