Green beans and the zombie apocalypse
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238277)
Walnut Creek, California
September 17, 2017 11:04am CST
Yesterday, I went to Kaiser in Martinez to pick up my psych meds...I mean my lower back pain meds...and went outside to check on my illegal corn and green beans. I was dressed in shorts, flip flops, and a neutral black t-shirt.
The corn is dying off there, but the green beans are yielding like crazy! I went and gobbled up about ten, as I had had a light breakfast. But what was strange was the humans (at least I think they were humans) on the patio.
In my friendliest voice, I said to a woman, who was eating a sandwich, "The green beans are great--help yourself!" She said "That's great" and continued eating. A 16-year-old Asian kid emerged from a conference room and stared at me. I said "Hello." He said "Hello" and then froze in what seemed to be a defensive fighting position. Another woman emerged from the conference room and stared at me as if I had three eyes.
I gobbled up my green beans and left, wondering if my fly was down (it wasn't), or whether I'd worn my "I kill babies" hat instead of my normal Michigan State baseball cap (I hadn't.). Once in my truck, meds safely in hand, I checked my rear view mirror to see if I'd grown a third eye (I hadn't).
At that point I wondered if I'd stumbled into a zombie conference at Kaiser Martinez. Have you ever walked into a "scene" where people act odd? Nobody attempted to eat me, and nobody called the police on me, but it was still a strange experience.
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@Marilynda1225 (91035)
• United States
17 Sep 17
Certainly sounds like a strange encounter but nope, I haven't experienced anything like that. Glad you got out of there before more strange things happened
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@RasmaSandra (97908)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Sep 17
People can be strange and it seems that these people felt like you had intruded on their territory. I am glad my days are spent with seeing no people I don't even hear my neighbors it is so quiet in my suburbs. Today the neighborhood dogs were also respecting Sunday and didn't bark.
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@CinnamonGrl (7086)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
17 Sep 17
Sounds like the beginning to a Twilight Zone episode. Be careful out there!
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@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Sep 17
@LadyDuck I'm trying to think of some micro-gesture I might have made that reveals my true nature. I think the bots may be in cahoots with the zombies that walk among us. They are deciding who must be devoured first when the zombie invasion occurs.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Sep 17
LOL, yes all the time, I am a landlady!
I got the evil stare from a guest at one rental the other day when I was getting a new heater in. I gave the same look back. When she left the tenant said " she knows I hate her and I do not know why my MIL has anything to do with the "HOE" I asked why she called her that and I knew who she was then, baby mama to three daddy`s. I had refused to rent to her last year over the phone, they had no job! Lets se, she had a kid by my tenants brother, one by his cousin and one by the guy down the street but it took 7 DNA tests to find the guy down the street as the daddy.
Okay that was just to much info.... yes I am often looked at strange but I think its because I am beautiful? Or full of it one 
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@TheHorse (238277)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Sep 17
@andriaperry Maybe I'm a little low in the libido department, but I've never understood men who will poke at any orifice that's in front of them, and bring babies into the world that they can't or won't take care of.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
17 Sep 17
@TheHorse Playing the field(s) or something, she is not what men would call desirable, just there.
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@allen0187 (59647)
• Philippines
18 Sep 17
This episode was a product of your overly active imagination. You spent all your time yesterday at home blankly staring into the nothingness of this life.
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@allen0187 (59647)
• Philippines
19 Sep 17
@TheHorse you slip into both worlds as day turns into night and night turns into day.
@DeborahDiane (40844)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Sep 17
@TheHorse - I love Kaiser, but I suspect their employees are not used to see someone eating greenbeans from their landscaping! LOL 
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@DeborahDiane (40844)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Sep 17
@TheHorse - It sounds like your doctor has a great sense of humor! At least he doesn't make you feel like a zombie!
@teamfreak16 (43573)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Sep 17
A zombie conference, where they are encouraged to stick to an all-brain diet.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
18 Sep 17
No chance of it being a language barrier, was it?
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
18 Sep 17
@TheHorse Y'know, I've lived in areas where they actually do eat brain sandwiches. I'm pretty adventurous, foodwise, but that was still beyond my comfort zone.
