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He Tried To Lure Me Into The Bathroom

This just happened to me a few nights ago and I am still shaken up, so bear with me. I am a female bartender at a small cafe that doubles as a venue. During the day we serve coffee and lunch, and at night we have a full bar with bands, comedy shows, etc. On this night, there was an open mic comedy show. Not a lot of comedians showed up, so we ended up closing up shop early and I was ready to go home.

I had a patron come in and order a single beer during the comedy show. He was acting nervous but being a female bartender, I get male customers that are shy or don't want to talk to women so I didn't think much about it. He sat down, sipped his beer, and watched the show.

Since we closed early, everyone was pretty much gone and I wanted to lock up and clean so I could get home. After I escorted the last couple out of the bar and got ready to lock the door, I see the man from earlier walk down the back hallway and into the men's restroom. Not even a minute later, he bursts through the door yelling "Hurry! Come back here! I need help!"

I stood at the opposite end of the hallway and asked him what was wrong. "The toilet is overflowing, there's water all over the floor! Help me, help me clean this up!"

I could tell that something was wrong and I replied "It's ok man, it happens, I'll mop it up. I'm just trying to close up right now."

He continued to argue with me, trying to get me to come into the bathroom with him as I stood about twenty feet away down the hallway. Finally, he walks towards me very aggressively and tries to grab my arm. "You need to come back here now" he says. I immediately put my hands out in front of me so he cannot come any closer and I tell him he has to leave. He walks outside and I lock the door behind him. I check the bathroom and it is completely spotless- no water on the floor at all. I flush the toilet and urinal and they are both working fine. I start to get nervous and I take my large pocketknife and clip it to the waistband of my pants, just in case.

As I'm cleaning our espresso machine and putting toppers on the liquor bottles, I hear a tapping noise. I look up at the front of the store, which is one big window that has a few curtains covering it. The same man is tapping on the window, waving at me and laughing like a maniac. I watch him walk over to the door and pull on it. It doesn't open since I had locked it after he left. He starts screaming and pounding on the glass, saying "open the fucking door! I'm going to fucking kill you!"

Fight overcame flight at this point and I walked around the counter and about six feet from the door. I pulled out my knife and locked eyes with him and yelled "I'm calling the cops. Get the fuck out of here!" He smiled and walked out of view of the window.

At this point, all of my adrenaline just crashed. I locked myself in the office and called 911 crying, explaining that I'm alone and a man tried to lure me into the bathroom and was outside trying to get into my bar. I waited an hour and a half, no police showed up. I called my boyfriend and he drove up to the shop. My manager watched the security cameras from home, making sure that the man didn't come back.

I did the deposit and immediately drove home, my boyfriend following close behind me. My male busboy has been coming in to work with me so I'm not alone, and the managers have been keeping an eye on the security cameras while I'm working.

So crazy dude who tried to lure me into the bathroom to do god knows what to me, let's not meet.