I'm also a teacher who carries a Peanut at work. At my current school, nobody gives me a second glance. At my previous school, I once took out my pinkie finger-sized Peanut to poke holes in a package before microwaving. Another teacher said I reminded her of Norman Bates from "Psycho." I pointed out that Norman Bates used a great big kitchen knife . . . Like the one sitting on the counter that everyone else had been using for things, but didn't bother her for some reason.
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I'm also a teacher who carries a Peanut at work. At my current school, nobody gives me a second glance. At my previous school, I once took out my pinkie finger-sized Peanut to poke holes in a package before microwaving. Another teacher said I reminded her of Norman Bates from "Psycho." I pointed out that Norman Bates used a great big kitchen knife . . . Like the one sitting on the counter that everyone else had been using for things, but didn't bother her for some reason.
No, I doubt they let guys walk in off the street carrying hammers either.
Considering that many ER visitors are involved with stabbings, gunshots, drug overdoses, domestic violence, ongoing fueds...
I'm glad there are security guards and metal detectors at the ER.
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Never had an issue like this.
I am a Podiatrist, and nearly every day I am in and out of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Assisted Living centers. I always carry a slipjoint in my scrubs and I never have had a security guard ask me to leave it with them. Then again, I've known many of these people for twenty years, but still.
I am a Podiatrist, and nearly every day I am in and out of Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Assisted Living centers. I always carry a slipjoint in my scrubs and I never have had a security guard ask me to leave it with them. Then again, I've known many of these people for twenty years, but still.
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I meant a tradesman who had his hammer with him as a tool, just as I had my pocket knife with me as a tool. Really just making light conversation while I was filling out the paperwork, and trying once again to push back against the prevailing cultural assessment of knives as weapons.
But you know the old saying (and unrelated to my use of hammer in the previous conversation), "If you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
If you are a security guard who is constantly dealing with gang members as well as the perpetrators and victims of senseless violence, every knife looks like a weapon.
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Doug, you might appreciate this quote from one of my favorite books on wilderness survival...
From "On Your Own In The Wilderness" by Colonel Townsend Whelen and Bradford Angier (1958):
"The most indispensable tool for a hunter or fisherman or camper, and in fact for any outdoor man and boy anywhere, is the knife-a businesslike knife, sharp and keen. Mrs. Whelen's aunt, who taught high school Latin for thirty years in Nebraska, had the right idea. She asked every class, "Which boys have a jackknife in their pocket?" The ones who had none did not rate very high with her.
Her philosophy was that if a boy did not have a knife and know how to use it, he was not likely to grow up able to do many things for himself...I have had a knife like this in my back pants pocket ever since I was knee-high to a chopping block."
Common sense from the days when common sense actually seemed to be common. I don't expect they'll be back anytime soon.
From "On Your Own In The Wilderness" by Colonel Townsend Whelen and Bradford Angier (1958):
"The most indispensable tool for a hunter or fisherman or camper, and in fact for any outdoor man and boy anywhere, is the knife-a businesslike knife, sharp and keen. Mrs. Whelen's aunt, who taught high school Latin for thirty years in Nebraska, had the right idea. She asked every class, "Which boys have a jackknife in their pocket?" The ones who had none did not rate very high with her.
Her philosophy was that if a boy did not have a knife and know how to use it, he was not likely to grow up able to do many things for himself...I have had a knife like this in my back pants pocket ever since I was knee-high to a chopping block."
Common sense from the days when common sense actually seemed to be common. I don't expect they'll be back anytime soon.