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My Writing.com experience continues...30 Day Blog Challenger, Andre the blog Monkey's Banana Bar Founder, Aging Baby Boomer. Here you'll find a warm welcome, maybe I'll make you laugh out loud - That's my goal. Thanks for visiting. |
I DON'T LIKE THIS BLOG ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO  MUSE APPROVED ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** 30 Day Blogging Challenge PROMPT for January 11, 2020 Do you tend to be skeptical or trusting when meeting new people? Is your first impression of someone generally accurate, or does their true character surprise you? Trust No One! That's what they say, right. That's what I do. I befriend people quite easily, I don't discriminate, if you're a decent person, I'll be your friend. It takes a lot longer to earn my trust. When I meet people I always keep an open mind, I try not to judge, I don't give 'first impressions' a lot of merit, in favor of, let's just see what comes of this relationship. I think that when I meet people, they notice that I'm pretty accepting, and non-judgemental, I think they appreciate that, and it creates a good foundation to build a good relationship on. Having said that... there is another side to this. I grew up in the North End of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The North End of the city has historically been the home of the most impoverished citizens. I know there are neighborhoods all over the world that are way worse, and to the credit of Winnipegers, in general, there is a majority of excellent people, who are an asset to the community at large. On the darker side, I've met and in some cases know very well gangsters, drug dealers, thieves, addicts, rapists, murderers, psychotics, child abusers, violent re-offenders, and all sorts of very, very bad actors. All of the people I mentioned above, as I was writing the list, I pictured the actual people I was referencing. When I was a teenager I was befriended by a neighborhood man, John Walluk, everyone knew him or about him. He had a reputation for being a violent, drug dealing, strong arm. You did not want to be in debt of any kind to this man. The owner of the pool room, which was a hangout for us teens, suggested that John play a game of pool against me. I was 14 or 15 years old at the time. I was nervous as fuck, but I played the game, I lost, which was probably a good thing, but John enjoyed having a game with me and afterward treated me with friendship, and acts of kindness. I knew John pretty good and knew enough to not get close. One time when I arrived at the pool hall, John put his arm around me and announced in a loud enough voice for everyone in the building hear, " This is my son. If anyone ever has a problem with him, they have a problem with me." A couple of years after this, John Waluk murdered a mother and her children, because the husband and father of the family owed drug money. (Christmas eve 1987) https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/man-convicted-of-shooting-mom-two-kids-on-christmas-... I ran into John after he was released from serving a life sentence for murder, he was eating in a restaurant I was working at. We looked at each other, made eye contact, he didn't recognize me, and I made out like I didn't recognize him, and kept on walking. I'm a little off track here. What I'm trying to say is... While most people are good there are some wicked, evil people out there mixed in with the good people. Your ability to recognize the bad ones on sight is a life-saving skill. I feel I have done well in this respect pointing to the fact I'm still here to write about it. There you have it, another blog entry done, what do you think about that Andre? ... ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Figured as much. |
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