Last nights adventure of section 220

Okay, so I worked at the Target Center last night, and had a night unlike ANY other I've ever experienced there before, and absolutely had to share it with everyone: 


The first incident happened with 5 minutes left in the first quarter.  I looked out my well and saw a young man (probably about 11 years old) hitting and spitting at his guardian and whipping his zipped sweatshirt at her.  She grabbed his arms and put him in a straight jacket type hold.  He fell to the ground and started screaming bloody murder. I've never heard anything like this!   I asked if I could assist and she had me call security and wanted the Minneapolis police. I had other spectators coming by asking if they could help, too. So security came about 5 minutes later, and this kid continued to hyper ventilate and flip out on EVERYONE who came near him.  Finally, his mother was called and the boy was taken home. The reason he was acting like that? His quote, I'm not lying, "I'M TIRED!!!!!!"  Oh boy...

The next incident happened after my break just barely into the 3rd quarter.  I came around the corner and the same guardian from the same group and she asked if I could help again.  She asked if I had found a shoe.  As I called in, the two other boys in the group were standing in a hall, arguing with each other.  While I was radioing in the lost shoe, one boy took the other boys hat and chucked it down the hall.  When the one ran after it, cussing at the other bot, I was still waiting for an answer on the radio.  As I looked at the second little boy (probably about 6 years old)I smiled at him, and he glared VERY evily at me and said "You're a fucking bitch!" As soon as he did that he went and tried to start kicking me and even got a brush against my leg. The guardian had to lift him out of the way to not kick me hard. On a note about these people:  They received a $1000 check for their organization before the game ever started and was recognized on the court for their outstanding work with youth!! Oh boy!!

After this group finally left, I was called over to section 216.  The woman in the lifetech room was having a heart attack. Her daughter was out in the hallway freaking out due to lost keys. Okay, not just freaking out, but seriously FREAKING THE HECK OUT!!!  As I was up in the stands looking for her keys, a gentleman informed me their keys were tossed several rows down and they saw a girl "pick something up and put it in her purse."  So after being asked three times about the keys, by Jen my supervisor, Scott from security and me, the girls denied it all. I asked the man who saw them pick it up if he'd be willing to talk to police about what he saw, and at first he refused. He didn't just refuse he said "Talk to the Cops? OH HELL NO! I hate cops!!"  UGH!!!!!!!    Finally the man came down and had a few words about the girls to the police and told them what he saw.  After Jen went up and asked the girls to come down the girls willingly came down and talked to police.  On their way back up the stairs, like teenage girls, they were cussing up a storm, but my favorite was: "GAW, they're so ignorant!!!"  HA!  Finally the group left. However, the daughter who lost the keys (who, by the way, is also a nurse and refused to help her mom) had no money for a bus or taxi to get to a hospital. Well, that wasn't an issue considering the husband of the heart attack woman, just wanted to take her home right away instead of going to a damn hospital!!!!  These people are morons! So, FINALLY, they all left for a hospital!

SO, that was my night!! It was very surreal and honestly, with the second incident, I felt threatened.  This kid was seeing red and, had he been armed with ANYTHING, he would have hurt me.  With the lack of ushers upstairs, I had to deal with a two or three person job alone.  Not often am I that scared, ESPECIALLY of a kid! (Heck, I taught low income middle schoolers, I didn't think anything could be worse!) Anyway, that is that! My adventure in section 220!!