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I still don't feel safe.
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<blockquote data-quote="DLD" data-source="post: 1450320" data-attributes="member: 19707"><p>I hate to fault anyone for being cautious, but being overly cautious comes off as looking suspicious in a lot of situations - bank parking lots being a prime example. Backing into your parking spot probably threw up a red flag. Our local bank does not keep a guard on duty, but I'm told that any time someone backs into a parking spot outside the bank, or parks sideways across the marked spaces, they call law enforcement immediately. If you park like you're prepared for a quick getaway, and wait in the drivers seat, being alert and constantly checking out your surroundings, you probably draw suspicion on yourself. I don't doubt she was checking you out, also don't doubt there were pictures being taken of you, too. If you whip into the closest spot to the door, and start staring at your phone the second the wife gets out and you put the vehicle in park, nobody's going to give you a second look.</p><p></p><p>It's kind of like sitting in one corner of a cafe in a place you're not known, while a cop is sitting in the other - you're thinking you're gonna have his (or her) back if something bad goes down, but the cop sees you on alert, knows you're probably carrying, and has to wonder if you're the threat...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DLD, post: 1450320, member: 19707"] I hate to fault anyone for being cautious, but being overly cautious comes off as looking suspicious in a lot of situations - bank parking lots being a prime example. Backing into your parking spot probably threw up a red flag. Our local bank does not keep a guard on duty, but I'm told that any time someone backs into a parking spot outside the bank, or parks sideways across the marked spaces, they call law enforcement immediately. If you park like you're prepared for a quick getaway, and wait in the drivers seat, being alert and constantly checking out your surroundings, you probably draw suspicion on yourself. I don't doubt she was checking you out, also don't doubt there were pictures being taken of you, too. If you whip into the closest spot to the door, and start staring at your phone the second the wife gets out and you put the vehicle in park, nobody's going to give you a second look. It's kind of like sitting in one corner of a cafe in a place you're not known, while a cop is sitting in the other - you're thinking you're gonna have his (or her) back if something bad goes down, but the cop sees you on alert, knows you're probably carrying, and has to wonder if you're the threat... [/QUOTE]
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