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Black Encounters of the Third Kind

The employer said he could have off. Well right a way he asks for Jerry to have off also because they had become good friends and Doug wanted Jerry to help celebrate his upcoming birthday. The employer gave into the pleading and begging and gave Jerry off also.
             The big birthday weekend comes around and the boys call the restaurant to invite the employer and whoever is working that Saturday evening to the birthday bash (Remember this is an anti-black social environment.). The restaurant does not close until eleven o"clock but the boys say that the time is no problem and the party will be going strong. The employer decides that they all will go to the party and that a case of beer will be taken along for the birthday present.
             Closing time arrives for the restaurant and they packed up into two cars to buzz by this party. Doug lived in a low-income housing development. The employer and the beer went in one car. The employer's wife (who is quite good looking and shapely) and two employees went in the other car.
             The arrival to this bash was not good. As soon as the employer's wife was inside the boy's home there was ten blacks surrounding her saying snide remarks and using lewd gesturing. They came into the house like black snakes crawling through the grass looking for their prey. The husband was blocked from getting anywhere near his wife to help her if necessary. Eventually the non-party members (the ten blacks were uninvited guests) left the home just as quickly as they had come in. Things calmed a bit. Birthday greetings with presents were given to Doug. He apologized for his friends" behavior. They then left the party to go on home. .
             Leaving the party was done in the same manner as when they came except minus the beer. When the wife and the two employees got to the car there was surprise waiting. The car had two flat tires and the windows were smashed. Glass was all over the seats. They jumped into the car and got it started (It wasn't expected to).


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