Stopped by the police for suspicious activity
I was out for a walk at lunchtime heading towards Embankment when I was stopped by two policemen for suspicious activity. I was attempting to cross the street from one park to the other since they’re nicer than walking along a busy road. Cars kept coming across the street, so I walked up to the corner to go across the cross walk. Apparently, the police saw me and when they would walk one way, I would walk the other. Since nobody was with me, I was wearing pretty much all black (shoes, trousers, trench coat, and stocking hat), and I was obviously trying avoid them, then decided to stop and question me when I crossed the street.
I of course had fun with it.
I explained that I was born in "the other Washington" (the state, not DC), that Fulham is a good neighbourhood to live in, and of course asked if they use Messenger since they now knew that I worked at Microsoft. One of them said "of course"! I forgot to get a photo, but they were dressed like the two guys pictured here. Below is an aerial photo of where I was crossing, which is right next to the Ministry of Defence so that might have had something to do with it.
UPDATE: I forgot to add that they patted me down to check for weapons too. All they found was my Zune, which I had to explain is an MP3 player. Also, my only ID was my Microsoft badge, which thankfully does have my picture on it.
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I always thought you were dodgy Brian. That’s funny. :-)
Well I have been stopped countless times for walking across the road in the USA – apparently you can only cross a road at certified locations….?
umm, don’t you know that an american gait is VERY suspicious (and likely to mean firearms are present)? My Microsoft Travel warnings always warn me… I will start forwarding.