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So I shaved my head recently (thats a different story), and went out on Friday for my b-day. We headed down to Jacksonville for dinner, and to get some x-mas shopping done. I was wearing jeans, a nice black polo, and had my SW99 on my hip. I've never had any problems in that area (save the manager of Sam's Club, but I was expecting that). Well I ended up shopping around in Target for a good 30-40 minutes, spoke to one or two employees while looking for things, and generally goofing around and having a good time. As we were checking out I noticed a toy we had looked as though it had been re-taped shut, so I decided to run back to the toy section and get a different one.
Well just as I grabbed the toy and turned to head back up front, some short fat guy in red and khaki who hadn't shaved for a day or two asked me for "a badge or somethin". I said "nope!, don't have one." He then asked if I had a CHP, and I said uh huh... So he asks to see it, with this expectant tone like it was the right thing to do. I said "uh no, I don't need it for carrying openly anyway." He looked puzzled and said "umm you don't need it?". I said "nope, but hey I was just leavin, so excuse me" and I headed up to the front of the store. After I was about 10 feet away with my back to him, he says in a loud voice "o-ok sir, you're good to go!". Then he followed at a distance until I left.
Once I got back to my g/f, I told her what had happened and pointed at the guy before we left. He quickly looked away, my g/f laughed, and we walked out smiling.
Anyway this was the first time some idiot tried to treat me like I was doing something wrong. I'm thinking it was my change in appearance. Everyone I know has said I look a lot meaner with a shaved head and goatee. This goes to show that your appearance makes a big difference on how people react to you.
(BTW, I know I could have stayed there and discussed store policy and legality and all that crap, but it was my b-day and I was in a shitty mood, so I left it at that. I'm not gonna be kind and cordial every time, especially when he was an ass to me in the first place.)
So I shaved my head recently (thats a different story), and went out on Friday for my b-day. We headed down to Jacksonville for dinner, and to get some x-mas shopping done. I was wearing jeans, a nice black polo, and had my SW99 on my hip. I've never had any problems in that area (save the manager of Sam's Club, but I was expecting that). Well I ended up shopping around in Target for a good 30-40 minutes, spoke to one or two employees while looking for things, and generally goofing around and having a good time. As we were checking out I noticed a toy we had looked as though it had been re-taped shut, so I decided to run back to the toy section and get a different one.
Well just as I grabbed the toy and turned to head back up front, some short fat guy in red and khaki who hadn't shaved for a day or two asked me for "a badge or somethin". I said "nope!, don't have one." He then asked if I had a CHP, and I said uh huh... So he asks to see it, with this expectant tone like it was the right thing to do. I said "uh no, I don't need it for carrying openly anyway." He looked puzzled and said "umm you don't need it?". I said "nope, but hey I was just leavin, so excuse me" and I headed up to the front of the store. After I was about 10 feet away with my back to him, he says in a loud voice "o-ok sir, you're good to go!". Then he followed at a distance until I left.
Once I got back to my g/f, I told her what had happened and pointed at the guy before we left. He quickly looked away, my g/f laughed, and we walked out smiling.
Anyway this was the first time some idiot tried to treat me like I was doing something wrong. I'm thinking it was my change in appearance. Everyone I know has said I look a lot meaner with a shaved head and goatee. This goes to show that your appearance makes a big difference on how people react to you.
(BTW, I know I could have stayed there and discussed store policy and legality and all that crap, but it was my b-day and I was in a shitty mood, so I left it at that. I'm not gonna be kind and cordial every time, especially when he was an ass to me in the first place.)