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Bluelighter
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Never been robbed exactly but this is the closest I've come:
When I was vacationing in Mexico, I tried to find some weed. I asked some guy who looked the right combo of sketchy and friendly and he said, yea, meet in front of this store at this time. So I show up and he's there and tells me to go around to the back of the store. Obviously this is a pretty stupid thing to do by myself, but there you go. I go around back and there is a big guy with a few gold teeth and a permanent smile and some other cronies next to him.
He asks me if I want some weed. I can't remember the conversion to pesos, but I remember saying that I want something like $20 worth. He shows me a giant bag and says something like $60. I say, sorry I don't need that much. He repeats the price. I say ok I really don't need that much, thanks anyway. He repeats the price. At this point I realize that I'm sort of surrounded by these guys. I also realize that I'm confused about my bargaining power in the transaction. I give him the money and he gives me the weed.
It was *really* shitty weed. Maybe the shittiest I've ever had. What it lacked in quality, it made up for in quantity. I smoked as much as I could for the rest of the vacation and trashed the rest before we left.
I was stupid. Could have ended much worse.
When I was vacationing in Mexico, I tried to find some weed. I asked some guy who looked the right combo of sketchy and friendly and he said, yea, meet in front of this store at this time. So I show up and he's there and tells me to go around to the back of the store. Obviously this is a pretty stupid thing to do by myself, but there you go. I go around back and there is a big guy with a few gold teeth and a permanent smile and some other cronies next to him.
He asks me if I want some weed. I can't remember the conversion to pesos, but I remember saying that I want something like $20 worth. He shows me a giant bag and says something like $60. I say, sorry I don't need that much. He repeats the price. I say ok I really don't need that much, thanks anyway. He repeats the price. At this point I realize that I'm sort of surrounded by these guys. I also realize that I'm confused about my bargaining power in the transaction. I give him the money and he gives me the weed.
It was *really* shitty weed. Maybe the shittiest I've ever had. What it lacked in quality, it made up for in quantity. I smoked as much as I could for the rest of the vacation and trashed the rest before we left.
I was stupid. Could have ended much worse.