Mugging my editor
Ooops Yesterday I nipped out to get some lunch… turning the corner back into the street where I work I saw Remy (5.7, long hair, leather jacket, 10 year old converse, ferret like eyes with a nervous twitch) one of the editors here, he was outside the office with his back to me trying to light up a fag. As I approached him I had a lightbulb moment.
Rewind..Remy was happy slapped back in December last year on his way back from work. He was on a bus, the doors opened at a stop near Kings Cross and before he knew it he was knocked to the floor by a bunch of kids and filmed..
Three weeks ago he was mugged and beaten up in Camden as he was getting money out of a cash machine..
Two days ago while in New York with his girl on a romantic break he smacked himself in his eye by accident..not sure what he meant by playing about but who me to enquire….anyhow his right eye was like a golf ball.
So back to yesterday..I thought it would be funny to… I jumped him from behind, put my hand in his back pocket and told him to ‘give me your money’ he spun around in kung fu mode, sweating, trembling with eyes ready to kill… it took a good forty minutes and as many fags (the smoking kind) to calm him down..
Having just cleared my name after a racism claim for allegedly calling someone a dirty diego at work…long story..I thought I was in for a bullying claim.. Luckily he was cool with it..
Phew!
James Bedford aka filmekanik
