It was my night up in the comm room, of course. And we all know nothing ever happens up there.I was well into the shift change rush and Brother D hadn't made it up there yet so I was flying solo for the moment, trying not to get buried.
This one big goofy looking guy I always think of as "Squarehead" was up at the window turning in something or another and talking to somebody else as he did it. he was talking baout this and that and then I heard him say something like this:
"I heard a rumor that there was supposed to be a riot today. Supposedly a bunch of the white supremacist gangs were going to kick off a statewide prison riot at 6:22 this evening."
I thought "Oh snap." And I wondered what, if anything, they were going to do about that. Would they keep the yards closed and just give them a smoke break house by house? Would they call in E-Squad and have them standing by and call it a 'training exercise'? I wondered.
Then as time went by and I didn't hear anything on the radios and it seemed like nothing was going on (about 5:00 pm or so) I thought to myself "I do wonder if he mentioned that rumor to anybody? Surely he did."
But I called Lt Baby Boy and asked him if he'd heard anything about a riot. He just said "Naw!" So I told him what I had overheard. He said he would pass it along.
So about 6:15 when I swapped out with Brother D to go into the P-car I was a little nervous. If something kicked off there wouldn't be much I could do from outside the fence. Unless they managed to climb over the inner fence all I could do is watch basically. I kept my eyes glued to the yard (what I could see of it between the housing units, anyway) and watched like a hawk.
And 6:22 came and went and nothing happened. But I kept a close watch and an ear on the radio.
And nothing continued to happen.
I'm not complaining, mind you. I'm just saying.
I guess it was just a stupid rumor after all. Maybe they were just trying to make us nervous. Maybe they got the dates wrong. Or maybe our guys didn't get the memo and missed out on the whole thing. Who knows?
As long as nothing continues to happen, I'll be happy. That makes it a little harder to find things to write about, but I can live with that.
So Thursday (my B-yard day) will be National Pink Day. I think I'll let Chanel handle the celebration for that one. It clashes with my ensemble. And my eyes. It is also Let It Go Day and Public Service Day.
Maybe it would be a public service to let the pink go! Yeah!
"Let it go" day might save some marriages. It should be better publicized.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible that these guys staged that conversation to mess with you? I'm guessing things like that happen sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI heard about that yesterday too. Was wondering why they would choose 6:22 to have their activities then I figured out that it was 6/22 yesterday, so the date and time would match. Pretty clever, but of course as always, they didn't do anything haha. Maybe at 6:23 today they will have a redo!
ReplyDeleteI see the good ole rumor mill is still churning. Some things never change.
ReplyDelete~Ghost~
Donna- Even if it were as big as Christmas, some people just can't let it go. It would be nice, though.
ReplyDeleteBryan- It's very possible. I may have been set up for one reason or another. When the information got around, all that was reported was that it came from me. Who knows?
FlyinMonkey- We passed 6:23 without an incident either. I have no idea what significance 6/22 might have. I think they were either just messing with me or with all of us. Ah, well.
Greenghost- I don't think it ever will chance. It might get worse, but it's always the same.
It would take some major coordination and skill to be able to get all the prison inmates across the country to riot at the same time. I think most criminals seriously lack that kind of planning ability.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad nothing happened. Nothing is always good as far as prison riots go.
And celebrate I did. I wore my bright pink dress with a pale pink slip and a pink saxophone pinned to the side. There was a lot of pink represented, I promise.