In July 1996, the family of 31-year-old Blair Adams became concerned about his mental state as he stopped collecting his paycheck at work and started talking about his fear that someone wanted him dead. Then, Adams abruptly withdrew all of his money from the bank, packed up his car, left his home in British Columbia, and headed for the United States. He was initially prevented from crossing the border due to his erratic behavior and the fact that he was carrying an enormous amount of cash, but he eventually made it across and wound up in Knoxville, Tennessee, some 2,000 miles from home. Once he got there, Adams' strange, paranoid behavior was documented by a number of witnesses. He was seen carelessly backing his car into another while on the road, and when he rented a hotel room in Knoxville, CCTV footage showed him entering and exiting the building multiple times nervously — but never even entering his room. Then, on the morning of July 11, his battered corpse was found in a nearby parking lot. He had been beaten so badly that his stomach ruptured, causing sepsis. Tufts of his hair had been torn out and he had a sole strand of someone else's hair still clenched in his fist. But to this day, no one knows who killed him or why.
Today my faith in future generations was restored!! I had 7, 6th-grade boys come in while I was working and they wanted to order wings. They asked if they had enough money to cover 40 wings and pops. I looked around confused- wondering where their parents were. I asked if they were alone and they said yes and we’ve been looking forward to this for weeks! They were so excited and were EXTREMELY polite the whole entire time, using please and thank you and trying to make it as easy as possible for me to get their order; they even told me they’d tip well 😂. It was touching to see how much the children were trying to behave well, even when there were no parents around to scold them. One of the boys even asked his friend to get off the phone while I was talking to them! They were so good that a neighboring customer ended up picking up their tab and telling them to pay it forward! I just wanted to give big props to the parents of these boys- keep doing what you’re doing!! Pictured is how they left the table! Even grown adults (myself included) rarely leave the table this clean!
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