Guest Post by Wirecutter
Yeah man, I was walking into my favorite neighborhood liquor store for a sixpack of relaxation and all of a sudden I heard all kinds of yelling and screaming coming through the open door. It’s a good thing they were open too because all of a sudden some scrawny fucking mexican gangbanger came flying out head first (literally) landed at my feet with a panic stricken look on his face.
Now, I’ve been coming here 4-5 times a week for beer, tobacco and snacks for the past couple years and I know these storekeepers to be good honest people. They’re Sikhs from Punjab and sure, they talk funny, but when was the last time a liquor store employee chased you down in the parking lot to give you your change?
Because of that, when I see a body being physically ejected from their store, I figure it’s gotta be for a good reason, right? So I stopped right in front of Jose to keep him from making a clean getaway. About .3 seconds later, Mr Singh Jr came flying out with either a sawed down baseball bat or an oversized tire billy (it was hard to tell because it was moving so fast) and commenced to whaling on poor Juan.
I stepped off to one side to avoid the blood spatter and Singh Jr says, “Escuze me, I be right wit’ choo, Boss” and I said “You bet” and stepped around Pedro because I wanted to get my beer and get the fuck out of there before the law showed and detained me for not seeing a goddamned thing.
I got my beer and stepped up to the counter and Junior was back inside while his daddy got a few good licks in himself.
“Can you believe he tried to hold us up with this?” as he holds up a cheap fucking dagger.
“Should’ve just shot the motherfucker, bro.”
“No need for excessive bloodshed, Boss” he said as I was walking out, careful to avoid slipping in Chico’s pool of blood and the puddle of piss as Poppa Singh was panting and trying to catch his breath. Poor guy has the heart but his age is betraying him.
Folks don’t realize that you really don’t want to fuck with the Sikhs. One of the tenants of their religion is defense of self, family and property and they take that shit very seriously. They don’t fuck with you, you don’t fuck with them.
Gotta love the Sikhs!
” I wanted to get my beer and get the fuck out of there before the law showed and detained me for not seeing a goddamned thing.”
I like that line. He’s right about Sikhs. I buy gas from a little store, owned by a Mr. Singh (of course) on a major truck route. When I was in the scrap gold business, he was one of the only merchants I approached who let me put one of my stand up counter displays of business cards on his counter at no charge.
He also told me to tell people they could meet me at his store to make the deal in public where they would feel safe. Customers had good reason to feel safe in his store, too. ‘Nuff said.
Sikh’s are good people.
Always a credit to their community and never a problem coming from them.
A while back Admin — or maybe someone else — posted a which-religion-are-you test. I scored something like 80% Sikh. Others here did also, I believe.
“Sikh and ye shall find … the sharp point of a saber up yo’ ass.” —– Jeebus
They may quote … good , upstanding citizens… but they are still pagan heathens .
I’ve got a few really good sikh friends, and it’s a different culture for sure. Cheapest motherfuckers I know, even cheaper than the Chinese guys I know. Always looking for an angle, never pay full price for anything. Deal in cash anytime they can, and avoid paying taxes any way they can. In local parlance, you’d say they were “street smart.” These guys are all hard workers, most them them working a job and doing a thing or two on the side for cash. They all send money back to accounts in India, which isn’t reported, but they don’t give a fuck. They trust their Dads’ local friend banker back in India way more than they trust the banks here. Can’t say I blame them.
bb,
So are most of our leaders, and I find the Sikh’s to be a better quality “Pagan” (People Against Goodness And Niceness) than almost all of the others, and better than most of those who call themselves Christians but who are not.
Great story, WC. Men handling their business, the old fashioned way.
About 15 to 20 percent of my clients are Sikh. I like them – they always want a deal but are loyal customers when you have them. Once you have their friendship and loyalty there are few others I would rather have in my corner. Plus they always have interesting stories about India to tell me…
Kinda like Mormans, bb.in either case they do not want to cut off my head because I am a Christian.
All Sikhs carry a knife. They say they are ceremonial. I have seen them. Ceremonial my fat ass. Leave the Sikh alone.
I always carry a knife. I hnk I must be part Sikh.
” but they are still pagan heathens .”
And this would be interesting because……?
That’s OK, babyboy. Heathens have a word for you also: asshole.
ahaha. Sometimes I crack my ownself up.
Ed,
You are funny!
Miss Suzanna, you are too kind.
Your servant,
Edweirdo 😉
“…you really don’t want to fuck with the Sikhs.”
Yep. Point made in the forcible retirement of Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi.
(“She was assassinated in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards a few months after she ordered the storming of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar to counter the Punjab insurgency.” – Wiki-friggin’-pedia)