Well, I wasn't held hostage by the actual armed bank robber so much as I was held hostage by the University emergency alert system that warned all faculty, staff and students to go into the nearest building, lock the doors and stay there because there was an armed bank robber loose on campus.
It was very exciting for the first hour. We all took turns inventing descriptions for the robber and by the end of the lockdown he looked something like Rambo with a machete in one hand and shoulder-fired rocket launcher in the other.
Then it was noon, which is when I get off. And I was still in lockdown.
I was no longer amused.
I decided I felt lucky, punk, and took matters into my own hands. Rachel (who also gets off at noon) and I plotted our great escape. We slipped out with a crowd of football coaches and made a mad dash across campus to our cars. (Note: It would be lovely if we had parking closer to our building, you know, in case we're running for our lives. Just sayin'.)
Anyhoo, all's well that ends well. Our very capable local police finally nabbed the guy down by the river which runs along the backside of campus.
Oh, and today was registration day which is, um, a REALLY BIG DEAL. So not only was the robber not a criminal mastermind, he also has really bad timing.
At least the lockdown didn't have anything to do with a sighting of the weird, naked guy that has been breaking into houses and watching people sleep. But that's a story for another day.
I wonder what kind of creepy Google hits this post will get?
So I headed home expecting to spend a relaxing afternoon recovering from this harrowing experience.
Then Wes called.
He had gone out of town to pick up these:
and had managed to...BREAK THE KEY to the Tahoe.
Who does that?!
(By the way, those are deer stands for those who are not in the know.)
So the girls and I had to drive an hour to take him another key.
At least he treated us to dinner at Larry's Pizza so it wasn't a total loss.
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4 comments:
I was going to ask what the heck those were, so I'm glad you explained it to me. We are not hunters around here, obviously.
So glad you blogged about it - I think when I was there, the only exciting thing that happened was the weird ninja guy that kept sneaking around and scaring the girls.
Which made it very fun to go back to the dorms at night because we got to ask that really cute guy to escort us.
I didn't know about the broken Tahoe key. That's super fun!
As is Larry's.
As is the excitement of the naked man and the stupid robber.
Oh...and you made me snort giggle when you said that our police department was "capable." Yah..ok.
So glad that this story ended well! Nothing like an exciting day at the office!
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