People are so fuckin NOSEY

['andersom']

I was nosey today.

Saw a car parked with a man in it at a playground. And that car was there when I had finished one street, when I had finished another street, and another. Kept an eye at it, when I drove past it, I observed it a bit more. Kept keeping an eye on it. Happened to be a Dad with car-problems. Think his car gave up when he picked up the youngest from pre-shool. And he let his kids, toddler and school kid, play, while he kept an eye on them from the car. 15 minutes later, at the end of another street with view on that playground, I saw the car getting fixed.

Think I was nosey with a reason. There have been enough weirdos at unsupervised playgrounds.

[bodie]

I was nosey today.

Saw a car parked with a man in it at a playground. And that car was there when I had finished one street, when I had finished another street, and another. Kept an eye at it, when I drove past it, I observed it a bit more. Kept keeping an eye on it. Happened to be a Dad with car-problems. Think his car gave up when he picked up the youngest from pre-shool. And he let his kids, toddler and school kid, play, while he kept an eye on them from the car. 15 minutes later, at the end of another street with view on that playground, I saw the car getting fixed.

Think I was nosey with a reason. There have been enough weirdos at unsupervised playgrounds.

Well done hyke - thats not 'nosey' !!   that is 'sensible observation'   

[earthboundmisfit]

That's one thing about being a guy all by yourself, there are places you just can't go or people automatically assume you are creepy.

[Celticgoddess]

Unfortunately, that's true.

[Adam]

Yeah, it's obviously good and necessary to keep an eye on things when there are kids around, but it also sucks that any lone man is automatically deemed suspicious in so many situations

[earthboundmisfit]

For real. I actually go out of my way to avoid single women in parking ramps because I don't want to get maced.

[P7PSP]

For real. I actually go out of my way to avoid single women in parking ramps because I don't want to get maced.

Be more stealthy, that way they don't have time to get it out.  Did CG ever mace you? 

[DukeNukem]

Mace? Holy shit!

["couldbecousin"]

I was nosey today.

Saw a car parked with a man in it at a playground. And that car was there when I had finished one street, when I had finished another street, and another. Kept an eye at it, when I drove past it, I observed it a bit more. Kept keeping an eye on it. Happened to be a Dad with car-problems. Think his car gave up when he picked up the youngest from pre-shool. And he let his kids, toddler and school kid, play, while he kept an eye on them from the car. 15 minutes later, at the end of another street with view on that playground, I saw the car getting fixed.

Think I was nosey with a reason. There have been enough weirdos at unsupervised playgrounds.

  for being a concerned citizen, and watching till you knew that guy was legit.

["couldbecousin"]

That's one thing about being a guy all by yourself, there are places you just can't go or people automatically assume you are creepy.

Well, I'm a girl (OK, an OLD girl!) but there are places I won't go anymore either. I was in my hometown several years ago for a dentist
appointment, and I had some time to kill while waiting for the bus back to the city, and the school playground was right nearby (empty at the time)
and I really wanted to go swing in one of the swings. But a middle-aged female dork in a Smurf-colored coat with a face numbed by Novocaine
swinging on a child's swing might have looked a bit suspicious to passers-by, so I decided just to walk around and reminisce about my happy days
of swinging in a swing during recess, all those years ago. 

["couldbecousin"]

Whats going on in here?

Mind your own business! 

[P7PSP]

Whats going on in here?

Mind your own business! 

You tell him. 

["couldbecousin"]

Whats going on in here?

Mind your own business! 

You tell him. 

I think he posted that on purpose, I was just the first to take the bait!   

[RageBeoulve]

*spies on thread from afar with binoculars*

['andersom']

That's one thing about being a guy all by yourself, there are places you just can't go or people automatically assume you are creepy.

Had it being a woman in that car, I would have reacted the same.

The weather was nice, there was no need to sit in a car at the other side of the street. Usually parents either play with their kids on that playground, or they sit themselves on the bench there. This was just too awkward.

Where as I see no harm in a local guy here taking care of stray kids. When he has them inside, they are always visible. He's got nothing to hide.