Polynikes
Regular Member
I had an interesting encounter with a poor pizza deliveryman over the weekend. The wife and I didn't feel like cooking so we just ordered from a nearby pizza joint. When the driver showed up, I answered the door with my XD on my hip as I always do. When I reached for the receipt to sign, he finally caught a glimpse of my holster and the following conversation ensued:
Him: "Oh, cool. Is that a BB gun?"
Me: *smile* "Um...no. It's a 9mm."
Him: "Wow, it's real?! Don't shoot me or anything!"
Me: "I don't think you need to worry."
Him: "That's really cool looking" *backing away slowly from my door and back towards his car* "Well, I guess you can't ever be too safe, huh?"
Me: "Yeah, pretty much. Have a good night."
This whole exchange struck me as funny. The driver was pretty young, probably late teens, and didn't seem to have much experience in the way of firearms (hence, the BB gun question.) I was not behaving in any way that could be construed as threatening, and I was very friendly in both tone of voice and body language, but but I was amazed that the first conclusion that he jumped to upon seeing my holstered firearm was that he was suddenly in danger of being shot. Slightly amusing for me, to guage his reaction to something that is so every-day normal to folks like us, and I'm sure he went back to the store with a wild story to tell the other employees.
Him: "Oh, cool. Is that a BB gun?"
Me: *smile* "Um...no. It's a 9mm."
Him: "Wow, it's real?! Don't shoot me or anything!"
Me: "I don't think you need to worry."
Him: "That's really cool looking" *backing away slowly from my door and back towards his car* "Well, I guess you can't ever be too safe, huh?"
Me: "Yeah, pretty much. Have a good night."
This whole exchange struck me as funny. The driver was pretty young, probably late teens, and didn't seem to have much experience in the way of firearms (hence, the BB gun question.) I was not behaving in any way that could be construed as threatening, and I was very friendly in both tone of voice and body language, but but I was amazed that the first conclusion that he jumped to upon seeing my holstered firearm was that he was suddenly in danger of being shot. Slightly amusing for me, to guage his reaction to something that is so every-day normal to folks like us, and I'm sure he went back to the store with a wild story to tell the other employees.