Grayling813 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:19 pmSo you’re still denying that you are retired CIA?The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:04 pmI know, right? It was one of the most truly bizarre encounters I ever had. That dude was really weird.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:05 pmHe would tell us but then he would have to kill us all. So it's better we don't know.anygunanywhere wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:11 pmThe Annoyed Man. Double Nought Spy.The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:18 pm Not correcting someone else's false assumption is not the same thing as misrepresenting yourself. This can lead to some truly bizarre situations.
There’s a guy who owns a gas station near my old house in Grapevine, who was absolutely convinced that I am ex-CIA. How? Because in the middle of a conversation about retirement (I was newly retired at the time), he point blank asked me if I was retired CIA, and he wasn’t being sarcastic. It was a sincere question.....like he WANTED it to be true. (This guy is a real conspiracy nut too.) I was so taken aback by the question in the moment that my initial reaction was to grin and look down at the ground. It took me about 2-3 seconds too long to collect my thoughts and to answer in the negative, simply because I couldn’t believe I’d been asked the question, and that sealed the deal. He TOTALLY jumped to the conclusion that I am a retired CIA agent. I did deny it then and there, more than once, but he wasn’t having it. It was more interesting for him to have this fantasy about my identity, that’s it was for him to believe my denials. In fact, the denials just served to strengthen his resolve, and he took it as like a wink wink nudge nudge "our little secret" kind of thing.
I eventually let the whole thing drop and quit trying to deny it. He believed what he wanted to believe. People are like that.
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- Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:41 pm
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- Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:07 pm
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- Wed Jul 31, 2019 7:05 pm
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He would tell us but then he would have to kill us all. So it's better we don't know.anygunanywhere wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:11 pmThe Annoyed Man. Double Nought Spy.The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 2:18 pm Not correcting someone else's false assumption is not the same thing as misrepresenting yourself. This can lead to some truly bizarre situations.
There’s a guy who owns a gas station near my old house in Grapevine, who was absolutely convinced that I am ex-CIA. How? Because in the middle of a conversation about retirement (I was newly retired at the time), he point blank asked me if I was retired CIA, and he wasn’t being sarcastic. It was a sincere question.....like he WANTED it to be true. (This guy is a real conspiracy nut too.) I was so taken aback by the question in the moment that my initial reaction was to grin and look down at the ground. It took me about 2-3 seconds too long to collect my thoughts and to answer in the negative, simply because I couldn’t believe I’d been asked the question, and that sealed the deal. He TOTALLY jumped to the conclusion that I am a retired CIA agent. I did deny it then and there, more than once, but he wasn’t having it. It was more interesting for him to have this fantasy about my identity, that’s it was for him to believe my denials. In fact, the denials just served to strengthen his resolve, and he took it as like a wink wink nudge nudge "our little secret" kind of thing.
I eventually let the whole thing drop and quit trying to deny it. He believed what he wanted to believe. People are like that.
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
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I still haven't seen anyone OC.Flightmare wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:16 pmMostly because it is so unusual to see people open carrying. It was almost 2 years after the law went into effect before I spotted someone "in the wild" open carrying.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:06 pm These stories help to support my belief that many people assume you are a cop when you are open carrying.
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 3:06 pm
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These stories help to support my belief that many people assume you are a cop when you are open carrying.