Herosuper

It's about 4:40 am. And I am at my least favorite delivery address. It's on the corner of Larkin and Ellis. Not as bad as a crack corner as Ellis and Jones at this hour, but still pretty bad. It's the same place where the one guy who tried to rip off my laptop while I was in the place of delivery got a big surprise from skinny old me.

As I am carrying the three bags of bagels into the Hostel I hear a guy yelling at the top of his lungs. I looked over and saw he was yelling at a lady who must have weighed 85 lbs. I went in and was out in less then a minute when I saw the guy back handing her across the face and punching her in the shoulder and chest area. I looked around and there were a bunch of on lookers; gang banger wanna be's. They were laughing and pointing and urging the dude on.

I ran over there with my cell phone in my hand, pretending I was calling 911 and told the guy to knock it off. He did and as soon as she was able, she took off running. He gave me a hard stare but then ran after her all the while picking up trash off the street and throwing it at her. She got to a car and circled it as the guy tried to catch her.

I told the guy the police are on their way but this only momentarily stopped him. I got near the girl and told her in a low voice that I was going to my van and if she needed help, I told her to run as fast as she could and jump in the passenger seat.

I left and got in my van and within 10 seconds she climbed in and screamed at me, "GO GO GO"

I took off and saw the guy running but he gave up. She told me that was her boyfriend. She then showed me her lip which he had punched the night before. Man was it swollen. I drove her a safe distance away from that corner and told her that I had to finish my route and that she should be alright for awhile. She had a grocery bag with her and she begged me for a dollar so she could get some milk so she could eat the cereal that was in the bag. I complied and gave her the rest of my Odwalla and a couple of bagels. She thanked me and thanked me and thanked me.

I just can't stand creeps who hit women. No matter what she did or what he thought she did, he could have resolved the conflict without resorting to physical violence. As I drove off she waved to me with a big smile. She was grateful. She was about to be pummeled and out of nowhere a stranger came to her rescue and now she could eat her cereal in peace.

I felt like a hero. It made me feel good. Someone told me that I should have just decked the guy, but that is one crazy corner and who knows what weapons he might have been carrying. All I had was a cell phone. Plus it was much more exciting high tailing out of their, saving a woman and feeling like I was in a old Kurt Russel movie.

Peace

Until Next time


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