"i'll give you the drugs & then the $10,000 after you land"

so i'm scorching my skin on the beach, trying to soak up these last rays, and this dominican guy comes up to me. he's like "hey man, what up?" we start talkin about the beach. he then says "so u like marijuana, no? yah-man haha". i said "ya, it's pretty sweet". then we start joking around about how fun getting high is, laughin it up like amigos would. then he said something i didn't understand at the end of the laughing session... i was like "sí, sí, claro que sí", like it was all good. then, as if it was no big deal, he was like "ok, well i'll give u the drugs and then $10,000 after you land". my eyes burst open. i exclaimed "qu-qu-queeee???". he laughed. then i realized what he was saying, so i responded with "oh shit man, i didn't know what you were saying. i can't smuggle, i'm a teacher, i got all this shit goin on, u know? sorry".  the he left.

WOW.

a totally tranquil conversation turned into a crazy intense drug smuggling operation like THAT. i have never been offered to do that. oddly enough, in some ways i feel cool/honored that he would pick me. but i also feel like he thought i was a fucking moron.

i've seen too many failed attempts/kidnappings on different tv shows that have scared me straight. holy shit.