happybucklander
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I didn't really research COSTCO on this site before I OCed yesterday at the store around lunchtime in Newington. Looks like COSTCO has a policy against OC(http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=3658&forum_id=55) I got the distinct feeling of being monitored. There was a guy at the end of the aisle a couple of time just hanging around. Actually, I think this is good security - monitoring openly armed folk is just good corporate security, IMO.
So I check out, and get in the food line to get one of their yummy hotdogs. No incidents so far other than thinking the employees are keeping an eye on me. A guy gets in line behind me and quickly says me says "Nice gun". I say "Thanks, hopefully I'll never have to use it". He says "Glock or something?". I say "yeah" (bad vibe kicking in and not wanting to to be specific and say G27, etc.). He says "let me guess, LEO?". I say "no, just a concerned citized exercising the second amendment". He says "Not a bad idea, given all the arab nuts running around". I said "well, I don't know about the racial issue - seems like there are people of all races that have issues". He backtracks a bit and seems a bit uncomfortable. I don't know what was going on, but I had a bad vibe about this guy from the start.
Now this guy was a little weird. HE was the one that seemed a little nutty - just came across that way. Maybe he was nervous with a gun in front of him or something and deals with being nervous by being chatty. I felt almost like he was going to make a move to take it out of the holster, or for sure wanted me to. I had no reason to unholster. Thankfully it's a SERPA holster in case he went for it, but still... He was weird. I wonder if he was undercover COSTCO security, perhaps - dunno. We were only there like 15 minutes, and it was overall a pleasant trip.
I had a guest from work - a (mostly) pacifist, but who was fine with my OC. He agreed that the guy's vibe was just kind of weird.
Oh well, nothing of substance happened, at least, and no COSTCO manager asking me to leave. So the GM of the Newington COSTCO might be ok with it - hard to say.
I didn't really research COSTCO on this site before I OCed yesterday at the store around lunchtime in Newington. Looks like COSTCO has a policy against OC(http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/view_topic.php?id=3658&forum_id=55) I got the distinct feeling of being monitored. There was a guy at the end of the aisle a couple of time just hanging around. Actually, I think this is good security - monitoring openly armed folk is just good corporate security, IMO.
So I check out, and get in the food line to get one of their yummy hotdogs. No incidents so far other than thinking the employees are keeping an eye on me. A guy gets in line behind me and quickly says me says "Nice gun". I say "Thanks, hopefully I'll never have to use it". He says "Glock or something?". I say "yeah" (bad vibe kicking in and not wanting to to be specific and say G27, etc.). He says "let me guess, LEO?". I say "no, just a concerned citized exercising the second amendment". He says "Not a bad idea, given all the arab nuts running around". I said "well, I don't know about the racial issue - seems like there are people of all races that have issues". He backtracks a bit and seems a bit uncomfortable. I don't know what was going on, but I had a bad vibe about this guy from the start.
Now this guy was a little weird. HE was the one that seemed a little nutty - just came across that way. Maybe he was nervous with a gun in front of him or something and deals with being nervous by being chatty. I felt almost like he was going to make a move to take it out of the holster, or for sure wanted me to. I had no reason to unholster. Thankfully it's a SERPA holster in case he went for it, but still... He was weird. I wonder if he was undercover COSTCO security, perhaps - dunno. We were only there like 15 minutes, and it was overall a pleasant trip.
I had a guest from work - a (mostly) pacifist, but who was fine with my OC. He agreed that the guy's vibe was just kind of weird.
Oh well, nothing of substance happened, at least, and no COSTCO manager asking me to leave. So the GM of the Newington COSTCO might be ok with it - hard to say.