I could probably find more, but we'll start with these three: Alberta Healthcare, The Police HQ or any of the affiliated Justice Buildings, and anywhere east of the Deerfoot Trail in Calgary. Any of these and you know you're life has taken a turn for the worst.
Our sous-chef, a 50 year old Filipino, perhaps 5 feet tall, fit, but you couldn't find anyone of a more peaceable disposition. And he's managed to hit all 3. Really, he stinks of good Karma. A more timid and gentle soul you couldn't find. But like a lot of new immigrants he's landed somewhere east of the Deerfoot trail, getting home after work involves him taking a bus downtown, then back up to Rundle on the C Train.
It's a bit of a journey, but he needs the job.
On Monday night after work he's walking from the Train station when some young men in a car beckon him over. He doesn't know better, doesn't know Calgary, he's naive and uses his own good nature to appraise others.
Remember, he's 50 years old. And 5 feet tall.
And so he walks over to the car and before he knows it one of the occupants has smashed him across the face with a coke bottle. A funny joke, another drunk night out for a bunch of Hero Calgarians.
His cheekbone's broken, he can't see out of one eye, he's off work for a week and needs surgery. After this he runs - nonstop - a full kilometer home. He's in shock, he's a naturally timid and peaceable person, this is outside his experience.
The next day he goes to the Police station. He files a report, they want the report, these reports, they're gold when you're asking for more funding from the city. But they tell him not to get his hopes up, they probably won't catch the guys that did this (probably they won't even investigate), they get these reports every night. Really, violent crime isn't something the police are into, unless they're instigating things like at the G20 summit in Toronto.
No, the police are more into donuts and issuing traffic tickets, preferably by photo radar. They don't think they'll catch the culprits, but they'll take the complaint, their budget depends on it.