Gilly
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First, some background.
I visit the Wiclo/Hess gas station near my house at least once a day. I have OC'd there almost daily for a year (as has my wife.) I had never been told I coundn't and there are no signs prohibiting it. I go in one day while crrying openly and the cashier asks if I'm a cop. I reply that I'm not. He tells me I cannot carry in the store unless I'm a cop. I tell him I've been doing it for a year with no complaints and there are no signs. He tells me he always thought I was a cop. I state I'm not a cop but am military (hence the haircut.) I then state I'll talk to the manager and if it's prohibited I'll shop elsewhere. A few days later I talk with the manager (her grandson plays baseball with my son) and she tells me there is no store or corporate policy against it and that I'm good to go. I never mentioned who I had the issue with.
Now onto my current problem. Starting the day after my talk with the manager and almost every day since when I see him he mentions my weapon, whether it's visible or not. He's polite and overly friendly, but I don't like being called out about it, especially when I'm concealing. It's always stuff like "where's your friend at" or "haven't seen you with your gun in a while" while motioning towards my strong side. I play it cool but really wish he wouldn't flag me like that. What should I do?
First, some background.
I visit the Wiclo/Hess gas station near my house at least once a day. I have OC'd there almost daily for a year (as has my wife.) I had never been told I coundn't and there are no signs prohibiting it. I go in one day while crrying openly and the cashier asks if I'm a cop. I reply that I'm not. He tells me I cannot carry in the store unless I'm a cop. I tell him I've been doing it for a year with no complaints and there are no signs. He tells me he always thought I was a cop. I state I'm not a cop but am military (hence the haircut.) I then state I'll talk to the manager and if it's prohibited I'll shop elsewhere. A few days later I talk with the manager (her grandson plays baseball with my son) and she tells me there is no store or corporate policy against it and that I'm good to go. I never mentioned who I had the issue with.
Now onto my current problem. Starting the day after my talk with the manager and almost every day since when I see him he mentions my weapon, whether it's visible or not. He's polite and overly friendly, but I don't like being called out about it, especially when I'm concealing. It's always stuff like "where's your friend at" or "haven't seen you with your gun in a while" while motioning towards my strong side. I play it cool but really wish he wouldn't flag me like that. What should I do?
I'm bothered by it because when I do conceal, it's for a reason. Then he announces to everyone within earshot that I'm armed (or unarmed). Look at it this way. If every day I came in and paid for my drink and snack by peeling a $100 bill off the wad in my pocket, I would not want him to mention it every time I walked in the store. I wish he would use a little discretion, you know?
