Illum
Flashaholic
A little story I wanted to share
Since I work normally at night, as a sophomore yesterday was my first time going on campus at night [intentionally], since night classes end at 9 I wasn't trespassing going there at 8:40
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several weeks ago I got stuck on campus with a dead car battery by having my sidelights on for a full day, I received assistance from a golf cart and a security guy welding a 4D mag. I was surprised that not only was there a jump starter on the golf car there was also fire extinguishers and 2 containers marked "gasoline" [yeah students these days, driving with broken odometers and dead fuel gauges] but the fact that his 4D mag didn't have a lens, and it was a mere glow that reminded me of a toaster oven on high.
When I went there yesterday, I carried as usual a surefire L4 on the belt and an A2 in my pocket...I heard some rustling in the bushes directly behind a campus building where apparently has no working walkway lights. I lit up the L4 and approached it. Just by coincidence the same guy who helped me with the car was on patrol and upon seeing my wall of light stopped his vehicle and approached me from behind. [apparently he later admitted thought I was another security guy who found something suspicious
]
When I turned to face him, under the L4 backwash from the campus wall I saw a black flashlight with the vivid words "streamlight" white against the black body :twothumbs. He saw me and said "you again?" chuckled humorously and then returned to the stern face before asking me "what did you find?" [apparently disregarding the L4 I was welding] I told him I heard some rustling and curiosity got to me. He didn't smile this time and replied "be careful what your getting into...":thinking: I didn't say a word regarding the topic after that, so I changed the topic
me:"so um...remember some time ago you helped me jump my car? yeah the minivan, no the white one, yes the one that didn't have fuzzy dice, uh say what happened to that mag of yours?"
him: "that was my own light, we got issued these" *pulling out from holster*
me: "a streamlight polystinger" [without looking at the light]
him: "you have one too, yeah its damn bright...don't bring your on campus or I'll have to confiscate it"
me: what about LED lights *clicking on the L4, ceiling bouncing on the aluminum walkway roof*
him: "mmm, I suppose LEDs are okay"oo::candle:
His radio crackled with some indistinguishable words and he told me he has to run 'cause some kids with skateboards are seen riding around the bookstore stairs, I waved and blinked my L4 at his golf cart and he turned around and blinked his stinger...yeah I was blinded somewhat momentarily
no idea why, but it was exciting talking to a security guy on campus and it made my day knowing his has something better to use than a stock maglight
Anyone else have found their campus or workplace upgraded their duty lights? its about time!
Since I work normally at night, as a sophomore yesterday was my first time going on campus at night [intentionally], since night classes end at 9 I wasn't trespassing going there at 8:40
.several weeks ago I got stuck on campus with a dead car battery by having my sidelights on for a full day, I received assistance from a golf cart and a security guy welding a 4D mag. I was surprised that not only was there a jump starter on the golf car there was also fire extinguishers and 2 containers marked "gasoline" [yeah students these days, driving with broken odometers and dead fuel gauges] but the fact that his 4D mag didn't have a lens, and it was a mere glow that reminded me of a toaster oven on high.
When I went there yesterday, I carried as usual a surefire L4 on the belt and an A2 in my pocket...I heard some rustling in the bushes directly behind a campus building where apparently has no working walkway lights. I lit up the L4 and approached it. Just by coincidence the same guy who helped me with the car was on patrol and upon seeing my wall of light stopped his vehicle and approached me from behind. [apparently he later admitted thought I was another security guy who found something suspicious
] When I turned to face him, under the L4 backwash from the campus wall I saw a black flashlight with the vivid words "streamlight" white against the black body :twothumbs. He saw me and said "you again?" chuckled humorously and then returned to the stern face before asking me "what did you find?" [apparently disregarding the L4 I was welding] I told him I heard some rustling and curiosity got to me. He didn't smile this time and replied "be careful what your getting into...":thinking: I didn't say a word regarding the topic after that, so I changed the topic
me:"so um...remember some time ago you helped me jump my car? yeah the minivan, no the white one, yes the one that didn't have fuzzy dice, uh say what happened to that mag of yours?"
him: "that was my own light, we got issued these" *pulling out from holster*
me: "a streamlight polystinger
" [without looking at the light]him: "you have one too, yeah its damn bright...don't bring your on campus or I'll have to confiscate it"
me: what about LED lights *clicking on the L4, ceiling bouncing on the aluminum walkway roof*
him: "mmm, I suppose LEDs are okay"
oo::candle:His radio crackled with some indistinguishable words and he told me he has to run 'cause some kids with skateboards are seen riding around the bookstore stairs, I waved and blinked my L4 at his golf cart and he turned around and blinked his stinger...yeah I was blinded somewhat momentarily
no idea why, but it was exciting talking to a security guy on campus and it made my day knowing his has something better to use than a stock maglight
Anyone else have found their campus or workplace upgraded their duty lights? its about time!
Why would he confiscate a flashlight? Even more to the point, why on Earth would he confiscate a certain flashlight, but not other types? Or was he just joking about it?
(free of charge of course).:devil:
