I am a 70 year old attorney. Still working full time in the NY-NJ Metro area. At work I’m almost always in a black, blue or gray suit, albeit not always a tie. I’m in good shape , professional in my demeanor and “ clean cut “ as required for a litigator. Yet, I am a bit of ( low profile ) “ prepper lite”. Comes from my background as a volunteer EMT , in a busy urban squad, when I was younger. So, where legal, I always carry a LM XE-6 among my EDC gear.
More vanilla you couldn’t get, right? Not so! Every time I take out my mini LM to pull a staple, cut open packing tape or perform some other mundane task, I get the weirdest, often unapproving look, from many bystanders, followed by questions of why I would carry such a “ knife”? I try to patiently explain that it is a tool, not a “ knife” and explain how useful it can prove.
Politically, I am a “ Progressive” and I hate the term “ snowflake,” etc.. But, when I was growing up ,in this same region, almost every teen boy and grown man had a small , usually slip joint, pen knife or Swiss Army Knife. We even took them to school without objection. I still don’t understand how that went out of fashion or became to be seen as weird or threatening???
More vanilla you couldn’t get, right? Not so! Every time I take out my mini LM to pull a staple, cut open packing tape or perform some other mundane task, I get the weirdest, often unapproving look, from many bystanders, followed by questions of why I would carry such a “ knife”? I try to patiently explain that it is a tool, not a “ knife” and explain how useful it can prove.
Politically, I am a “ Progressive” and I hate the term “ snowflake,” etc.. But, when I was growing up ,in this same region, almost every teen boy and grown man had a small , usually slip joint, pen knife or Swiss Army Knife. We even took them to school without objection. I still don’t understand how that went out of fashion or became to be seen as weird or threatening???
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