If you've never been around Hessen in May.....this is the month that strawberries are being picked, and hundreds of stands are open around the country, with locals being strawberries in massive quantities.
I'll even go to the extent of admitting that Hessen strawberries are among the best in the world.
The stands? They are mostly run by folks on a minimum-wage situation or members of the family who own the berry acreage.
I sat this morning....going over regional Hessen news, and this robbery comes up.
So, some guy comes up to a strawberry stand in the Morfelden-Walldorf area (east of the old Rhein Main Air Base area). Young kid running the stand. Guy approaches the stand....draws out a pistol....and robs the kid of several hundred Euro. The robber throws the cash and pistol into his backpack, and pedals off.
Cops got called and spent some time searching for the robber....but never found him.
Robberies on strawberry stands? They just never happen. So this is a rather odd episode. I'd hate to suggest a trend, but this is the type of environment that you live in today, and you simply have to adjust to and accept.
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