So here's a bit of a story, I was making wooden rings on the side, to make a little extra cash. they where selling pretty good so I kept doing it. well there's this particular kid who bought some from me. well it was a pretty good sale 80 bucks, and I promised to make him a special order, so he got 3. and I promised to have the special order in soon. a week in a half passes by, still haven't made the long drive to the "nearest" wood working shop, they sell exotic woods and such. but the drive is long, and with 17MPG car right then, wasn't too excited about making the trip up there for ONE thing. so I was waiting for more special orders..
well it came 2 weeks, and now this kid is bothering me non stop. I gave him my phone number out of kindness. plus he's always around my neighborhood offering to mow peoples lawns. so I figured at the time "eh why not?". big mistake... so he's calling me, like 6/7 times a day, every other day. asking me, at this point im getting a weird vibe from this kid. ignoring it, I figure hes fresh out of highschool, its just a maturity thing. Now I've already assured him several times that I'll do his order, but he's got to understand, im not making a trip to the woodshop until I have enough orders to cover the gas cost. well then he informs me "that's what he gave me 20 extra dollars for" and I informed him, that covers the cost of the wood and my time, nothing else. well he didn't take too kindly to that.
its three weeks now, and the orders have slowed, people aren't really buying too much. I told him that I have to make a trip to tampa to go pick up some bike parts + do a little fishing, and on my way back, ill stop at the lumber yard and see if they have anything good scrap they might let me just take/buy for cheap. THAT DAY he shows up at my place when im not there, and sits in my garage touching everything. a friend of mine walks by and see's him standing there going through my tools and such, so he walks up to him, and ask's what he's doing with my stuff.. he asks if he's seen me, and he told him no, and the kid hops on his bicycle and leaves without another word...
of course naturally when I heard this, I went right outside and checked to make sure everything was still there. - yup nothing stolen. but it started to freak me out. because this kid is getting way to close, way to personal, almost stalkerish like. well the next day im outside, cleaning a bunch of junk off a friends rifle that I borrowed. the kids across the street mowing the lawn, I'm making no effort of avoiding him. he sees me, after hes done, walks on over.
starts touching everything on my table, picking up things, asking me what they are.
"ballpeen hammer, finishing hammer, needle nose pilars, vice grips." the whole time I'm wondering if this kid lives under a rock. I tell him, if he wants his money back to shoot me a text tomorrow because I had misplaced my wallet from the trip to tampa. and I had, it ended up being mixed up in some wet towels. he says okay, and starts to ramble on about getting ALL $80 back! I told him, I have 20 for the ring you did not get, and I'm not taking back the rings he bought. well then he starts to try to haggle with me, saying okay "55?" "45?" im like "$20, thats it." then he keeps talking, then finally he goes "okay $50?" at this point im thinking, this kid is literally fighting with his own brain, I have not said a word in the last 10 minutes, and it's like he's talking to himself... all I said was, "I have to go now, Got things to do, text me tomorrow ill have the money" and closed my garage door.
At this point, this kid has some sort of mental issues. 3 other friends of mine who know him, and my neighbors who he mows lawns for also say's hes a little strange too them.
two days later, I haven't heard from him, finally see him in the streets and yell for him, and give him his $20 bucks back. That's, that.. right...? NOPE!
this kid now has it in his head, that I still owe him $50 bucks. payed me a visit yesterday while I was sharping my axe on my porch. ask's if I have at least $25 bucks, I told him, I have nothing for him. and he turns around, and storms off, clearly pissed. but now IM annoyed at this kid, I returned what I said I would, why wont he get it through his head?! so I started to do some digging on him, cause he freaks me the heck out. find out that he's a little obsessed with his mom, they do everything together. Yeah, you know... HOW SERIAL KILLERS ACT?!
so basically I have friends keep an eye, and ear out for him. find out today, that some lady forgot to pay him. so she said; he took rocks from her garden, opened the hair catch on her pool pump, and pulled the catch out, and dropped the rocks in, destroying the pump, the cops told her no one saw it, so they couldn't prove it, and couldn't do nothing about it...
Honestly, next time he comes over, I'm just calling the police and having him trespassed. Like I've already said, this kid is creepy, and not to be trusted. I'm not his "friend" and never was, but now that I know the type of person he is, he "thought" I was, now he feels betrayed. and that I owe him something. seriously. Serial killer? ANYONE?
well it came 2 weeks, and now this kid is bothering me non stop. I gave him my phone number out of kindness. plus he's always around my neighborhood offering to mow peoples lawns. so I figured at the time "eh why not?". big mistake... so he's calling me, like 6/7 times a day, every other day. asking me, at this point im getting a weird vibe from this kid. ignoring it, I figure hes fresh out of highschool, its just a maturity thing. Now I've already assured him several times that I'll do his order, but he's got to understand, im not making a trip to the woodshop until I have enough orders to cover the gas cost. well then he informs me "that's what he gave me 20 extra dollars for" and I informed him, that covers the cost of the wood and my time, nothing else. well he didn't take too kindly to that.
its three weeks now, and the orders have slowed, people aren't really buying too much. I told him that I have to make a trip to tampa to go pick up some bike parts + do a little fishing, and on my way back, ill stop at the lumber yard and see if they have anything good scrap they might let me just take/buy for cheap. THAT DAY he shows up at my place when im not there, and sits in my garage touching everything. a friend of mine walks by and see's him standing there going through my tools and such, so he walks up to him, and ask's what he's doing with my stuff.. he asks if he's seen me, and he told him no, and the kid hops on his bicycle and leaves without another word...
of course naturally when I heard this, I went right outside and checked to make sure everything was still there. - yup nothing stolen. but it started to freak me out. because this kid is getting way to close, way to personal, almost stalkerish like. well the next day im outside, cleaning a bunch of junk off a friends rifle that I borrowed. the kids across the street mowing the lawn, I'm making no effort of avoiding him. he sees me, after hes done, walks on over.
starts touching everything on my table, picking up things, asking me what they are.
"ballpeen hammer, finishing hammer, needle nose pilars, vice grips." the whole time I'm wondering if this kid lives under a rock. I tell him, if he wants his money back to shoot me a text tomorrow because I had misplaced my wallet from the trip to tampa. and I had, it ended up being mixed up in some wet towels. he says okay, and starts to ramble on about getting ALL $80 back! I told him, I have 20 for the ring you did not get, and I'm not taking back the rings he bought. well then he starts to try to haggle with me, saying okay "55?" "45?" im like "$20, thats it." then he keeps talking, then finally he goes "okay $50?" at this point im thinking, this kid is literally fighting with his own brain, I have not said a word in the last 10 minutes, and it's like he's talking to himself... all I said was, "I have to go now, Got things to do, text me tomorrow ill have the money" and closed my garage door.At this point, this kid has some sort of mental issues. 3 other friends of mine who know him, and my neighbors who he mows lawns for also say's hes a little strange too them.
two days later, I haven't heard from him, finally see him in the streets and yell for him, and give him his $20 bucks back. That's, that.. right...? NOPE!
this kid now has it in his head, that I still owe him $50 bucks. payed me a visit yesterday while I was sharping my axe on my porch. ask's if I have at least $25 bucks, I told him, I have nothing for him. and he turns around, and storms off, clearly pissed. but now IM annoyed at this kid, I returned what I said I would, why wont he get it through his head?! so I started to do some digging on him, cause he freaks me the heck out. find out that he's a little obsessed with his mom, they do everything together. Yeah, you know... HOW SERIAL KILLERS ACT?!
so basically I have friends keep an eye, and ear out for him. find out today, that some lady forgot to pay him. so she said; he took rocks from her garden, opened the hair catch on her pool pump, and pulled the catch out, and dropped the rocks in, destroying the pump, the cops told her no one saw it, so they couldn't prove it, and couldn't do nothing about it...
Honestly, next time he comes over, I'm just calling the police and having him trespassed. Like I've already said, this kid is creepy, and not to be trusted. I'm not his "friend" and never was, but now that I know the type of person he is, he "thought" I was, now he feels betrayed. and that I owe him something. seriously. Serial killer? ANYONE?
its okay to joke about this.. just hope he doesn't try to steal anything, like my motorcycles, or my tool boxes.. been keeping things locked up real closely. also if his mom wants to come over, and start to push for the money, I'm gonna let her firmly know that the neighborhood has a no soliciting policy put in place. on every entrance there's a sign. I can also let her know that her son has been collecting around 50-80 bucks a yard about 4 yards a day, not paying taxes and he is over the age of 18, and how much of a shame it would be if someone found out he's been skimping on taxes.... 
