George showed up, asking me whether I could offer him a place to stay the night.
OK... 10 minutes later: "Can you bring me to the hospital for some pain killers?"
OK... When we get close to St. Paul's Hospital George asks "Or could you BUY me a pain killer?"
Not OK. Long story, short summary: Drug money was wanted. After I declined to provide it, George refused to get out of the car, and when he had finally got out of the car (turning on one's car alarm does wonders), George would not let me leave and would follow me. My repeated warnings that police was close by went unheard.
The police officers finally noticed, interviewed us separately and ruled that we should leave separate ways. When George kept trying to follow me despite my warning "Don't be stupid", the two male officers TOOK HIM DOWN onto the pavement. I ignored the strange demand of the female officer also present to "walk away!" and watched, telling her that I was "observing".
What was she going to do, take me down too? George claimed loudly that a tooth was knocked out in the encounter (he knows how to play the game), which wasn't carried out with velvet gloves, but then there had been ample warnings. After I saw that the turmoil of the take-down had given way to a more relaxed hand-cuffing procedure, I left.
The above happened at about 10pm. I became aware of the VPD's exemplary action and brilliant thinking when there were knocks at my motel room at 12:20 am. A place to stay was granted (what's the point of calling the police? They'll just let him go again) but the same routine continued the very next morning, so I decided to remove myself from circulation:
On Valentine's day I booked 2 nights at the Empire Landmark Hotel on Robson Street in Vancouver. And I am glad I did! For $220 including all taxes I got 2 days of underground parking and 2 nights in a Deluxe Room on the 34th floor with a view of English Bay and Kitsilano. It being Valentine's day, quite a few sparingly clad young women without a key fob were trying to take the elevators, some of them carrying long-stem red roses. There must be a way to make it easier for them to get to their clients?
On the first morning, I enjoyed watching seagulls circling around the hotel 5 floors below me. One of them must have seen me watching, because on the second morning, it was giving me hungry looks while sitting on my balcony railing. I remembered the chocolate chip cookie I bought the night before. I tried placing crumbs on the railing but the fast moving bird with its large beak made me change my tactic to throwing crumbs in the general direction of its head. Very fast responses, including a lift-off jump with wings flapping to get one crumb. When I on purpose threw 1 meter to the side of its head and the crumb started to obey gravity and plummet to the ground far below, it was tracked by a gracefully hopping, swooping bird that caught up and snatched it 3 floors below me.
And all this peaceful living, completely undisturbed by my Crackhead boyfriend because he had no idea where I had gone !
During Check-in in there was some confusion because my Expedia reservation could not be located; turns out I had booked for March 14-16, instead of those dates in February. The examples set by Alan seem to be so strong I have to follow them all ;-) Since I actually like the view a lot, I decided not to cancel the reservation in March, at which time I also hope to enjoy the view from 6 floors above me, at the cloud 9 restaurant, which is also open for breakfast!
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