I have twice given that sort of look and stuck my hand in my

by Catoosa, Thursday, June 07, 2012, 22:09 (4553 days ago) @ Paul

I used to park right across the street from the mission in downtown Nashville. The winos and other trolls would congregate by the parking lot in the late afternoon waiting for the doors to open. For some poor guys, walking down to that lot was like walking a gauntlet of "forceful solicitation". Some even quit parking there because of the harassment. Strangely, they would virtually ignore me. I didn't try to act belligerent or anything, I suppose it was just street instinct that told them they would get nothing from me.

Well, here's a coincidence. The 10:00 news just came on, and the lead story was about a guy who walked into a Mt. Juliet stop-n-rob and found a 17 year old punk holding a knife on the clerk. The fellow used "command voice" and his own rather imposing appearance to persuade the kid to drop the knife and sit down until the cops got there. GOOD ON HIM!