Part of the allure of living in downtown Toronto is the accessibility of everything. Restaurants, shops, nightlife, daylife... it's all a footstep away. Living in downtown Toronto also opens your eyes to the homeless, crackheads and drunks roaming around. So it was yesterday when Dawna and I were walking our Korean dogs, while wearing our Korean clothes, when we saw an old Korean man get punched in the face by someone who appeared to be intoxicated. This Korean guy I mentioned runs the convenience store right around our apartment with his wife. At around 11pm, we see an angry guy rush out of this convenience store, slamming the door. Not exactly sure why he did that, but the old shop owner guy chased this man out onto the street. A few words were exchanged and the guy punched the old Korean man in the face. Normally, Dawna and I would not get involved (especially in this area), but when it's an old man getting hit in the face, we felt like we needed to. So we sorta yelled, ran across the street to where they were, just in time to see the Korean guy rip the intoxicated man's jacket off... and the guy ran way. So here we are, standing with this old guy making sure he's okay (which he was), as he holds this strange man's jacket all the while looking for his lense that got knocked out of his glasses when he got punched in the face. We decided to call the cops because we felt worried for this old shopkeeper and his wife. We filed our report, the shopkeepers were very thankful, and we felt like we did the right thing. Don't know if they ever found the guy but it was our first encounter with violence down in this area. Can't believe an old man got punched in the face.
Also, on that same walk, we saw a drunk lying down on the road and another drunk passed out on the grass in the park. Who gets drunk on a Monday?
- Gilad
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