Tom_in_CA
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Here's a topic to put out there, as it regards the age-old dilema we all fear: scrams, bootings, being questioned, whether or not you can or can't hunt a place, etc... All of that is no fun, right? No one likes "looking over their shoulder", right?
Consider the following, when it comes to the entire psychology of this:
When I was young, I had a friend who was about 20 yrs. The legal drinking here in CA is 21. He proudly boasted to me one day that he could get into any bar in town. I knew this couldn't be true, since I knew he wasn't legal age yet. But he persisted saying he could get into any bar in town. So I said to him: "Ah, then you must have fake ID, right?" (which was the popular method amongst under-age minors in my town, when I was young). But he replied: " nope, no fake ID. I just walk right into any bar in town." Now he REALLY had my curiosity up. So I gave in and asked him "ok then, how do you do it?"
What he said has always stuck with me. And it plays into the psychology of md'ing too: He said "I just walk right in like I own the place". [And mind you, this guy did NOT look 21 or older either]. Because you see: he had figured out that the only people the door bouncer cards, is those people who act skittishly, evasively, avoid eye-contact, walk a wide-berth as far as they can, etc.... So my friend would walk RIGHT UP to the bouncer with a giant smile, shake his hand and say "how ya doing tonight?" . And then walk right in. Never got carded.
So too do I think that a lot of the innocuous places we hunt (so outside the discussion of truly off-limits sensitive monuments, etc...) it's a lot of the same psychology. If someone is skittish, and eyes passerbys with the "oh no, does he see me?" persona, then sure enough, those passerbys will catch those vibes, and ask themselves : "Gee, what's that man doing?" And so forth.
Consider the following, when it comes to the entire psychology of this:
When I was young, I had a friend who was about 20 yrs. The legal drinking here in CA is 21. He proudly boasted to me one day that he could get into any bar in town. I knew this couldn't be true, since I knew he wasn't legal age yet. But he persisted saying he could get into any bar in town. So I said to him: "Ah, then you must have fake ID, right?" (which was the popular method amongst under-age minors in my town, when I was young). But he replied: " nope, no fake ID. I just walk right into any bar in town." Now he REALLY had my curiosity up. So I gave in and asked him "ok then, how do you do it?"
What he said has always stuck with me. And it plays into the psychology of md'ing too: He said "I just walk right in like I own the place". [And mind you, this guy did NOT look 21 or older either]. Because you see: he had figured out that the only people the door bouncer cards, is those people who act skittishly, evasively, avoid eye-contact, walk a wide-berth as far as they can, etc.... So my friend would walk RIGHT UP to the bouncer with a giant smile, shake his hand and say "how ya doing tonight?" . And then walk right in. Never got carded.
So too do I think that a lot of the innocuous places we hunt (so outside the discussion of truly off-limits sensitive monuments, etc...) it's a lot of the same psychology. If someone is skittish, and eyes passerbys with the "oh no, does he see me?" persona, then sure enough, those passerbys will catch those vibes, and ask themselves : "Gee, what's that man doing?" And so forth.