The adventure begins
As I said, I am in Preston, England. I got here on Monday morning. After 25 hours of traveling, all I did on Monday all day was sleep. Peter somehow had the energy to go to work and take me out for a walk in the evening. He's strong, so I shouldn't worry, right?
Anyway, Wednesday was a day of ADVENTURE - movie style.
I walked down to the Job Centre to ask what papers I needed to take with me for the National Insurance Number appointment(I need that in order to work legally) I was at the reception, talking to the clerk, when she tells me that the area needs to be cleared so I should return later. Just as she finishes the sentence, I see a crowd of people coming towards the exit. I walk out with all of them. Just as I step outside, a police car pulls over. A police officer jumps out and runs inside, shortly followed by another one. Not a minute goes by and another police car pulls over and two other police officers run inside. A few minutes later they come out with a man in cuffs, and they throw him in the back of the first car. The two police officers that were left come out and start talking to some of the people there. Then an ambulance gets here. They rush in and five minutes later they bring out a man with a broken arm and some bruises. The ambulance drives away and everything is quiet again. Listening to people talking around me, it looks like a man came looking for a job or some sorts of that. He got angry because the clerk told him something he didn't agree with. So he jumped the clerk, punched him, and broke his arm. The security guys managed to get him off, they called the cops, and that is pretty much it... After that, I didn't get the chance to talk to anyone there, they only let in those with appointments.
The only difference between this and the movies is that there were no badges thrown in people's faces, no guns pulled out before really necessary, and people in reality did get hurt.
And that is how I begin my first day of walking around town by myself :)
Anyway, Wednesday was a day of ADVENTURE - movie style.
I walked down to the Job Centre to ask what papers I needed to take with me for the National Insurance Number appointment(I need that in order to work legally) I was at the reception, talking to the clerk, when she tells me that the area needs to be cleared so I should return later. Just as she finishes the sentence, I see a crowd of people coming towards the exit. I walk out with all of them. Just as I step outside, a police car pulls over. A police officer jumps out and runs inside, shortly followed by another one. Not a minute goes by and another police car pulls over and two other police officers run inside. A few minutes later they come out with a man in cuffs, and they throw him in the back of the first car. The two police officers that were left come out and start talking to some of the people there. Then an ambulance gets here. They rush in and five minutes later they bring out a man with a broken arm and some bruises. The ambulance drives away and everything is quiet again. Listening to people talking around me, it looks like a man came looking for a job or some sorts of that. He got angry because the clerk told him something he didn't agree with. So he jumped the clerk, punched him, and broke his arm. The security guys managed to get him off, they called the cops, and that is pretty much it... After that, I didn't get the chance to talk to anyone there, they only let in those with appointments.
The only difference between this and the movies is that there were no badges thrown in people's faces, no guns pulled out before really necessary, and people in reality did get hurt.
And that is how I begin my first day of walking around town by myself :)
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