so...last night...arriving at the station....standing around the front were 3 guys, all dressed in the same fashion....watching....observing...even as one immediately moved out of our line of vision...
this is one of my stations....and while it has always had a reputation for bad things going down, i have never really felt intimidated working it on my own...sure there was the 'psychotic who went weird towards me when i politely declined walnut pieces....and then there were the two goofs who delighted in threatening 3 kids on their way home from the batman movie premiere...and a few other situations...but by and large it has been quite quiet...
i sense things here....people behind em when there is no one around...last week i heard a voice...the most beautiful voice...
but the all-too-real footsteps from people non-existent has been the most unsettling of things to occur here....
so last night...due to a late start i worked with another person....all things uneventful. as we awaited the leadhand's arrival around 5:30am, i walked out the front entrance...and saw some graffitti...letters crossed out with something written above. looking closer, it was apparent that there was a very real and ominous meaning to these scrawls....and then the other ones just added to my feelings...it would seem that there will likely be some activity taking place here in the not-too distant future...as two different factions claim the station for themselves...ie a turf war...
just what one needs....to be caught in a situation where violence and stupidity rules...even as a bystander...the possibility of things going from worse to chaotic seem strong.
i reported this of course...and to be honest, while there is a quiet unsettling sensation within...i cannot say there is any 'fear'....yet. will it start to manifest itself should the threat become a reality? no doubt. but there is a more dispassionate feeling felt towards this...a wait and see...remain alert but not stress over it....
clearly...in retrospect...my initial unsettled feeling regarding those guys earlier had validity...and given their expressions...the dead eyes and the suspicion towards us....it is a given that i will see them again...
