DrakeZ07
Regular Member
Well, I've been in Irvine for the better part of the day this afternoon, and evening. And as with going to new places, or atleast, new for me as I've never been in Irvine, I was OC'ing my Hi-Point .40SW.
My first stop was a lil Shell station, across the Kentucky River, in "west Irvine". I OC'd there with no problems at all, wasn't expecting anything anyway. Cashier was very nice to me, and offered me a free 2$ scratch off ticket. I thought strange, but hey, it was free right? took it, didn't win anything, but got into a nice conversation with the cashier, this and that mostly, super cute fellow, hehe, but that's for me, and my BF to mull over ^-^
Anyway, went over to the Irvine Fire Station, right next to City Hall. Because I went to Irvine to attend NWS SKYWARN spotter class and training, get information, and educated in severe weather reporting, catch up on things and learn new stuff to help me when I'm chasing in the field.
I didn't see any "NO FIREARMS/WEAPONS" signs anywhere on or near the fire station, so I went in OC'ing. Spoke with a couple Fire fighters before the class, no one said a word, or questioned me about my sidearm, no cops called, nothing. Was OC'ing during the Weather class, although I was in the very back of the class, against the right side wall, mostly because of the people who filtered in, the room got crowded, but I didn't think it concealed if I was bunched against a wall on my strong side carry.
After the class, I got very hungry, and drove around the city looking for a bite to eat. Settled on a Little Ceasers. Walked in, a worker was outside smoking, held the door open for me, and smiled, which is a first for LC establishments in general. Walked in, gave my order, and the cashier said "Oh, we're having a special tonight, sir, you get a free 2-litre of your choosing with your pizza and bread sticks". I thought 'dude, that's awesome, I wish the one in Mt. Sterling did that'. I was expecting to pay what I usually would in Mt. Sterling for the bread sticks, pizza, and sauce, usually comes out to be 14$... Cashier rung it up as 10$ even, which I paid, a lil taken aback by it. Headed for the door, one of the delivery guys held the door open for me... Another first. Got back in my car, and looked at the receipt to make sure they got everything right, and then I noticed a the subtotal being 13.27$, then a "LE Discount" and the total being 10$...
So! With me wearing my low rider jeans, and a Beige Polo shirt, with my Sidearm, somehow along the line, I got mistook-en for a cop.
Which made me wonder if the scratch off earlier at the gas station, was also the same thing, meant for Cops.
Anyway, had loads of fun, and enjoyed my OC experience. Irvine is now one of my Favorite OC destinations. Though I'm a bit uneasy going back there, the entire city smelled of mold and mildew, lol!
So, I actually feel kind of guilty, even though no one asked me if I was a cop, or called me officer, I feel like I should have looked at the receipt sooner, and went back in to inform the LC cashier that I'm not a cop, and want to pay the difference of the discount.
How do you guys feel about this? Should I take any discounts, and freebies given to me by people who THINK I'm apart of LE and dont bother to ask, or should I decline any freebies and discounts, and come clean?
~<3
My first stop was a lil Shell station, across the Kentucky River, in "west Irvine". I OC'd there with no problems at all, wasn't expecting anything anyway. Cashier was very nice to me, and offered me a free 2$ scratch off ticket. I thought strange, but hey, it was free right? took it, didn't win anything, but got into a nice conversation with the cashier, this and that mostly, super cute fellow, hehe, but that's for me, and my BF to mull over ^-^
Anyway, went over to the Irvine Fire Station, right next to City Hall. Because I went to Irvine to attend NWS SKYWARN spotter class and training, get information, and educated in severe weather reporting, catch up on things and learn new stuff to help me when I'm chasing in the field.
I didn't see any "NO FIREARMS/WEAPONS" signs anywhere on or near the fire station, so I went in OC'ing. Spoke with a couple Fire fighters before the class, no one said a word, or questioned me about my sidearm, no cops called, nothing. Was OC'ing during the Weather class, although I was in the very back of the class, against the right side wall, mostly because of the people who filtered in, the room got crowded, but I didn't think it concealed if I was bunched against a wall on my strong side carry.
After the class, I got very hungry, and drove around the city looking for a bite to eat. Settled on a Little Ceasers. Walked in, a worker was outside smoking, held the door open for me, and smiled, which is a first for LC establishments in general. Walked in, gave my order, and the cashier said "Oh, we're having a special tonight, sir, you get a free 2-litre of your choosing with your pizza and bread sticks". I thought 'dude, that's awesome, I wish the one in Mt. Sterling did that'. I was expecting to pay what I usually would in Mt. Sterling for the bread sticks, pizza, and sauce, usually comes out to be 14$... Cashier rung it up as 10$ even, which I paid, a lil taken aback by it. Headed for the door, one of the delivery guys held the door open for me... Another first. Got back in my car, and looked at the receipt to make sure they got everything right, and then I noticed a the subtotal being 13.27$, then a "LE Discount" and the total being 10$...
So! With me wearing my low rider jeans, and a Beige Polo shirt, with my Sidearm, somehow along the line, I got mistook-en for a cop.
Which made me wonder if the scratch off earlier at the gas station, was also the same thing, meant for Cops.
Anyway, had loads of fun, and enjoyed my OC experience. Irvine is now one of my Favorite OC destinations. Though I'm a bit uneasy going back there, the entire city smelled of mold and mildew, lol!
So, I actually feel kind of guilty, even though no one asked me if I was a cop, or called me officer, I feel like I should have looked at the receipt sooner, and went back in to inform the LC cashier that I'm not a cop, and want to pay the difference of the discount.
How do you guys feel about this? Should I take any discounts, and freebies given to me by people who THINK I'm apart of LE and dont bother to ask, or should I decline any freebies and discounts, and come clean?
~<3