Someone made the comment to me just the other day that things had been fairly quiet at Buzzy’s Country Store with regards to drama, b.s. and crazy incidents. As I agreed with this person, I secretly thought to myself “Uh oh, that means we’re due for some churn.” (It is similar to those occasions where you hear a weather-related comment along the lines “Gee, we haven’t had a bad (fill-in-the-blank) for quite awhile now.” And like clockwork or some kind of twisted self fulfilling prophecy, you can bet that the fill-in-the-blank will hit the very next week.)
So maybe my friend’s comment did or did not have anything to do with the victim of an armed robbery rolling into Buzzy’s Tuesday night upset, distraught and asking that the cops be called. She had just withdrawn money from the ATM up the road from Buzzy’s when someone with a gun robbed her and ran off. Worried that the robber was still in the area, she got in her car and for some reason drove to and came into Buzzy’s. (We all know about going to Buzzy’s after making a dump run, but going to Buzzy’s after someone has robbed you? That is a new one.)
Once the lady was at Buzzy’s, the cops were called and arrived at the Store shortly afterwards. The lady’s husband and brother also arrived to provide her some support as the cops took down her story. All in all it was too much excitement for a Wednesday, or for that matter any other, night at Buzzy’s. Here is the account from Southern Md. News:
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| https://smnewsnet.com/archives/445600/police-investigating-armed-robbery-of-citizen-at-atm-in-ridge/ |
It reminded me of another Buzzy’s and cops-called incident from several years ago. One Saturday afternoon a “situation” involving a couple renting one of the apartments behind the Store developed such that one of them called 911. Next thing I knew there was a State Trooper parked in the front driveway of the Store. It was a female trooper who asked me where the couple lived. I directed her around back to deal with the situation. She went around back but left her vehicle parked in front of the Store.
Over the course of the next 20 or so minutes I had several phone calls from would-be customers who wanted to know what was going on but they were leery of pulling in. I assured them it was ok but still, no one came in. This was right around 4 o’clock when Buzzy’s starts to get busy.
I went around back to the trooper where she was still interviewing the couple and politely asked her if she could move her car around to the side of the Store. She gave me a dirty look and I hurriedly explained “Your car is scaring off my customers.” She assured me that she was almost finished and would move the car shortly which she eventually did.
My bottom line – I don’t care for any sentence where the words “Buzzy’s and cops called ” get mentioned together. Just one piece of advice too, if someone robs you at the ATM in Ridge, the American Legion is a lot closer to you than is Buzzy’s.