Originally Posted by
RevolverRob
Wore my "shoot me first vest", with Kuhl shorts and my "operator beard" (not trimmed in three months) - when I walked the dog earlier. I walked past three parked cop cars where three cops were lounging and chatting. No one looked up longer than to say, "Nice dog!" as we walked by.
The gardener I walked past didn't seem to notice. Nor did the garbageman, the UPS guy, or the Postman.
Or maybe they ALL noticed and just didn't care?
I'm going with the first one.
People don't care about your appearance unless you make them care. The dog park we go to is frequented by off duty cops. I know, because they all have the look and sometimes wear Chicago PD apparel. Never once did anyone look at my vest twice this summer. If you don't look or act weird, people really won't notice.
What do we notice? People with pink hair. People wearing virtually no clothing. People wearing clothing that doesn't match the season (e.g., it's 85-degrees and homey is wearing a hoodie with the hood up? That's hinky). People wearing clothing that doesn't match the scene (showing up to the Opera in your ragged out t-shirt and nasty Chuck Taylors). We're a very casually dressed nation and thus casual or semi-active apparel just doesn't stick out.