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This is not exactly something I hate, so that is why it goes here. See I can understand that just because you have been doing something for a long time, it doesn't mean you know everything. Sometimes though, you need to listen to somebody who has been there and done that.
One of the reasons I made a good security officer (at least at one time) was simply because though I give people a benefit of a doubt, I am a good judge of character. When I am face to face with somebody I can sometimes tell what they are going to do before they are even aware they are going to do it. Well except when it comes to interest in me if they are female
. That is beside the point. 
One of my friends took me to lunch a few days ago, with his father and an associate. Almost as soon as I entered the restaurant, and laid eyes on the 'associate' I knew that this person was not somebody you want around. He looked ok, don't get me wrong..business suit, etc. My experience with noticing odd things about people, however, screamed that my friend and his father wanted nothing to do with this person. At all.
We sat and ate, and he did nothing to change that first impression. If anything, by the time the lunch, my opinion of the fellow had fallen even further. He was saying all the right things, and doing all the right things, but every fiber of my being said that he was not what he said he was.
After he left, I flat out told my friend and his father that the guy was bad news. They shrugged off my concern. He wasn't asking for any money or trying to sell them anything..which apparently meant that he was an ok person..somehow.
Once I had made sure they heard me, again, I dropped it. Today, I got the call. The 'associate' had been arrested, and my friend and his father is in deep trouble. The associate had borrowed a vehicle, and been caught transporting illegal substances in it. I don't think they are going to go to jail or anything, but the authorities are having a hard time believing they had nothing to do with it. The associate is trying to make a deal to 'roll' over on my friend and his father, as if they were the people behind everything. Go figure.
Now here is where the 'voice of experience' bit comes from. Yes, in the past I've been taken for money. I sometimes ignore that little voice in my head, because I want to believe the best in people. I've been there, I've done it. When somebody is saying ALL the right things, is the time you have to be the most suspicious.
One of the reasons I made a good security officer (at least at one time) was simply because though I give people a benefit of a doubt, I am a good judge of character. When I am face to face with somebody I can sometimes tell what they are going to do before they are even aware they are going to do it. Well except when it comes to interest in me if they are female
. That is beside the point. One of my friends took me to lunch a few days ago, with his father and an associate. Almost as soon as I entered the restaurant, and laid eyes on the 'associate' I knew that this person was not somebody you want around. He looked ok, don't get me wrong..business suit, etc. My experience with noticing odd things about people, however, screamed that my friend and his father wanted nothing to do with this person. At all.
We sat and ate, and he did nothing to change that first impression. If anything, by the time the lunch, my opinion of the fellow had fallen even further. He was saying all the right things, and doing all the right things, but every fiber of my being said that he was not what he said he was.
After he left, I flat out told my friend and his father that the guy was bad news. They shrugged off my concern. He wasn't asking for any money or trying to sell them anything..which apparently meant that he was an ok person..somehow.
Once I had made sure they heard me, again, I dropped it. Today, I got the call. The 'associate' had been arrested, and my friend and his father is in deep trouble. The associate had borrowed a vehicle, and been caught transporting illegal substances in it. I don't think they are going to go to jail or anything, but the authorities are having a hard time believing they had nothing to do with it. The associate is trying to make a deal to 'roll' over on my friend and his father, as if they were the people behind everything. Go figure.
Now here is where the 'voice of experience' bit comes from. Yes, in the past I've been taken for money. I sometimes ignore that little voice in my head, because I want to believe the best in people. I've been there, I've done it. When somebody is saying ALL the right things, is the time you have to be the most suspicious.
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