We had a rather unexpected encounter on Wednesday after we were finishing up with our grocery shopping. Naomi was finishing up with buckling Amélie into the car, and a driver pulled up in a little white van honking his horn and revving his engine - he wanted to park next to our car. I was heading to the gym, but I just motioned to him to slow down. When he got out, he told me to stop being so aggressive, so I yelled at him in English.
Naomi was backing out at this point, but listening with the window open. At this point, this guy was brandishing a spray bottle and spouting off some nationalist rhetoric about how I was a dirty foreigner and how I had to go home because foreigners are the source of all the country's problems. At this point Naomi got mad and started yelling at him too.
He then clicked his heels together, straightened his back, raised his right arm, and shouted 'Heil Hitler' in the Aldi parking lot. It became rather surreal, like I was watching a movie. He continued to rant about how he was going to track us down and come to our house. I figured it would be a good idea to get a picture of him and his license plate, so I did, and he came after me with his deadly spray bottle, shouting about how he would spray me in the eyes. Time to go.
I reported the incident to the police, and in their overworked fashion, said we had two options: do nothing or make the guy pay a fine. They said it wasn't smart to do the fine as the nutcase would then be more likely to show up at our house. Hopefully we can just get a police officer to go talk with the guy. Seems like the best option at this point...
The girls had lots of questions about it afterward, and Amélie kept asking if the man would have to sit on the naughty bench. What a cutie!
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