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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chimera" data-source="post: 2950429" data-attributes="member: 2002">This would be a good example of Assuming the Worst (and then seeking to punish the other for it).  Step back there, Mo'.I'm not intentionally rude.  But if you walk in front of me and stand there, I have to get around you.  Sometimes that involves unintentional contact.  Sometimes that involves putting my hand out to stop you.  Sometimes that requires me to nudge you to get your attention.Unfortunately, on very rare occasions, I am required to be rude.  If I say "excuse me" several times and you ignore me, I need to take firmer steps to get you to pay attention and move.  (You may be intentionally distracting or obstructing me in order to help someone else approach and/or rob me.)In no case have I ever resorted to violence.  Period.  But I can be verbally rude when required.You want to understand why?Take anywhere from $200 to $250,000, put it in a black bag and go take a walk through a crowd.  (I've carried as much as $40 million in checks at one time.)That's what I do every day.  35 to 55 times a day.  On downtown streets.For $11.30 an hour.And yes, I have had people try things on me.  Been followed into banks by serious scumbags, threatened with death or robbery more times than I can count, had people brush directly against my gun or my money, put their hands on my money bag, had people want me to show them what I have, or ask to hold it (yeah, right), had people try to get into my truck when I'm in it.  Heck, in my first month on the job, I had a team of four people try to con me out of the truck with a fake bike accident!</blockquote>

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