Friday, January 14, 2022

I Ain’t One to Gossip but …

Back in the day there was a TV show called In Living Color.

Jennifer Lopez, Jim Carrey, among others, got their start on that show, and a favorite character of mine was Miss Bonita.


Miss Bonita would hang out her window, or sit on her stoop, greet passersby, then share the tea on that person, prefacing her statement to us — the audience with "Now, I ain't the one to gossip so you didn't hear this from me".

Yesterday was that kind of day.

Needing not one single thing from the market, after hearing about supply chain shortages, I popped in any way to load up on just-in-case essentials.

There appeared to be plenty of what I normally purchase. The only empty shelves I observed were in isles my gut won’t let me eat from — the ramen noodle and frozen breakfast sections.

At any rate, walking out with enough supplies that I won’t have to grocery shop for a month, I saw three people approaching the market dressed in cop uniforms, more specifically Probation — according to the markings on their uniforms.

The market’s security guard was walking behind me and greeted the three with "Hey guys". They returned the greeting and went inside the market.

Probation did not appear to be there shopping for groceries.

Out on the lot, the market’s security guard approached another security guard on the lot. Both were grinning at each other, then one began to laugh out loud when the other one said, "Probation, huh. They coming to the job to get us now."

I thought that hilarious, but then thought, wait, stop, what … are some of these security guards on probation?

That would be weird if criminals were hired as security guards, but not beyond the realm of possibilities.

So, anyway, returning to the complex, unloading groceries from the car, who do I hear calling my name but my buddy Apache.

He was here, bold as brass, on the property in management’s face, walking along with D — the assault victim.

He tells me management can’t say or do anything to him if he’s here with a resident so, unless management can come up with something, I’m likely to see Apache around just as much as when he was living here.

So, anyway, Apache rushed over to tell me Probation was on the property, in the back, five cars of ‘em.

Apache didn’t know why they were here, who they were here for, but inasmuch as I’d just seen three of them at the market, there appeared to be some kind of joint operation going on.

Apache and I took a selfie, and we all three began walking towards the back of the property to see who Probation was here for.

Though I’d heard the whole story, not just what D is putting out for sympathy, I asked if she was okay.

"No …. No I’m not", she said then, indicating she needed a hug from me, she came at me with arms outstretched.

I took a step back and yelled "NOOOOOOOOO! Don’t touch me! Omicron!"

D froze, then began a tirade that went "Kill me now Lord. Just shoot me. I don’t want to live any longer. I can’t go anywhere, can’t hug anyone ……" yada yada yada.

The I need sympathy act is working on some as residents are cooking for her, delivering meals, but I didn’t take her pity soliloquy, need for a hug seriously, and she quickly switched to telling me about how the kitten has turned to a "brat" — knocking things over on purpose.

Though we saw the unmarked Probation cars vertically parked in a row, an occupant in each car seemingly staking out the area, we did not see if an officer had already exited, gone into any of the units, so I headed back to what I was doing, while Apache and D continued their walk.

Back attending to groceries, I ran into Casino Lady’s sister who approached me with, "I ain’t one to gossip but …..".

What ensued was a back and forth comparison on what she’d heard, what I knew, ending with "But you didn’t hear it from me". LOL.

At any rate, the topic of Handsome Man’s son doesn’t appear to be dying down. It’s going to be discussed on the grapevine for a long long time.

As for Probation, just as Casino Lady’s sister and I were discussing how it appears the bad people live on the back side of the property, the Probation cars began driving out of the gate — five of ‘em in a line. I could see there were now two officers in the front seat, but we could not see if anyone was being taken away ... but FIVE CARS? Must have been some bad hombre or five bad hombres — a car for each one.

All in all, it’s been quite the week.

11 comments:

  1. "Kill me now Lord. Just shoot me. I don’t want to live any longer. I can’t go anywhere, can’t hug anyone ……"

    Yup. Get used to it!

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  2. We're got some serious shortages here. Decided to order online for home delivery. Gave up. Everything I wanted was "sold out."

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    1. Wow! What items were sold out? I loaded up on brown rice, olive oil, cornmeal, red bells, tomatoes because I can make a meal with those. As an aside, I picked up rice cakes and peanut butter for when if everything else fails but eggs are my primary protein. If the market runs out of eggs I'm screwed.

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  3. I and Miss Bonita could be one and the same.

    Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Now our stores here seem to be up and down with things as this thing continues, but lately have been well stocked, except for certain things I can't figure out. Like I noticed in the frozen foods, three groceries were out completely of French fries, hash browns, bags of home fries, etc... talk about a potato famine girl...very odd.

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    1. Oh Oh. I'd better run by Sprouts, grab some organic frozen potatoes. I think we all have a little Miss Bonita in us.

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    2. The Great Frozen Potato Famine of 2022 and Top Ramen Famine are upon us, say it ain't so!? *LMAO* People do hoard the strangest things, I never did understand the TP Hoarding, didn't they realize without Food they wouldn't need it as much? *Winks*

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  4. Seems like a show of force that may or may not have been warranted, it will be interesting to hear the actual backstory if it ever is revealed? I Loved the Show "In Living Color", the Wayans were way ahead of the curve on Sic Humor and a Handsome bunch as well as being hilarious. I remember when JLo was a Fly Girl, she's Aged well visually but is just so thirsty now it's rather pathetic, her and MadDonna... nothing Sadder than an insecure Aging Diva that can't seem to handle not being flavor of the Month anymore so become desperate for attention. Mads could be a Miss Bonita!

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    1. Management isn't likely to tell us what Probation was up to. I'll have to wait until neighbors in that area start spilling the tea on what they saw, what they know. "Mads could be a Miss Bonita" ... ROFLMAO!! I hope Mistress reads this. Maybe Reface herself as Miss Bonita.

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  5. I don't understand what Probation is. Are they security guards or police officer? Are they on Probation because they are learning or because they've done something wrong? Must be a California think.

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    1. I had to look this one up and find ... probation officers are classified as peace officers in California. “The authority of a probation officer extends to: The conditions of probation of any person within the State of California on probation … while a police officer spends most of his or her time trying to prevent a crime from happening or apprehending the perpetrator of a crime, while probation officers monitor individuals to ensure they do not commit another crime". So, I guess it’s people who have committed a crime, are given a second chance working as security guards, and yes, like the two guys joked, they sometimes do come to your job to check on you.

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