content: Yup, stay very close to someone who has a large weapon like that. It sounds counter intuitive, but watch closely- using a weapon like that or a baseball bat requires some distance to wind up the swing. Best thing you can do against a weapon like this is get right on top of the person, assuming you can't get 5 arm's lengths away.  Besides that, situational awareness is a dying concept. It's baffling that this retard could be so calm, so relaxed, so apathetic in the presence of a clearly deranged, armed person. What the fuck does it say about this area that walking into a convenience store armed with a fucking splitting maul doesn't immediately get you thrown out or the police called? I'll bet the store employee knows the freak, probably dealt with him before, probably knew he is always a problem and just wanted to get him out of there as fast as possible.