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For the last 3 days in a row (four including today) I was looking for a dog to adopt at the Bonnie L. Hays Animal Shelter (1901 SE 24th Ave Hillsboro, OR).
I went those 3 days open carrying a Black Ka-bar in a synthetic sheath with no problems. I spoke with the people working there, asked questions about the dogs, asked questions about adopting. Filled out an application, I spent most of the time standing there waiting. Had several conversations with the manager on the days I was there (except today). One day there was a security gaurd, or animal control officer not sure, they had a star badge in a circle, gray shirt with red trim but was unarmed (maybe peppar spray), he saw it and gave me a "threat assessment" look and then continued on without saying a word to me. There were no signs saying weapon's were not permitted.
Today, my fourth day there, one of the (fat :banghead women there came up and asked in an extremely concerned voice:
"What's that hanging on your belt? :what:"
*I look down thinking I might have rubbed up against something, and looked on left my side, looked on my other side, then looked back up to her with a confused look on my face not knowning to what she was referring*
She then said, "That. :uhoh:" and pointed to my right side.
*I turned my right hip toward her, and lifted the sheath higher off my leg and said with astonishment:
"This?!"
"Yeah"
"Why?"
Again in a wavy concerned voice she said:
"Because thats a deadly weapon"
I said "So? :shock:"
"We don't allow deadly weapons here, you have to take it off and leave it in your car"
*sigh*
At this point when I realized she was looking at me like I was some kind of monster, I instantly got a sickening feeling in the core of my body, I have never been so blatantly discriminated against by another human being in my life. I proceeded to leave without arguement because I knew these people wouldn't be capable of comprehending what I said, and I wasn't in the mood for a police encounter. With my prior contact with the people working there they are highly unintelligent with a complete collectivist attitude with total lack of any common sense. That being said, I just left immediately.
I got the business card of the Animal Services Manager yesterday for the purposes of complaining about how poorly I was treated in regards to customer service (I guess they didn't notice the knife those days?). Yesterday when I was waiting outside the shelter (thinking about if I wanted a dog there) a man in his late 50's said
"Man that women is a real bitch huh?"
I said, "Yeah, that's our government for us"
and he knodded deeply in agreement.
I guess I have one more thing to complain about.
For the last 3 days in a row (four including today) I was looking for a dog to adopt at the Bonnie L. Hays Animal Shelter (1901 SE 24th Ave Hillsboro, OR).
I went those 3 days open carrying a Black Ka-bar in a synthetic sheath with no problems. I spoke with the people working there, asked questions about the dogs, asked questions about adopting. Filled out an application, I spent most of the time standing there waiting. Had several conversations with the manager on the days I was there (except today). One day there was a security gaurd, or animal control officer not sure, they had a star badge in a circle, gray shirt with red trim but was unarmed (maybe peppar spray), he saw it and gave me a "threat assessment" look and then continued on without saying a word to me. There were no signs saying weapon's were not permitted.
Today, my fourth day there, one of the (fat :banghead women there came up and asked in an extremely concerned voice:
"What's that hanging on your belt? :what:"
*I look down thinking I might have rubbed up against something, and looked on left my side, looked on my other side, then looked back up to her with a confused look on my face not knowning to what she was referring*
She then said, "That. :uhoh:" and pointed to my right side.
*I turned my right hip toward her, and lifted the sheath higher off my leg and said with astonishment:
"This?!"
"Yeah"
"Why?"
Again in a wavy concerned voice she said:
"Because thats a deadly weapon"
I said "So? :shock:"
"We don't allow deadly weapons here, you have to take it off and leave it in your car"
*sigh*
At this point when I realized she was looking at me like I was some kind of monster, I instantly got a sickening feeling in the core of my body, I have never been so blatantly discriminated against by another human being in my life. I proceeded to leave without arguement because I knew these people wouldn't be capable of comprehending what I said, and I wasn't in the mood for a police encounter. With my prior contact with the people working there they are highly unintelligent with a complete collectivist attitude with total lack of any common sense. That being said, I just left immediately.
I got the business card of the Animal Services Manager yesterday for the purposes of complaining about how poorly I was treated in regards to customer service (I guess they didn't notice the knife those days?). Yesterday when I was waiting outside the shelter (thinking about if I wanted a dog there) a man in his late 50's said
"Man that women is a real bitch huh?"
I said, "Yeah, that's our government for us"
and he knodded deeply in agreement.
I guess I have one more thing to complain about.