Yep. And now that my kids are getting older, they no longer question it.My wife is the same way! She usually laughs because she knows the routine and how to jockey other's to the "right" seat leaving the proper seat for me.
And SA is good. Im sure it saved me from a mugging. I was pulling into the hardware store in a bad neighborhood. How bad? One of my coworkers was sitting at a light at that intersection with her 95yo mother around noon. A hoodlum walked up to the passenger window, smashed it, and pulled the purse out of the elderly lady's lap and ran.
Anyway As I park I see a young man wearing headphones beboping along headed my direction, cutting through the lot. I noticed there was nobody else around, and we are in a pocket away from the street, out of sight of most in the area. Nobody driving by us on the busy road can see.
I get out of the car and foolishly take the small wad of cash I had in my hand and shoved it into my front pocket and began walking toward the front door. (I had just made a withdrawal at the ATM) I suddenly realized the foolish thing I had just done given the environment.
No sooner did my hand come out of my pocket, I hear the young man yell "excuse me, sir!" He was still about 100' away and needed to get me to stop to approach without causing alarm. That confirmed my error, and I ignored him and kept walking. Once again, he more loudly called out to me "SIR! EXCUSE ME SIR?" I had no reason to interact with him and vice versa (I was more out of my element than he was) so I kept going into the store.
I looked out the window and he was still moving on his original track. If he truly needed to ask me something, I expect he would have followed me in. But there were people in there. And cameras. I sincerely believe I dodged a bullet that day. Why? I then saw another young man who fit into the area come around the corner from the other direction and they were walking toward each other. He made no attempt to interact with him and walked past him. That confirmed he had a specific reason he wanted to talk to me.
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