So my client went to a concert tonight. Still waitin' on him to get out. But I've basically been waiting in the parking lot for about 30mins now. Before that I used my free time to walk my dog, run some errands, and fill out job paperwork. 

But now I'm in a parking lot downtown. It's boring. However, sometimes they can be fun!

I remember on December 23rd, 2010, I was north of Sacramento, Cali. It was late, 12-2am And most stores were closed but my family was hungry (we were traveling across a few states for fun). Because there were no restaurants for miles, my family decided to stop at this gas station/truck stop.

My father and I walked in to get some stuff, I remember this was the first time I'd been into a truck stop. It was exciting at the time, despite it just being a larger than normal gas station.. well, with bath tokens. 

As we're checking out there's an announcement that went, "Hello, do not be alarmed. But there have been reports of an individual holding up truckers in this parking lot with a machine gun. Police are on the way. Stay where you are if you're in your car and lock yourself in. Anyone inside, stay still. Do not enter the parking lot."

I was freaking out, my dad wasn't as much impressed and went, "Eh, we'll be fine." and so he dragged me out of the gas station and into the parking lot that was now deserted.

I ended up getting in the car fine and we drove off without issue. But I still remember being super freaked out at the time XD 

Yay! Another Star at the Bar!!! I never had something like that happen, but my brother thought he saw someone with a gun once so he, my 2 friends and I all freaked out and ending up running and hiding in the river of a forest.

He thought? So it wasnt the case? Or you arent sure?

I don't know to be honest. He was probably just being paranoid.

I once dug up a gun in my backyard

? That sounds like something that'd be a stereotype of Texas! (I assume you're talking about when you lived there). Where you can just dig and find a gun.

Yep, it was when I lived in Texas XD it was a gun from the 1950's

Parking lots at concerts can be very fun. I think I've spent almost as much time getting primed for the show in parking lots as inside the concert area. Beer costs an arm and leg once you cross the gate, after all.

I remember one concert where a lot of people were partying in the parking lot when a girl slipped and slid down into the wooded ravine where everyone was draining their accumulated liquids, if you know what I mean. That was unfortunate but at least she had a change of clothing.

My worst parking lot story wasn't at a concert but it did involve a lot of stupidity. I went over to a friend's house. This was when I was still in high school. His parents weren't home so he had the brilliant idea of pouring out a tiny bit of alcohol from each of the bottles in his father's bar so he wouldn't know they'd been tampered with. After that, another friend came and got us and we went back to his house. He offered us some muscle relaxers. We each took one (or so I thought) because we were out of alcohol.

That's when we decided to walk down a couple of blocks to the Waffle House. It's probably about midnight. We're staggering pretty badly at this point, especially the guy I was with from the beginning. We reach the parking lots when he trips and falls, taking out all of us when we try to grab him. I remember just laying there for what felt like hours, staring at someone's broken watch and giggling.

We finally get up, the staggering guy in the middle, and stumble inside. That didn't last long, though. Almost as soon as we entered, he fell again, causing all three of us to crash into the Christmas tree. It was terrible but it was also hilarious. Of course, we were kicked out.

We go and chill in the parking lot while the more sober friend calls someone to get us. The drunk friend looks to me like he's about to crash into the pavement headfirst, so I grab him around the middle and try to hold him, even though I'm stumbling, too. The other friend is like, "dude, just let him go, he's throwing up ..." I look down and, yes, he was, which was probably made worse by my death-grip around his stomach. I let go and he drops like a sack of potatoes. Someone else gets there with a pickup and we manage to roll the wasted guy into the back and get back to the house. We get him inside and crash.

The next day, we found out the idiot had sneaked extra muscle relaxers and hadn't just been drunk. Totally brilliant.

Ka-pi96 said: Obvious question, but if you took your client to a concert why didn't you go in with him rather than just wait in the parking lot? And as for that story... wtf? Holding up people with a gun isn't enough? It actually has to be a machine gun? #onlyinamerica

Obvious answer, my company ain't paying to get me last minute tickets XD they would if I knew ahead of time but I didnt. So Im not paying to see a band I dont know without any pay back!

I once saw a machine gun for sale. It was interesting to see

Oh man, that's dangerous. Glad no one gotseriously hurt!