Hello!
Yesterday I finally did my first official OC! I met M-Taliesin who helped me get over my nervousness and we visited a few places. I wore my S&W .40 in a Galco OWB.
I thought I was going to be nervous as hell, since I've been reading this forum for about 2 months getting myself ready. Actually, I was only nervous for the first 15 minutes or so as I walked into a busy King Soopers. Not a word from anybody, but a few looks from a couple people. Walked by the store manager on our way to the register, waited in line, she saw my piece and I gave a friendly "hello" and she said "hello" back and just went back to what she was doing. No big deal.
We then stopped at M-T's Verizon store, him explaining that this location is very OC friendly and he visits frequently. We met the manager at the door and chatted with him for a few. He is pro OC.
Next stop was a local Tires Plus, I doubt the one employee who helped us even noticed, but 2 old ladies noticed my piece and went back to reading their magazines.
Best Buy was the next stop, and like Verizon, are pro OC.
Final stop was Wally World, which was the best one for me as far as people's reactions. As we all know, Wally World gets a big varitey of people. A few people of questionable demeanor simply just got out of my way once they saw I was OC'ing. As M-T was looking at a pair of slacks, there was a woman working in that same aisle, she was covered head to toe (Somalian or Egyptian?? I don't know the right word). As I walked behind M-T out of the aisle, her eyes and reaction were priceless! She stared at my sidearm and literally backed up and hugged the shelves! I should've gave a friendly "hello, how are you?" to let her know that I'm a friendly guy.
Anyway, it was a good day and I got more comfortable as it went along. Store employess seem to me a lot friendlier when a customer is OC'ng. One thing I do need to work on is interacting with strangers around me as I shop to show them I'm a friendly fellow by simply saying "hi, are you today?" I need to work on the small chat, as I'm accustomed to just going in, getting what I need, and going back to my car with out talking to anybody. I want to thank M-T for helping me out yesterday. I think its time for me to do a little more OC today at the dog park!
Carry On!
Keens
Yesterday I finally did my first official OC! I met M-Taliesin who helped me get over my nervousness and we visited a few places. I wore my S&W .40 in a Galco OWB.
I thought I was going to be nervous as hell, since I've been reading this forum for about 2 months getting myself ready. Actually, I was only nervous for the first 15 minutes or so as I walked into a busy King Soopers. Not a word from anybody, but a few looks from a couple people. Walked by the store manager on our way to the register, waited in line, she saw my piece and I gave a friendly "hello" and she said "hello" back and just went back to what she was doing. No big deal.
We then stopped at M-T's Verizon store, him explaining that this location is very OC friendly and he visits frequently. We met the manager at the door and chatted with him for a few. He is pro OC.
Next stop was a local Tires Plus, I doubt the one employee who helped us even noticed, but 2 old ladies noticed my piece and went back to reading their magazines.
Best Buy was the next stop, and like Verizon, are pro OC.
Final stop was Wally World, which was the best one for me as far as people's reactions. As we all know, Wally World gets a big varitey of people. A few people of questionable demeanor simply just got out of my way once they saw I was OC'ing. As M-T was looking at a pair of slacks, there was a woman working in that same aisle, she was covered head to toe (Somalian or Egyptian?? I don't know the right word). As I walked behind M-T out of the aisle, her eyes and reaction were priceless! She stared at my sidearm and literally backed up and hugged the shelves! I should've gave a friendly "hello, how are you?" to let her know that I'm a friendly guy.
Anyway, it was a good day and I got more comfortable as it went along. Store employess seem to me a lot friendlier when a customer is OC'ng. One thing I do need to work on is interacting with strangers around me as I shop to show them I'm a friendly fellow by simply saying "hi, are you today?" I need to work on the small chat, as I'm accustomed to just going in, getting what I need, and going back to my car with out talking to anybody. I want to thank M-T for helping me out yesterday. I think its time for me to do a little more OC today at the dog park!
Carry On!
Keens