in situations like this, *ALWAYS* assume the worst. i don’t care if ya come off as an asshole to get out of the situation, at least ya’ll be *safe* and *alive*
@@shgurr2 Yep. The best thing to do is to just, as the saying goes, get the hell out of Dodge! What your roommate's mom said is quite perplexing though. Like, you do realize you're a wamen too, right, Ma?! 😂 My response to what those assholes said about you that you talked about in your previous stoeytime vid: "Fat!". Well, at least that one makes sense. But, still, you don't go saying stuff to make someone insecure about their weight & fatness! "Ugly!". WTF?! Even if you were ugly, which YOU SURE AS HELL AREN'T, you don't say that to somebody! "Slut!". What in the actual f@@@?! They know absolutely nothing about you! I'm so sorry about all the bullies that you've encountered in your life! From my experiences in 4th & 5th grade, middle school, and high school(it happened the least during those years), I know exactly how it feels to be made fun of, especially as a fellow autist! There was one particularly really hurtful bullying incident when I was in high school. "Why don't you go back to your retard class?!". That shit really f@@@ing hurt! For context, in elementary school, middle school, and high school, I had both special ed classes and regular ed classes. Also, Shannon, this would be great for your cats! legend-tiger.co/products/magic-organ-cat-scratching-board-sale-50-off?twclid=2-6prwphd0qon7ncme7coisd2rp. I also want to recommend that you make a storytime video about when you got diagnosed as having autism and ADHD.
@@shgurr2 I ain’t trusting no strangers bruh- a dude kept following me in the store and ( I thought it was a coincidence but changed isles three times and he still did (I am a minor) so I went to my father who was waiting in the car and he went in and he gave me peanuts when he got back :>
Rule of thumb, if some rando just goes up to you and asks if a store has something instead of going inside to ask the employees for help, they’re probably looking for something else and not the thing they said. Just give an answer and keep walking.
@@shgurr2 This is correct, he was either a Karen trying to get free stuff from strangers, or a human trafficker. Either way, you made the right decision getting out of there. I’d personally recommend always keeping bear-mace on your person, it’s extremely effective.
@@mj91212 Or, he was a serial killer and/or a rapist. Either way, yeah, the best thing to do in a situation like that is to just get the hell out of Dodge! It's a great thing that they kept their heads and got out of there!
I have military pepper spray on me or a pocket knife on me when I go out a lot. Tho my dad wants me to pepper spray myself in case I need to use it and the wind is blowing in my direction. Yeahhhh
“The car just stood there… MENACINGLY!” Missed opportunity 😔 I remember tweeting this to you once, but I’ll just say it again: I would highly recommend taking a self defense course. You will feel so much safer and more confident in public no matter what time it is. 💪
As a martial artist let me tell you: Overconfidence is your biggest flaw. You don’t know if they have a knife or a gun. Get away is always the #1 priority, no fancy defense techniques will help you with an unexpected knife at your throat.
@Also BREDGe With martial art skills, the taser that she got recently, and a gun(that is if the state she lives in allows having a sidearm with you in public places(whether it be concealed or openly carried)), she'll be set!
no... self defense course don't work like that... you are not supposed to feel safer with them. Self defense courses are for self defense and they are not that much of a help without the physique to actually properly fight. You are better off training martial arts formally than picking up a random self defense on the super market. Also, real advice. Just run. A fight you never fight is safer than any fight you actually fight doesn't matter how prepared and skilled you are. People can have hidden weapons and even if they don't you aren't untouchable so you will be punched and strangled and you aren't superman so you can't just tank hits and continue fighting forever. If you do feel the need to defend yourself... a knee to the nuts and open palm to the nose afterwards is more than enough to stun anyway.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla you'd still prefer to run first. Already know a girl that had a taser... brought it to school and showed it to us and then forgot to bring it to the bank when she was getting money out of her account at night. Pepperspray with an alarm could very well be safer cause you know they won't do much so you don't get arrogant with them and have to run. Don't just point a weapon at someone if you are not ready to use it. A deterrent and cardio are good enough
i love this new style of content. its like speaking to a friend! your way of talking is so wholesome on any topic. it also feels more relaxed. no animation and just little doodles in the background are better in my opinion
I listen to youtube usually as a background noise and having this style of content means im not missing the animation and when i glance up at the screen i see the drawings which are all really good
@@erika-paigehutch3930 yeah thats what i mean. and even when i do watch animated storytimes i dont really pay attention to the animation. as long as the story is good animation isnt needed
@@erika-paigehutch3930 one night i ate at McDonalds and got food poisoning. I threw up all night to the point where there was basically nothing left to throw up. So i was just gagging harder and harder until i did throw up, but as I did a realization came over me. there was diarrhea in my pants. That is where my name comes from.
As a tiny women who had to go to walmart at ungodly hours by herself: walk fast, act like you're in a rush, don't make eye contact, and always access your surroundings. Bonus points if you got pepperspray
I personally think pepper spray is too torturous. Tazers and immediate, painless death through being shot in the heart or brain are much better alternatives.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla "too torturous" I would sure hope it would be in the circumstance I have to use it on someone trying to harm me. Especially if they are likely to run away with plan to harm others in the future.
You all know how serious it is when Shgurr gets to make all sorts of stories she gets to share for me and the others. Also to mention your content has surely approved a lot over the years when i've been watching everything of yours ever gone viral. Because you've always been everyone's favorite animator who also deserves so much more praise to you ma'am
I think you did the right thing calling him out on his bs and leaving. He had no right to automatically place the weight of him getting air mattresses on you girls, especially if he was on a trip like did he seriously not think to stop at like a hotel or even bring the money for it at the very least??? I would’ve told him we got the last ones just to rub it in. 😂
I would not recommend that last part you said. That would likely make him angry and you don't want to do anything that would make a potentially dangerous situation into one that is definitively dangerous! Your priority, above all else, should be to get the hell out of Dodge!
@@Optimegatrongodzilla My thoughts as well! Escalating the situation into antagonizing the guy is not something that would end well (especially when they would really be someone dangerous)…
Yeah I've learned my lesson. When I was 14 me and my family went on vacation to Greece and my mom told me strictly to not go anywhere alone. I decided to not listen and went to the grocery store alone, in a very short skirt which she also had forbid. Well,turns out that after a while I noticed two guys following me so I started to sprint to the store and told the cashier to hide me. She did and the guys just walked while looking into the store. She told me that those were some real sketchy guys and she knew about them quite well. She let her husband walk me back to the hotell. Listen to your elders
So sad it has to be like that. SO desgusting there exist guys like that, and even being a man myself i can not comprehend with even a single of my brain cells how its posible to be taht depraved and degusting. Imaging going on a hunt for a 14 old girl because you saw her leg or some bs, that apparently made you pants tight. Shit heads like that i just want to see shoot on sight, it wont be killing because they clearly not using the head in the top for anything. Thing is this shit has alot to do with place and culture.
When I hear story's like this I cant help but think "...its always walmart! 😂" Tbh you never know what sus folks are around at night time, glad you and your roommate came out of it ok 🙏. I wish people can stop being creepy to folks minding their own business 😔
As someone who worked at a walmart let me promise you, that could have happened at 3PM. The lesson is to not go to walmart. The lads at target never believed our stories.
You can never be too careful. I worked at a couple of grocery stores and one of the safety lessons is that if you leave at night go in pairs for safety reasons! Glad you and your friend ended up okay!
Never go to Walmart late at night. That's when the crazies come out and, in my neck of the woods, there's a good chance they just came from selling..... stuff.
Sounds like he was hoping you’d follow him into the store, get the mattresses, then “oh hey help me load these into my van?” Then his accomplices grab you and you’re never heard from again.
Glad to hear the situation didn't escalate and you both managed to get home safely!! But yeh I can imagine that American supermarkets at night are like.. Prime creep locations. Giant empty parking lot, barely any folk around. Grocery stores over here usually close around 21:00 or 22:00, and are usually located in residential areas. Be safe out there shgurr!!
The moment you said ''black van'' I was immediately NUH UH SCREW THAT and plus the fact he said that he had his family with him and not a single one went out to talk or something like that, yeah that was definitely a kidnapping attempt. America is a wild place, good thing I'm not near that place
It's always at a walmart something's about to go down. Good thing it didn't! I enjoy these stories to listen to while I work/study and the fun doodles.
The only thing worse than an introvert that doesnt understand social cues is an extrovert that doesnt understand social cues I just like that shgurr used the word "wackadoo"
As Ed from Ed, Edd, n' Eddy best put it: "run awayyyyyyy!" But I'm glad you and your roommate weren't harmed by that suspicious character and avoided anything more. You two be safe. Oh, and in case this happens again, ask what the other person wants/needs and make a list to hopefully avoid a late night run. Walmart always has a knack for inviting "characters" when night comes.
I’d recommend driving around the block a few times after this to make sure he doesn’t follow you home or anything. If he was, I’d drive to a police station and ask them if you could chill there for a bit to get him off your tail.
"A man, in his 30's, with a nice jacket..." Oh oh oh, was it me?! That was probably me! "Whose going to pay for it?" That's not me, I don't need your money I got my own... Seriously, I had a weird experience before. I got put on a late shift at work and just got off and was walking to the bus stop down the road. A car full of young women pulled up and wanted to talk. Asked if I had a phone with Verizon or other carriers, which I did. My sixth sense was kicking in that this isn't normal and I had bad vibes. I could smell drugs, probably weed, in the car. I cut them off saying I had to get to the bus to go home (kind of a lie, I just recently got evicted and was homeless, but a friend was letting me crash with him) and they offered me a ride. I didn't trust them. I'm a big guy, black belt in Issinryu karate, former military, I can fight, but five small women inside of a car would not be ideal because my ability to defend myself would be very limited especially if they had a child lock activated which would prevent me from being able to escape. Plus they might have a knife, gun, taser, which would make it even worse. Thankfully the bus was coming by right at that moment and I flagged them down. Turns out it was a thing that happened rarely in my part of the state. Several women would kidnap people for whatever reason. Armed robbery, ransom, forcing people to commit crimes, random acts of violence against men in general (2010's, a period which hurting innocent men was acceptable to some groups of people). I haven't heard about it recently, but it could have happened to me. People just gotta be careful no matter who you are.
bit of advice for anyone who gets uncomfortable/over stimulated in walmarts or big markets. Bring noise cancelling headphones, earplugs or both! Sunglasses also help me a great deal to combat the fluorescent lights
Good thing you two went together. Being in that kind of situation alone would not good. Even as a guy, I would be concerned. You can be outnumbered or over powered if you give bad or sketchy people the advantage. We must be wise in those situations. Excellent job remaining calm and working together to get out of that scenario. 👍
"I have a Family!" Adding That to the List of lies they tell you to get in the Car: - I have candy/ a puppy - their Girlfriend/ Wife is in the Car Soooo many Murder couples, more than just Bonnie and Clyde.
Honestly it was a good thing that you both went together. It's scary to imagine going alone. Even as a guy, I never feel safe going to the store alone at night.
Selfishness is encouraged in these situations!!!! Your safety is always more important than their feelings!!! Especially a stranger who you owe nothing. (Pro tip: they’ll just ask the next person they see anyway. Your “no” probably isn’t going to make or break them.) 10 times out of 10, it’s better to come off as an asshole during these interactions than to risk your life just to be polite. Sharing this because it took me a very long time to realize and I would tell my younger self if I could!!
On a somewhat related note, NEVER go to meet someone you met online without being prepared (e.g. bring a friend, carry some kind of weapon you know how to use, etc.). Always meet them in a public place and don’t go anywhere with them. It doesn’t matter how well you think you know them. That is all. Stay safe everyone!
3:11 it all goes downhill from here This video just made me even more glad that every time my mom and sister goes to the store I'm always with them And so I can help my mom and my little sister reach up high things Edit: why do bad/odd things always happen to you, also you are smart by wanting to leave instantly "Who's going to buy them?" "Benjamin Franklin"
I don’t ever go to Walmart for shopping anymore. Reason for that is because there’s this Walmart associate that always harassed me about getting their in store credit card. Whenever I said I wasn’t interested the guy would never leave me alone (and would keep asking me for my ID) and when I walked away from the situation he would follow me around the store. For context I’m an 18 year old girl who’s going to college and I don’t have any friends or family around so I have to do errands alone pretty much every time. This dude was probably in his late 20s early 30s. He also kept saying that he saw me all the time in the store by myself which is creepy as well.
"I realized I-" I realized I want to subscribe to you! I've watched a few of your videos the past days and just saw I hadn't even subscribed yet. Silly! If someone's reading this who isn't subscribed yet either, come on press that button :p
I was at a Costco one time when this woman was asking for help, first to pay for food and to give them money. They were saying how they were robbed and that they were traveling somewhere and whatnot. Long story short, out of the kindness of my heart, I got scammed out of $1,000 dollars because I struggled to just say “no” and walk away, despite having many moments where I could’ve done so. Fortunately, I was still living with my family at the time, so I wasn’t screwed out of rent or anything, but it was still a painful lesson to learn.
Tell your friend to practice this sentence: “Hi mom! I’m just on my way to the store with my friend, I’ll call you back as soon as I get home, ok? Love ya, talk to you soon, byeeee!”
Good call on getting back on the car. For good meassure you should buy pepper spray just in case they start getting handsy. Getting into martial arts would be a good way to start training your entire body and breath control to enhance your endurance, stamina and speed whenever you actually need to run away. If you do get into martial arts always have in mind to run away first and do not engage in fights. Do not get into mall academies and do not leave after a short while. You gonna need at least a couple of years at a good academy for it to take an effect that is useful to stay alive. Also prioritize cardio if you can and your feet allow it. Please stay safe. Run away the moment you feel actually threatened and take care shanon. We love you and don't want you to get hurt by scum that just hurts people to get by
its always Walmart once some guy tried to convince me to drive him all the to St. Louis from Davenport at a walmart and he called me rasict when I didn't lol
That actually relates to the exact way my mother's ex husband is, never being able to get off the phone with him due to the fact, he'd switch to an all-new topic, or some other thing, or something, else, causing normal calls and coversations to go on for hours, even though I don't like talking for THAT long, at least not with a dad that doesn't even really comprehend nor understand me, not as if my mother does, yet far more than my mother's ex, my dad does...
This reminds of a time a random person dm'd me on Instagram asking if i could give them 20 dollars for a game. I asked him why and he just simply said "because I want to play it." We were connected in no way, we weren't following each other, nor any similar people. I have no idea why people like that think that would ever legitimately work. Glad you're both safe though, people like that can be so unpredictable.
I had a scenario like this in Chicago with my friend Jessie. I couldn’t find where I had parked my car during the production of Hamilton and it had started sleeting heavily after. We asked for help from two black guys but I got a very bad feeling from them (they smelled heavily of booze). I had told them I’d drop them off as soon as I found my car because they needed a ride but I floored it no sooner as Jessie and I found the car. It was dark and I shudder to think what would’ve happened if my friend hadn’t been around.
"Wackadoo" is putting it lightly Brother, we're here to get eggs, bread, and some vodka. Because that's all we can afford And can we stop grabbing people's arm?! You're not family or a friend, so don't put your hands on me
2:11 i’ve seen this in cartoons before And I should know that every time a cartoon character says “what could possibly go wrong” something bad happens.
Worst thing youll run into at the local walmart in my town at that time is college kids. Cuz thats what they do on the weekends. Everyone form a wagon circle in the parking lot with your cars and trucks and party i guess??? Regardless, as some who works at a walmart: dont shop there at night. I refuse to work night shifts for various reasons. This is one of them.
Reminds me of that one time where I went alone to a park in our neighbourhood in the middle of the night to catch some pokemon and this stranger approached me who was clearly older than me and wanted to know if I knew where he could get some weed. In my mind I'm just like dude, I'm playing pokemon go, what on earth made you think I could help you??
My husband and I used to go to Walmart at 3am for fun, basically. We weren't drunk, we weren't in desperate need of things, half the time we didn't even buy anything, it was just...for fun.
Glad to see you're back, hope you're doing ok right now and whenever you need a break just take it; your health is more important than TH-cam. Hope this message finds you well and I hope you have a good day! 👍 Sincerely, bested124
Gotta love it, not being able to go out after dark because of all the nutcases who prowl around in it. Mind you, I'm a fairly big guy, but I have super high anxiety when literally nothing is going on, so the night streets scare the living sh*t out of me. It kinda sucks, too, I like the look of night time, the streetlamps, the dark blank sky, the moon. Y'all had some balls to go out that late. I'd have just went to sleep and gone the next day.
It's definitely a good idea to at least keep some sort of self-defense on you if you go out at night (especially if you're a woman) but at the same time you should still be able to go out places late at night per se Don't live in constant fear and whatnot but I think you've already said that you have / are getting self-defense items so good for you
A little saying I follow is that nothing good happens after 11 pm. My mom works as a first responder, and though she’s in a low-call area, she says the calls after 11 are usually when it gets bad. Another time for me, I was headed home with my mom and younger siblings at like 11:30pm, when a truck swerves around my mom’s car and another car, and starts trying to race the car in front of us. On. The. Expressway. Nothing good happens after 11 pm, and stories like this further enforce my decision not to go out after a certain time. Be careful out there, people.
"You're gonna let my poor defenseless family sleep on the floor tonight?" The right answer is yes, it's not your problem
My question is y not just let them sleep in the van? :edit:By them I mean his family so y’all don’t get that confused
Dam I know you dealt with manipulators in your life lol no hesitation
Unleash your inner Tobey "I missed the part where that's my problem" Maguire
:0 i remember you :D
He could afford that nice jacket. I'm sure he would be just fine
in situations like this, *ALWAYS* assume the worst. i don’t care if ya come off as an asshole to get out of the situation, at least ya’ll be *safe* and *alive*
Fr my opinion too. I ain't trusting a stranger at night ever
@@shgurr2 hell I'm not trusting a stranger in broad daylight. ppl are fucked up
@@shgurr2 Yep. The best thing to do is to just, as the saying goes, get the hell out of Dodge!
What your roommate's mom said is quite perplexing though. Like, you do realize you're a wamen too, right, Ma?! 😂
My response to what those assholes said about you that you talked about in your previous stoeytime vid:
"Fat!". Well, at least that one makes sense. But, still, you don't go saying stuff to make someone insecure about their weight & fatness!
"Ugly!". WTF?! Even if you were ugly, which YOU SURE AS HELL AREN'T, you don't say that to somebody!
"Slut!". What in the actual f@@@?! They know absolutely nothing about you!
I'm so sorry about all the bullies that you've encountered in your life! From my experiences in 4th & 5th grade, middle school, and high school(it happened the least during those years), I know exactly how it feels to be made fun of, especially as a fellow autist! There was one particularly really hurtful bullying incident when I was in high school. "Why don't you go back to your retard class?!". That shit really f@@@ing hurt! For context, in elementary school, middle school, and high school, I had both special ed classes and regular ed classes.
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@@shgurr2 I ain’t trusting no strangers bruh- a dude kept following me in the store and ( I thought it was a coincidence but changed isles three times and he still did (I am a minor) so I went to my father who was waiting in the car and he went in and he gave me peanuts when he got back :>
@@DummynotFound So, did your dad deck him?
Rule of thumb, if some rando just goes up to you and asks if a store has something instead of going inside to ask the employees for help, they’re probably looking for something else and not the thing they said. Just give an answer and keep walking.
I think humans are always willing to share info but yeah trying to get me to go along with him is a huge red flag
@@shgurr2 This is correct, he was either a Karen trying to get free stuff from strangers, or a human trafficker.
Either way, you made the right decision getting out of there.
I’d personally recommend always keeping bear-mace on your person, it’s extremely effective.
@@mj91212 Or, he was a serial killer and/or a rapist. Either way, yeah, the best thing to do in a situation like that is to just get the hell out of Dodge! It's a great thing that they kept their heads and got out of there!
I have military pepper spray on me or a pocket knife on me when I go out a lot. Tho my dad wants me to pepper spray myself in case I need to use it and the wind is blowing in my direction. Yeahhhh
@@Optimegatrongodzilla Sure, but human traffickers are both of those things as well, so I figured saying “human trafficker” would cover my bases.
“The car just stood there… MENACINGLY!” Missed opportunity 😔
I remember tweeting this to you once, but I’ll just say it again: I would highly recommend taking a self defense course. You will feel so much safer and more confident in public no matter what time it is. 💪
As a martial artist let me tell you: Overconfidence is your biggest flaw.
You don’t know if they have a knife or a gun. Get away is always the #1 priority, no fancy defense techniques will help you with an unexpected knife at your throat.
@Also BREDGe
With martial art skills, the taser that she got recently, and a gun(that is if the state she lives in allows having a sidearm with you in public places(whether it be concealed or openly carried)), she'll be set!
no... self defense course don't work like that... you are not supposed to feel safer with them. Self defense courses are for self defense and they are not that much of a help without the physique to actually properly fight. You are better off training martial arts formally than picking up a random self defense on the super market. Also, real advice. Just run. A fight you never fight is safer than any fight you actually fight doesn't matter how prepared and skilled you are. People can have hidden weapons and even if they don't you aren't untouchable so you will be punched and strangled and you aren't superman so you can't just tank hits and continue fighting forever. If you do feel the need to defend yourself... a knee to the nuts and open palm to the nose afterwards is more than enough to stun anyway.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla you'd still prefer to run first. Already know a girl that had a taser... brought it to school and showed it to us and then forgot to bring it to the bank when she was getting money out of her account at night. Pepperspray with an alarm could very well be safer cause you know they won't do much so you don't get arrogant with them and have to run. Don't just point a weapon at someone if you are not ready to use it. A deterrent and cardio are good enough
Yes!
I recommend basic CQC at least, and Kung fu as a bonus!
i love this new style of content. its like speaking to a friend! your way of talking is so wholesome on any topic. it also feels more relaxed. no animation and just little doodles in the background are better in my opinion
I agree, it is calm
I listen to youtube usually as a background noise and having this style of content means im not missing the animation and when i glance up at the screen i see the drawings which are all really good
@@erika-paigehutch3930 yeah thats what i mean. and even when i do watch animated storytimes i dont really pay attention to the animation. as long as the story is good animation isnt needed
@@diarrhea6344 agreed, it's nice to listen to storytimes while doing something because as you said it sounds like a friend telling a story
@@erika-paigehutch3930 one night i ate at McDonalds and got food poisoning. I threw up all night to the point where there was basically nothing left to throw up. So i was just gagging harder and harder until i did throw up, but as I did a realization came over me. there was diarrhea in my pants. That is where my name comes from.
“You’re women , you can’t go at night!” And who’s fault is that for yapping nonstop for 3 hours?
Also, "Um, you realize you're a wamen too, right?!". 🤦♂️😂
“What could possibly go wrong?”
My anxiety whispering to me:
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“Everything”
Woody while his head does a 360⁰ spin: "Everything!".
As a tiny women who had to go to walmart at ungodly hours by herself: walk fast, act like you're in a rush, don't make eye contact, and always access your surroundings. Bonus points if you got pepperspray
I personally think pepper spray is too torturous. Tazers and immediate, painless death through being shot in the heart or brain are much better alternatives.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla Nah, pepper spray's a lesson to not f*ck with you. Better to teach.
@@BunchaWords It's overkill.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla "too torturous" I would sure hope it would be in the circumstance I have to use it on someone trying to harm me. Especially if they are likely to run away with plan to harm others in the future.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla pepper spray doesn’t kill
You all know how serious it is when Shgurr gets to make all sorts of stories she gets to share for me and the others. Also to mention your content has surely approved a lot over the years when i've been watching everything of yours ever gone viral. Because you've always been everyone's favorite animator who also deserves so much more praise to you ma'am
I think you did the right thing calling him out on his bs and leaving. He had no right to automatically place the weight of him getting air mattresses on you girls, especially if he was on a trip like did he seriously not think to stop at like a hotel or even bring the money for it at the very least??? I would’ve told him we got the last ones just to rub it in. 😂
I would not recommend that last part you said. That would likely make him angry and you don't want to do anything that would make a potentially dangerous situation into one that is definitively dangerous! Your priority, above all else, should be to get the hell out of Dodge!
@@Optimegatrongodzilla
My thoughts as well! Escalating the situation into antagonizing the guy is not something that would end well (especially when they would really be someone dangerous)…
All the red flags, sirens, yelling, screaming and crying was going off in my head while watching that interaction 😭
It’s nice to see each scene get its own little frame to better convey the story, better than doing a longer but unrelated shot
1:00 that taco bell ding with the quick RIP killed me.😂
Yeah I've learned my lesson.
When I was 14 me and my family went on vacation to Greece and my mom told me strictly to not go anywhere alone. I decided to not listen and went to the grocery store alone, in a very short skirt which she also had forbid.
Well,turns out that after a while I noticed two guys following me so I started to sprint to the store and told the cashier to hide me. She did and the guys just walked while looking into the store. She told me that those were some real sketchy guys and she knew about them quite well.
She let her husband walk me back to the hotell. Listen to your elders
So sad it has to be like that.
SO desgusting there exist guys like that, and even being a man myself i can not comprehend with even a single of my brain cells how its posible to be taht depraved and degusting.
Imaging going on a hunt for a 14 old girl because you saw her leg or some bs, that apparently made you pants tight.
Shit heads like that i just want to see shoot on sight, it wont be killing because they clearly not using the head in the top for anything.
Thing is this shit has alot to do with place and culture.
When I hear story's like this I cant help but think "...its always walmart! 😂"
Tbh you never know what sus folks are around at night time, glad you and your roommate came out of it ok 🙏. I wish people can stop being creepy to folks minding their own business 😔
As someone who worked at a walmart let me promise you, that could have happened at 3PM.
The lesson is to not go to walmart. The lads at target never believed our stories.
You can never be too careful. I worked at a couple of grocery stores and one of the safety lessons is that if you leave at night go in pairs for safety reasons!
Glad you and your friend ended up okay!
Never go to Walmart late at night. That's when the crazies come out and, in my neck of the woods, there's a good chance they just came from selling..... stuff.
I work at Sam's Club and can confirm these cockroaches plague us there too
Glad you were safe!
Sounds like he was hoping you’d follow him into the store, get the mattresses, then “oh hey help me load these into my van?”
Then his accomplices grab you and you’re never heard from again.
Glad to hear the situation didn't escalate and you both managed to get home safely!! But yeh I can imagine that American supermarkets at night are like.. Prime creep locations. Giant empty parking lot, barely any folk around. Grocery stores over here usually close around 21:00 or 22:00, and are usually located in residential areas. Be safe out there shgurr!!
Walmart is just….. weird both for customers and employees. And that dude with the black candy van is just something.
The moment you said ''black van'' I was immediately NUH UH SCREW THAT and plus the fact he said that he had his family with him and not a single one went out to talk or something like that, yeah that was definitely a kidnapping attempt. America is a wild place, good thing I'm not near that place
Legit how I felt haha
@SanicTheMemer
🎵"F@@@ this shit! I'm Out!"🎵.
The thing is this shit can happen anywhere when you least expect it! It doesn't matter where you live.
what country are you in?
It's always at a walmart something's about to go down. Good thing it didn't! I enjoy these stories to listen to while I work/study and the fun doodles.
Potatoes are the best thing to ever be invented
real
“Thanks” -🥔
Thank you Ireland for making potatoes
Yes
What about sweet potatoes? They are better in almost every way
Wow, Ive heard of panhandlers at walmart exits, but this is ridiculous!!
* sitcom laugh track
The only thing worse than an introvert that doesnt understand social cues is an extrovert that doesnt understand social cues
I just like that shgurr used the word "wackadoo"
My whiteness coming out with that word haha
@SATS
I don't know what social cues have to do with this situation.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla the mom who wouldnt stop talking, i imagine they prob dropped some cues that they needed to go but she just kept talking
@@sats2407 Oh, yeah. Probably. I thought you were talking about the Walmart incident.
As Ed from Ed, Edd, n' Eddy best put it: "run awayyyyyyy!" But I'm glad you and your roommate weren't harmed by that suspicious character and avoided anything more. You two be safe. Oh, and in case this happens again, ask what the other person wants/needs and make a list to hopefully avoid a late night run. Walmart always has a knack for inviting "characters" when night comes.
I like hearing about your stories, keep making these. They're good background noise while working on stuff.
Glad to hear it 🙏
@@shgurr2 I agree 😊
I’d recommend driving around the block a few times after this to make sure he doesn’t follow you home or anything. If he was, I’d drive to a police station and ask them if you could chill there for a bit to get him off your tail.
Stranger: "You're gonna let my poor defenseless family sleep on the floor tonight?"
Shgurr: "I missed the part where that's my problem !"
"A man, in his 30's, with a nice jacket..." Oh oh oh, was it me?! That was probably me! "Whose going to pay for it?" That's not me, I don't need your money I got my own...
Seriously, I had a weird experience before. I got put on a late shift at work and just got off and was walking to the bus stop down the road. A car full of young women pulled up and wanted to talk. Asked if I had a phone with Verizon or other carriers, which I did. My sixth sense was kicking in that this isn't normal and I had bad vibes. I could smell drugs, probably weed, in the car. I cut them off saying I had to get to the bus to go home (kind of a lie, I just recently got evicted and was homeless, but a friend was letting me crash with him) and they offered me a ride. I didn't trust them. I'm a big guy, black belt in Issinryu karate, former military, I can fight, but five small women inside of a car would not be ideal because my ability to defend myself would be very limited especially if they had a child lock activated which would prevent me from being able to escape. Plus they might have a knife, gun, taser, which would make it even worse. Thankfully the bus was coming by right at that moment and I flagged them down.
Turns out it was a thing that happened rarely in my part of the state. Several women would kidnap people for whatever reason. Armed robbery, ransom, forcing people to commit crimes, random acts of violence against men in general (2010's, a period which hurting innocent men was acceptable to some groups of people). I haven't heard about it recently, but it could have happened to me. People just gotta be careful no matter who you are.
bit of advice for anyone who gets uncomfortable/over stimulated in walmarts or big markets. Bring noise cancelling headphones, earplugs or both! Sunglasses also help me a great deal to combat the fluorescent lights
Good thing you two went together. Being in that kind of situation alone would not good.
Even as a guy, I would be concerned. You can be outnumbered or over powered if you give bad or sketchy people the advantage.
We must be wise in those situations. Excellent job remaining calm and working together to get out of that scenario. 👍
Yup
"I have a Family!"
Adding That to the List of lies they tell you to get in the Car:
- I have candy/ a puppy
- their Girlfriend/ Wife is in the Car
Soooo many Murder couples, more than just Bonnie and Clyde.
Honestly it was a good thing that you both went together. It's scary to imagine going alone. Even as a guy, I never feel safe going to the store alone at night.
Selfishness is encouraged in these situations!!!! Your safety is always more important than their feelings!!!
Especially a stranger who you owe nothing. (Pro tip: they’ll just ask the next person they see anyway. Your “no” probably isn’t going to make or break them.)
10 times out of 10, it’s better to come off as an asshole during these interactions than to risk your life just to be polite.
Sharing this because it took me a very long time to realize and I would tell my younger self if I could!!
On a somewhat related note, NEVER go to meet someone you met online without being prepared (e.g. bring a friend, carry some kind of weapon you know how to use, etc.). Always meet them in a public place and don’t go anywhere with them. It doesn’t matter how well you think you know them. That is all. Stay safe everyone!
I firmly believe that everyone that can't defend themselves should carry at least mace.
This is one of the many reasons why I don't want my sister going alone anywhere
2:13
Shgurr: What could possibly go wrong?
Me: Seems like Shgurr hasn’t heard of the JonTron quote of-
JonTron: EVERYTHING COULD GO WRONG!!!
3:11 it all goes downhill from here
This video just made me even more glad that every time my mom and sister goes to the store I'm always with them
And so I can help my mom and my little sister reach up high things
Edit: why do bad/odd things always happen to you, also you are smart by wanting to leave instantly
"Who's going to buy them?"
"Benjamin Franklin"
I don’t know why but I’m loving this new style of content
It certainly takes less time to make. Her previous storytime vid came out a little over a week ago!
Green Goblin: "Impressive!".
I don’t ever go to Walmart for shopping anymore. Reason for that is because there’s this Walmart associate that always harassed me about getting their in store credit card. Whenever I said I wasn’t interested the guy would never leave me alone (and would keep asking me for my ID) and when I walked away from the situation he would follow me around the store. For context I’m an 18 year old girl who’s going to college and I don’t have any friends or family around so I have to do errands alone pretty much every time. This dude was probably in his late 20s early 30s. He also kept saying that he saw me all the time in the store by myself which is creepy as well.
"I realized I-"
I realized I want to subscribe to you! I've watched a few of your videos the past days and just saw I hadn't even subscribed yet. Silly! If someone's reading this who isn't subscribed yet either, come on press that button :p
I was at a Costco one time when this woman was asking for help, first to pay for food and to give them money. They were saying how they were robbed and that they were traveling somewhere and whatnot. Long story short, out of the kindness of my heart, I got scammed out of $1,000 dollars because I struggled to just say “no” and walk away, despite having many moments where I could’ve done so. Fortunately, I was still living with my family at the time, so I wasn’t screwed out of rent or anything, but it was still a painful lesson to learn.
"Who's gonna go in the store with me?"
Shields up! Red alert!
Soon as you mentioned nighttime I already knew it was about to end badly
Tell your friend to practice this sentence: “Hi mom! I’m just on my way to the store with my friend, I’ll call you back as soon as I get home, ok? Love ya, talk to you soon, byeeee!”
2:48 he's just standing there... menacingly.
because Walmart brings all the freaks to the yard. Glad you both are safe
Situations like that are always so scary, the world is honestly a terrifying place sometimes
plot twist, your roommate's mom sent that dude to scare you away from going to Walmart so late
Dang it! Mom strikes again!
Good call on getting back on the car. For good meassure you should buy pepper spray just in case they start getting handsy. Getting into martial arts would be a good way to start training your entire body and breath control to enhance your endurance, stamina and speed whenever you actually need to run away. If you do get into martial arts always have in mind to run away first and do not engage in fights. Do not get into mall academies and do not leave after a short while. You gonna need at least a couple of years at a good academy for it to take an effect that is useful to stay alive. Also prioritize cardio if you can and your feet allow it.
Please stay safe. Run away the moment you feel actually threatened and take care shanon. We love you and don't want you to get hurt by scum that just hurts people to get by
its always Walmart once some guy tried to convince me to drive him all the to St. Louis from Davenport at a walmart and he called me rasict when I didn't lol
“How many times do we have to tell you this Young lady” -mom
That actually relates to the exact way my mother's ex husband is, never being able to get off the phone with him due to the fact, he'd switch to an all-new topic, or some other thing, or something, else, causing normal calls and coversations to go on for hours, even though I don't like talking for THAT long, at least not with a dad that doesn't even really comprehend nor understand me, not as if my mother does, yet far more than my mother's ex, my dad does...
Your voice is so pretty! I also love your style!
This reminds of a time a random person dm'd me on Instagram asking if i could give them 20 dollars for a game. I asked him why and he just simply said "because I want to play it." We were connected in no way, we weren't following each other, nor any similar people. I have no idea why people like that think that would ever legitimately work.
Glad you're both safe though, people like that can be so unpredictable.
Two words pepper spray 😆😆
This is why parents exist people!
I had a scenario like this in Chicago with my friend Jessie. I couldn’t find where I had parked my car during the production of Hamilton and it had started sleeting heavily after. We asked for help from two black guys but I got a very bad feeling from them (they smelled heavily of booze). I had told them I’d drop them off as soon as I found my car because they needed a ride but I floored it no sooner as Jessie and I found the car. It was dark and I shudder to think what would’ve happened if my friend hadn’t been around.
I will now try to insert the term "Wackadoo" into my vocabulary.
"Wackadoo" is putting it lightly
Brother, we're here to get eggs, bread, and some vodka. Because that's all we can afford
And can we stop grabbing people's arm?! You're not family or a friend, so don't put your hands on me
AHA! You two should have listened to your roommate's mother! Mama's always right! 😆
When he tried to grab your arm... Nah he was definitely trying to do something 🚩
These videos r so entertaining ngl i feel like im listening to a podcast
2:11 i’ve seen this in cartoons before And I should know that every time a cartoon character says “what could possibly go wrong” something bad happens.
Worst thing youll run into at the local walmart in my town at that time is college kids. Cuz thats what they do on the weekends. Everyone form a wagon circle in the parking lot with your cars and trucks and party i guess???
Regardless, as some who works at a walmart: dont shop there at night. I refuse to work night shifts for various reasons. This is one of them.
Reminds me of that one time where I went alone to a park in our neighbourhood in the middle of the night to catch some pokemon and this stranger approached me who was clearly older than me and wanted to know if I knew where he could get some weed. In my mind I'm just like dude, I'm playing pokemon go, what on earth made you think I could help you??
My husband and I used to go to Walmart at 3am for fun, basically. We weren't drunk, we weren't in desperate need of things, half the time we didn't even buy anything, it was just...for fun.
2:16 did anyone else think this was a hat with glasses, not finished drawing and a pencil tucked behind the ear😅
Glad to see you're back, hope you're doing ok right now and whenever you need a break just take it; your health is more important than TH-cam. Hope this message finds you well and I hope you have a good day! 👍
Sincerely, bested124
He was homeless and was trying to manipulate / scare you into buying him a free air mattress
Gotta love it, not being able to go out after dark because of all the nutcases who prowl around in it. Mind you, I'm a fairly big guy, but I have super high anxiety when literally nothing is going on, so the night streets scare the living sh*t out of me. It kinda sucks, too, I like the look of night time, the streetlamps, the dark blank sky, the moon.
Y'all had some balls to go out that late. I'd have just went to sleep and gone the next day.
Welcome back Shgurr! Missed ya lots
30-year-old bum:
“Are you really going to let my family sleep on the floor tonight?”
Me: “YES. You are over 30. Get a job.”
There's a simple explanation for his strange behavior, and it rhymes with "Seth".
I love these storytime sketches!
I feel like continuing to interact with obvious scammers and suspicious people is stupid. Shut them down and leave.
Exactly. Maybe he was a scammer 🤔
I'd not that easy,specially if you are a woman, answering rudely or acting harshly can get us on serious danger.
@@MaiMaijin Saying the wrong thing to a stranger can get you in deep shit, regardless of whether you're a gal or a guy.
@@Optimegatrongodzilla oh def, just was bringing up the gender for the context of the video
@@MaiMaijin Okay. There are people out there who have this stupid mentality that men can't be victimized.
I'm glad you and your friend are okay. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that.
"Listen to your elders." ...3h later😂
Situations like that one, are the reasons why things like, pepper spray, exist.
I wanna use the word “Wackadoo” more often. It’s just fun to say.
i love the man's scott pilgrim hair lol
Cool video, keep up with these and this channel will soon make it to 100k so you'll finally get another plaque!
I'm glad that my Walmart closes at 11 rather than being open 24/7 but OH BOY, do I have stories working the evening shift here
My first thought would have been "and this is the opening of a criminal minds episode."
You should've been scared, that's when the crackheads start getting aggressive, even worse at walmart
It's definitely a good idea to at least keep some sort of self-defense on you if you go out at night (especially if you're a woman) but at the same time you should still be able to go out places late at night per se
Don't live in constant fear and whatnot but I think you've already said that you have / are getting self-defense items so good for you
When you said that he was wearing a nice jacket I'm thinking he's going to walk up and say "HeY kIds WanT sOme frEddY fAzbeArs PIZZA?!?!?!!"
"one night I realized I was out of food"
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
you got lucky, this person sounds like a psycho, glad you and the roommate were unharmed!
Man outside of store in middle of night starts approaching you talkin bout something random yup immediate red flag
Walmart is a shopping center for crazies... I even have my own night time walmart story
Hay shugarr love your vids i made some fan art and i was wondering if u had a way i could send it to you idk its ok if not
Love your art btw
You're a fantastic storyteller, they're always interesting.
In my area, I don't even think Walmart is open that late. ;-;
A little saying I follow is that nothing good happens after 11 pm. My mom works as a first responder, and though she’s in a low-call area, she says the calls after 11 are usually when it gets bad. Another time for me, I was headed home with my mom and younger siblings at like 11:30pm, when a truck swerves around my mom’s car and another car, and starts trying to race the car in front of us. On. The. Expressway. Nothing good happens after 11 pm, and stories like this further enforce my decision not to go out after a certain time. Be careful out there, people.
Loved the video, glad nothing bad happened, can’t wait for the next vid