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I know someone who has a great position at a well known financial firm. He had the cops called on him twice (he ends up taking long conference calls in his car

I know someone who has a great position at a well known financial firm. He had the cops called on him twice (he ends up taking long conference calls in his car outside). The first time the cop was apologetic. The second time the same cop recognizes him and says, "Dude, you have got to get to know your neighbors. Pie goes a long way."

gibolt 6y ago
Calls in cars are a nuisance. They are extremely loud for some reason in a way that music rarely is, piercing through a car's exterior.
impendia 6y ago
Wait, he was just taking phone calls in a parked car? Is there something objectionable with that? If my neighbors called the police on me for that, my first thought wouldn't be to bake pie for them.
- mikestew 6y ago
  If he was anything like the ones that sit in their car in my neighborhood, he probably also kept the car running. I wouldn’t call the cops, but I’ve pecked on a few windows asking them to turn it off. (Plus, I’d be genuinely shocked if a Redmond, WA cop actually showed up for something that didn’t involve blood or gunshots.)
- bserge 6y ago
  Funny anecdote, two friends and I were sitting in a car in Eastern Europe in a rich neighbourhood (pretty much only VIPs and foreigners lived there). We had some business with an army officer and he was busy with something so we had to wait. About 20 minutes after we parked, an American woman comes and asks us what we're doing here and whether we need help. That was weird because no one in our country does this, everyone minds their own business. She did accept my explanation, but I had a feeling if we didn't move from there 10 minutes later she would've called the police on us :D
  - muffinman26 6y ago
    I (an American man) would probably have asked if you needed help but would never have called the cops. Long road trips are common in the US, so if someone is sitting in a car for a while my first reaction is "Maybe they're lost and the battery on their phone ran out. Should I ask if they need help with directions?"
    - bserge 6y ago
      Yeah, but this was in the city center, albeit on a pretty quiet street (surrounded by embassies and various government buildings). She seemed to want us gone more than helping us. I don't blame her, 3 people just sitting, talking in an Opel Omega is pretty suspicious by western standards :D
  - throwaway0a5e 6y ago
    That behavior is not not (double negative intended) stereotypical for the kind of American woman who have the money to be able to travel internationally.
- omarhaneef 6y ago
  I think -- and I know as much about it as you do now -- from the neighbor's perspective it looks like: some stranger is outside my neighbor's (your) house in a car for hours. Is he casing the place? Why is he on the phone? Is he a lookout?

gibolt 6y ago

Calls in cars are a nuisance. They are extremely loud for some reason in a way that music rarely is, piercing through a car's exterior.

impendia 6y ago

Wait, he was just taking phone calls in a parked car? Is there something objectionable with that? If my neighbors called the police on me for that, my first thought wouldn't be to bake pie for them.

mikestew 6y ago
If he was anything like the ones that sit in their car in my neighborhood, he probably also kept the car running. I wouldn’t call the cops, but I’ve pecked on a few windows asking them to turn it off. (Plus, I’d be genuinely shocked if a Redmond, WA cop actually showed up for something that didn’t involve blood or gunshots.)
bserge 6y ago
Funny anecdote, two friends and I were sitting in a car in Eastern Europe in a rich neighbourhood (pretty much only VIPs and foreigners lived there). We had some business with an army officer and he was busy with something so we had to wait. About 20 minutes after we parked, an American woman comes and asks us what we're doing here and whether we need help. That was weird because no one in our country does this, everyone minds their own business. She did accept my explanation, but I had a feeling if we didn't move from there 10 minutes later she would've called the police on us :D
- muffinman26 6y ago
  I (an American man) would probably have asked if you needed help but would never have called the cops. Long road trips are common in the US, so if someone is sitting in a car for a while my first reaction is "Maybe they're lost and the battery on their phone ran out. Should I ask if they need help with directions?"
  - bserge 6y ago
    Yeah, but this was in the city center, albeit on a pretty quiet street (surrounded by embassies and various government buildings). She seemed to want us gone more than helping us. I don't blame her, 3 people just sitting, talking in an Opel Omega is pretty suspicious by western standards :D
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  That behavior is not not (double negative intended) stereotypical for the kind of American woman who have the money to be able to travel internationally.
omarhaneef 6y ago
I think -- and I know as much about it as you do now -- from the neighbor's perspective it looks like: some stranger is outside my neighbor's (your) house in a car for hours. Is he casing the place? Why is he on the phone? Is he a lookout?