I'm at the office alone today...

[stevie_d_64]

Wearing my Hawaiian shirt...

My partner's at a conference up in Dallas, and the secretary's off today...

So, how much do you really know about your "other" co-workers???

neener, neener, neeeeeeeneeeerrrr...

I know this is soooo immature of me.../sarcasm...

But this IS the safest place I can think of right now...

I know some of you are jealous right now...But thats ok...

I know, I know...Totally frivolous post...But hey, I git the work done...

Y'all have a great day!

[j1132s]

Actually, I'd get lonely working in the office alone. Much better to have coworkers around to take breaks and chat. I've always very safe w/ my coworkers; in fact, after thinking a little more, I think I feel safer w/ them than being alone.

Recently, I started to work from home in the afternoons, and I'd be home alone between 12P-3PM. (This is so I can keep an eye on my son's sitter between 3-5P after he comes back from school.) It is pretty boring to work at home. And every now and then Time Warner cable Internet gets all congested... Although it is much easier to fart, pick my nose, etc. :P

If I have to choose, I'd much prefer working in the office w/ other people. It'd be even better if they are into guns, but so far almost all my coworkers are anti guns. One of them came into my cube while I was surfing gunsamerica, and he mentioned that he thinks guns are dangerous and he's very scared of them. I didn't say thing besides that I'm considering of buying one. Other than that, our other interests seems to match well, cycling, motorcycling, going thru Frys ads, etc. Then I have this other coworker who's into guns and keeps coming to my cube and giving me gun brosures.

After I took my conceal class, I posted my certificate up on my cube. That generated a lot of conversations... and I also found out a lot of them is anti guns. Now my certificate has fallen behind some cabinets, got to retrieve it tomorrow.


--Ching

[KinnyLee]

Where I work, I'm not allow to carry in the building. I do have a target tacked in my cube so basically everyone knows I'm into guns. A couple of ladies here think it's an interesting stress reliever. One even likes them because of sheer mechanics of them. Almost all people I talk to or met are antiguns. So sad. :(

[HighVelocity]

Please don't post any xerox copies of your posterior.

[j1132s]

KinnyLee, maybe we work at the same company site. Is you building in a park called "research" something? My building also is posted, but since I don't yet have my CHL, it doesn't matter currently.

Even after I get my CHL, I don't think I'll carry to work. I just don't see the need.

Probably the only time I'll carry is traveling to unfamiliar areas of town, which is more often now that I've developed an interest in buying property at tax sales. Haven't made any money yet, probably will lose money on this, but it provides an interesting entertainment and the potential to make money.

--Ching

[ghentry]

Even after I get my CHL, I don't think I'll carry to work. I just don't see the need.

Probably the only time I'll carry is traveling to unfamiliar areas of town

Ching... A little friendly advice. Don't think you can predict when trouble will find you.

There are a lot of people that would not consider carrying at "safe" places such as your office or church. The problem is there are very few "safe" places. What I'm discovering is that you never know what is going on in the lives of those around you (coworkers, etc.) that may bring trouble to your door.

Two real examples:

1. A coworker of ours in San Antonio lost his wife when she was murdered in her real estate office in the middle of the day. A coworker of hers was going through an ugly divorce and the husband came in and shot the wife and others in the office.
2. A member and employee (cleaning staff) of our church was telling my wife the other night that her oldest son that just got out of jail, came by and started a fight with her and the rest of the family. It came to blows and threats were made that he would kill at least one of them before he went back to jail. He also said he knows where she works (our church) and to watch her back.

Had my wife not been told this, I would have no idea what possible danger myself or others could be in if he showed up. And there are many more people out there with volatile domestic situations that you aren't aware of.

Regarding being in familiar areas. People tend to let their guard down in familiar surroundings. Add that to the fact that you are not armed, and I dare say you are in more danger than if you were armed and in a unfamiliar setting and on alert.

The bottom line is stay safe and don't gamble with your life.

[stevie_d_64]

Please don't post any xerox copies of your posterior.

I'm so busted...

[stevie_d_64]

To clarify, and not really to gloat or anything...

I normally just leave it in the truck parked right outside the front door to the office...

All around us is a day care facility, and next door to our office (same building) is a psychologist office where she dispenses medications for various mental disorderly people (which somewhat concerns me at times)...

So, although I do not anticipate any problems which would cause me to consider the use of deadly force in self defense or in the defense of others, I do at times carry while in the office...Just because I hate to take the dirn thing off...I still conceal it, for obvious reasons...You never know who might drop by...

I guess it has (over the years) become something that doesn't feel foriegn to me to have strapped to my belt...It feel natural...

I wish everyone was able to do this from time to time...

[longtooth]

24-7 yes I do too. Listen to him Ching. Never know.

[j1132s]

Ghentry, I appreciate your advise, and I think you are absolutely right about we can't predict when or where trouble will happen.

There is definitely the possibility that I may change my mind regarding when to carry in the future. It is right now hard for me to imagine carrying at all. Actually, I'm even finding myself searching to find normal situations where I may want to carry just to justify the effort of getting the CHL. I dont look for trouble just to carry :)

However, I don't believe I'll have any problem shooting somebody. The way I see it is if I pull out my gun, then I'm already dead, i.e. that's how serious the situation would have to be. It'll be like killing my murderer and thinking about the law would be the last thing on my mind. So I don't even see the need of the deadly force section in the CHL class... but I digress.

Thanks for your advise. I hope I don't live to regret not following it right now.
-Ching

[one eyed fatman]

and thinking about the law would be the last thing on my mind.

That's the one thing that could save your life. To many people think about how much trouble they might get into with the law and to little time thinking about staying alive so they can.