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way to ruin it, guys. a high-vis vest only gets you access to anything because not everybody knows that trick, if Vice starts publishing articles about it it's not going to work for much longer.
I used to knock about on a Friday night (also in Melbourne, funnily enough) with my Canon 1D with a 24-70mm lens and the EOS flash (430?). I’d walk right to the front of the line of any club, with my mate, mumble something about shooting for the local music mag, and they’d wave us straight in. Never got one question. Then there was the time that I skipped a line by pretending to be deaf, but that’s another story. (I…
A few years ago a prankster here in the UK managed to get a job at a golf course, with the uniform and everything, and staged a prank on (then presidential candidate) Donald Trump when he was over here opening a golf course.
Coincidentally on Hacker News front page right now ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18318647 ... a story about being black while legitimately shopping with no intention of stealing. I'm not sure the author of that article could use the hi-viz trick and get away with it ... or have the luxury of even contemplating it as a lark all in "harmless fun". edit: grammar and emphasis
One could argue that to somebody with racist inclination a black person wearing a hi-viz might look even more credible.
I carefully and quietly walked into an academic building with a pair of bolt cutters and walked out with a pair of bolt cutters and an iMac hefted under one arm (having relieved it of its lock-cable) and nobody seemed to even notice. That said it was my actual job to do this- but I could have been anyone with a pair of bolt cutters!
> It would not be an overstatement to say walking towards the ticket booth felt like getting off a boat on Normandy. Why do people write things like this. Aside from being crass, that is literally the definition of an overstatement.
Erm. That's the joke.
It's like using "literally" in an intentionally wrong way: "I'm not exaggerating, here. That traffic warden is literally Hitler".
Source: I'm British so it made perfect sense to me when I read it.
I carry a simple piece of orange paper.
Years ago, I realized that when you're running late, airport staff can give you an orange "express connection" slip. I'm sure every airline is a bit different, but to be honest nobody has ever asked to see the orange paper. Just the fact that I have one means I get to cut through every line.
I act like I'm in a hurry, and act like someone has given me authority to skip lines to catch my flight. And I get bumped to the front of the line. Ahead of first-class people even. All I have to do is make eye contact with someone, show them a hint of orange paper... instantly I get waived to come through.
Been using this trick for years.
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You probably mean a projector (beamer is a German word, not English).
Yes, you are correct (I speak Dutch, not German, but they are very close). In Dutch we use a lot of English words: Computer, keyboard, ... . So when I hear an English sounding 'beamer', I think it's English :). We basically use 'projector' for anything from slide to video projector. But it seems the digital age introduce a new word 'beamer' in our language (and German), that didn't happen in English.
I used to knock about on a Friday night (also in Melbourne, funnily enough) with my Canon 1D with a 24-70mm lens and the EOS flash (430?). I’d walk right to the front of the line of any club, with my mate, mumble something about shooting for the local music mag, and they’d wave us straight in. Never got one question. Then there was the time that I skipped a line by pretending to be deaf, but that’s another story. (I…
What do you mean by "I’m no SJW"?
But he still wants to point out a racial property that may have influenced his experience.
People see the uniform not the face. It is a truism, and it can be weirdly triggered. For example, late August afternoon I went into Staples to buy some office supplies, and I had just happened to be wearing khaki pants and a red polo shirt which unfortunately was exactly the same color as the red 'staples' staff shirts. All through the visit anxious mothers came up to me looking for school supplies for their kids or…
It works both ways. If you wear something that resembles a uniform people will assume you work there (and might not believe you don't). You can use that for getting into places you shouldn't be.. or get harassed by entitled customers