I stopped at a strip mall grocery store on my way home from work (it’s getting dark)…I see these guys wandering up and down the isles in the parking lot…they are wearing safety vests that say “Crime Prevention” and they are pressing their noses up against the windows of people’s cars. If they see something in the car they leave this formal looking citation (warning) under the windshield wiper.
I’m leaning up against a tree by my car as they approach…one guy starts towards my car: “press your nose up against the window of my car and see what it gets ya” I say quietly.
This pretend cop starts off on this long, well rehearsed crime prevention spiel….outlining for me how “stupid” most people are
I listened to the whole thing and then said once again “touch my car and see what it gets ya” whilst examining my shoes.
he says “you can’t touch me! I’ll call the cops…you can’t touch me”
I look up and quietly reply “go ahead and invade my privacy by pressing your nose up against my car window, that’d be my personal belonging…it will be far far too late for you by the time the cops get here…besides, I don’t have a retirement package and right now 3 squares and a cot with guberment medication and no full time job sounds pretty good to me.”
They left.
I went for groceries.
I think I’m a little too stressed for public consumption…I’m reverting back to old habits.