I see your point. That wasn't security's point, however. And, where yours is valid, their's was not.
Now, if I only had lockers on mine.
Heh heh. Ask me how I know.
I was the guy with the tow strap. Friend at work came in looking sheepish one sunny winter's day, and to no one's surprise, I said, "Of course I have a tow strap, I drive a 4x4 in Colorado, don't I?"
Problem is, there's so many idiots moving here from out-of-State, I'm getting picky about who I'll pull out of the ditch. That's not how we grew up here, but there's too many of them now.
As a kid around here, folks just did it, and everyone was generally prepared in the winter or at least sorry they had left their winter bag at home.
Nowadays, they look at you like you're some sort of magician if you have a bag with jumper cables, a tow strap, a blanket, and other sundry winter survival items in your trunk/hatch. And seem to think they shouldn't be equally prepared. It might require three whole brain cells and $30 to outfit the bag and an old wool blanket that pulls double-duty to keep dog fur off the interior.
I've been nice lately and done it a few times when someone looks panic'ed or they're way outside of town, especially if I see kids on board. But it's becoming a bit of a mental burden to rescue stupid people you see exit the road doing 70 MPH in the snow. If they get out and look able to walk to the gas station, I want badly to just keep driving... Let Darwin sort it out. Maybe another 70 MPH'er will flatten them a quarter mile up...
The friend was fairly new to Colorado from Massachusetts and hadn't really thought through our sunny days after a big snow yet. He grew up with that goop that doesn't melt.
He was learning, and after appropriate grief, he outfitted his Jeep with appropriate winter gear.
He then ran around pulling people out of ditches the next big storm, just for fun. He cracked me up. Like a kid figuring out how fun something was.
We're seriously thinking about moving further out of town. The big hold-back is being further from the airport and airplane. Too many idiots here now.
