The security guard who told me to never go in through the old food court entrance

Ran into an old security guard outside the dead mall in Huntsville last month. He said the food court entrance was the worst way in because the floor was rotted out near the old Orange Julius. I laughed it off and went in that way anyway. Fell through some plywood right into the old prep area and twisted my ankle. Now I always listen to the guys who worked there back when it was still open. Anyone else get bad advice from someone who actually knew a place but you ignored them anyways?

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gonzalez.alice2d ago

Hold up, let me get this straight. You fell through a floor into a prep area and twisted your ankle. I mean yeah that sucks and all, but are we really acting like this guy was some kind of oracle? He was a security guard at a dead mall, not a structural engineer. It's not like he warned you about a bear pit or a collapsing bridge. The place was abandoned and clearly falling apart, you could have walked into any part of that building and had the same thing happen. I get that it's a funny story now, but people acting like some random dude had mystical knowledge about a rotting floorboard is a little much. You took a risk going into a condemned building and got a boo-boo. Big whoop.

holly632d ago

@gonzalez.alice you're totally right lol. I once had a guy at a gas station warn me not to take a shortcut through a field because "the ground's soft." I ignored him, stepped in a hidden ditch, and ended up covered in mud up to my waist. The dude was probably just guessing because he saw a puddle nearby, not some psychic. People love turning random warnings into mystical prophecies.