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Nice idea for a post. I'm going to have to think about that one.
I was at the McDonalds in Redmond, Washington one time, with a group of my sisters teenage friends that I was chaperoning for the night. I spent probably $40 on their meals, told them to order whatever they wanted. After the meal, we went out to our cars and a few of them had cigarettes. The manager gave us a minute but then came out and told us to move on. I challenged him, and told him that we were paying customers, and that we would move on when I felt it was the proper time. He said we were loitering and threatened to call the police.
So I told him to do it.
I made the poor kids wait there with me while the manager glared. Eventually a squad car showed, and the officer wanted to know what the deal was. The manager was so irate that he looked like a raving loon. I was calm and composed, told the officer that we were paying customers, showed him the receipt and informed him that we were smoking outside of our cars, as it was better than smelling them up.
He took one look at the manager, and said 'You called us out here for this.' You could tell he was slightly annoyed. He told me he couldn't imagine why I would want to stay there, but that I appeared to have a legitimate right to do so... before he could finish I responded that I didn't have any desire to stay there after we were done smoking, and wished both him and the manager a good night.
I felt pretty vindicated after that, although my sister was pissed because she felt that I took making a point too far.
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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
Frederich Nietzsche
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