10/4 Little Buddy

Let's be honest here, intimidation does not result from wearing your bold lettered 2001 Celine Dion World Tour SECURITY t-shirt and a walkie-talkie.  Never.  Not even if it was still 2001.  Really.   Alas, weekly I seem to encounter another well worn SECURITY t-shirt on a dude who used to be a size L, during the concert security days, but is now a size XXL yet wearing the same shirt, but now with the odd scent of mustard.   Doesn't help that all the letters except "ITY" have fallen off.  Mind you, I kind of like it cause if I want to bring a smile to my face I look for SECURITY people.  Why that is, I am not certain.  Maybe it's the air of "Look at me people, these boots are B-Force 930's from Army Surplus," or maybe that they still use fanny packs, or just the fact that it is very hard to take someone seriously when the arrive on rollerblades.
How come, when I see Mall Secruity peeps 10-4ing, my mouth utters a giggle.  Not a laugh, a giggle.  Okay, for one thing, McDonald's "Employee of the Month" hats are not that fearsome.  At least they should get a tattoo or something.  Well, no, let me restate that.  At least they should get a real tattoo.  Scooby-Doo in a unitard just doesn't have the same penache as headless cavemen ripping unicorns apart. 

At the Vancouver 2010 Olympics this week, VP Biden was caught in a tough situation when a dude who was stalking him breached security.  Walked right through boo boo bedoo.  And this is my favorite part... with a homemade security pass.  That is awesome.  Best story of the Olympics so far.   Like nothing is better than that.  I can see him prepping...   'I am so in.  Just gotta sign in an official way here and color that in with red, yes, red is sweet, I am so awesome!  Fire on this picture of the Olympic Rings, scotch tape and oh man, I am in'.  I would love to see what that puppy looked like.  Maybe it had Miga, Quatchi, and Sumi stickers all over it (don't worry I have no clue what those names mean either.  Nor do I have a clue why we couldn't have at least one beaver as a mascot) or maybe he posed as Stephen Harper.  I don't know but it's beautiful none-the-less.  The best part, is that I am pretty sure if Mall Security was on the job, they would have smelled that one a mile away.

Vanoc Security, betcha they don't even have a t-shirt with SECURITY printed on it.