That’s exactly what the guy from the Dunkin’ Donuts on 17th street said as all three employees came running out of the store. They were being chased by this:

It was the biggest rat I had ever seen. I was waiting for it to pull out a cane and, “make a funny.”

So as my coworkers and I sat there at 17th Street Cafe — right next door to Dunkin’s — we got to watch all the action.

Here is a brief summary in bullet point format for easy reading (and to really just take it all in):

*Rat chases employees out of store

*Rat stops on stair 3 and looks like it is about to die

*Dunkin’ Donuts employee #1 grabs the hose outside while employee #2 turns it on

*Not only does the rat not mind the water - he starts running towards it, jumping wildly

*Dunkin’ Donuts employees #1, #2, and #3 scream and start running in circles (I wish I was kidding)

*Finally rat runs underneath the electric box and gets trapped

*Dunkin’ Donuts employee #1 says to employee #2 - “man gets some bleach…we’ll bleach him…”

*All of my coworkers, along with everyone sitting outside eating, look mortified

Keep in mind people are stilling going down into Dunkin’ Donuts while this is all going on. Crazy.

Continuing…

*Homeless guy who stands on the corner walks over wearing a shirt that reads “Got Stains?” with the “ain” dripping like…well…(again, I kid you not…)

*Things start dying down and people go back to their meals

At this point we are all laughing about the situation. I got some funny pics and we all knew it would make for a great story at work the next day.

It was about this time that “Got Stains?” looked over at us and said, “you get any pictures?”

“Yeah, some pretty funny ones,” I replied.

“Awww….You don’t want to keep them,” said Got Stains?

“Uh, yeah I do…they are hilarious,” I said with a little apprehension thinking in my head that this is one of those situations that escalate for no reason and end up bad.

“I’ll buy them off you,” Got Stains? said with an interesting mix of desperation and aggression.

At this point we just started to ignore him and look at our food until he went inside the store.

It was, needless to say, an adventure. And yes…I’ve been wondering all day how much I could have sold them for hahaha

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UPDATE: So the guy who was wearing the “Got Stains?” shirt was NOT the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts… I am told he is the homeless guy who has stood at the corner of 17th and Pst for the past 5+ years. I corrected…Um woops…