M-Taliesin
Regular Member
Howdy Folks!
I had been off metal detecting in the late afternoon. Because I was on school grounds, I left my pistol locked up in the car as I went off hoping to find a few goodies. Because it was really pretty darn cold, I only hit the one location for about an hour, then left to hit Safeway for victuals on my way home.
After parking my car, I got out and opened the back end to fetch out my pistol so I could reholster it on my hip. I caught motion out the corner of my eye and spun around to find a bum standing a short distance away.
"Back away mister!" I ordered in a commanding voice.
The bum threw up his hands, evidently noticing the pistol (still in its holster) in my left hand.
"What's the problem. I ain't that close."
"I'll be the judge of how close I feel comfortable. Why you sneaking up behind people like that?"
"I wasn't sneaking up on you." He said defensively.
"You came up behind me, univited, and are still too close so far as I am concerned. Back off now!"
He moved away, throwing a comment that he thought I was stupid.
Well, I ain't so stupid as to let somebody come up behind me sudden-like without reacting.
With my holstered handgun secured on my hip once more, I headed into the store. The bum prowled the parking lot, and I figured he was trying to get handouts from patrons arriving at the store. I walked inside and spoke to the security officer on duty, and he said he couldn't do anything about that guy, and he's there pretty frequently. I explained that he had the right to run somebody off from private property that he is supposed to be securing, but I might as well have been talking to the Coinstar machine.
Once my shopping was done, I headed for home. In my mind, I'll be content to stick with King Soopers from now on!
After all, their security people actually do stuff to keep their store secure. Like running off panhandlers and other nuisance types.
I may sound like a hard case, but I dislike panhandlers in general, and folks approaching me univited in particular. And it is about 100% more irritating when they come up from behind like that guy did.
Maybe I should have shown him my expandable ASP baton!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
I had been off metal detecting in the late afternoon. Because I was on school grounds, I left my pistol locked up in the car as I went off hoping to find a few goodies. Because it was really pretty darn cold, I only hit the one location for about an hour, then left to hit Safeway for victuals on my way home.
After parking my car, I got out and opened the back end to fetch out my pistol so I could reholster it on my hip. I caught motion out the corner of my eye and spun around to find a bum standing a short distance away.
"Back away mister!" I ordered in a commanding voice.
The bum threw up his hands, evidently noticing the pistol (still in its holster) in my left hand.
"What's the problem. I ain't that close."
"I'll be the judge of how close I feel comfortable. Why you sneaking up behind people like that?"
"I wasn't sneaking up on you." He said defensively.
"You came up behind me, univited, and are still too close so far as I am concerned. Back off now!"
He moved away, throwing a comment that he thought I was stupid.
Well, I ain't so stupid as to let somebody come up behind me sudden-like without reacting.
With my holstered handgun secured on my hip once more, I headed into the store. The bum prowled the parking lot, and I figured he was trying to get handouts from patrons arriving at the store. I walked inside and spoke to the security officer on duty, and he said he couldn't do anything about that guy, and he's there pretty frequently. I explained that he had the right to run somebody off from private property that he is supposed to be securing, but I might as well have been talking to the Coinstar machine.
Once my shopping was done, I headed for home. In my mind, I'll be content to stick with King Soopers from now on!
After all, their security people actually do stuff to keep their store secure. Like running off panhandlers and other nuisance types.
I may sound like a hard case, but I dislike panhandlers in general, and folks approaching me univited in particular. And it is about 100% more irritating when they come up from behind like that guy did.
Maybe I should have shown him my expandable ASP baton!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin