Meeting Your End In A Home Depot

Society’s purpose seems to be a bit lacking.

Ted Bauer
3 min readMar 31, 2024

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Gary Rasor was a 83 year-old man in a Home Depot in North Carolina; he was a “second or third career” clerk at this point. He asked for a receipt from a guy with three power washers. The guy, who was trying to steal the power washers, pushed him down. Rasor hit the deck and later passed away from his injuries.

On the other side of the country, a 26 year-old (so, much different stage of life) named Blake Mohs was working at another Home Depot. A woman, Benicia Knapps (think I spelled that right), tried to steal a charger for power tools. Mohs, who wanted to be a cop and was soon to be married, confronted her and was shot. He also passed away later. Knapps ran to a Nissan Pathfinder where her two year-old child was waiting.

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.