You neglected the possibility that he's from the dreaded Other Side. Better call T.I.P.S. :-)
But seriously, he could just be a mercenary: ex-soldier, ex-fed, whatever. There's no reason why the bank couldn't hire their own plain clothes guards. If he had weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for, I'd be more suspicious. -- Greg On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:01:39PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > > > Perhaps one of you crazies can shed some light on this. > > While grabbing some lunch I passed by the Deutch Bank tower further down on > Wall Street. Standing in front is what is clearly no standard $6/hour > security gaurd, though he has no uniform. The guy's wearing jackboots and a > jumpsuit, and I can tell from his build he's some kind of soldier. (He's > also armed, but the guns are not visible.) > > What's the deal here? It seems odd that the guy has no obvious uniform to > make us all feel better (he'd certainly save us in the event of another > terrorist attack), and scare away the numberless raghead terrorists. Is he > there to make the Deutsch Bank execs feel better? > > Also, what's the deal with him not having any ID or anything? Does a US > soldier have to be marked? > > (As for him being a soldier, take it from me I can tell this guy aint a > standard rentacop.) > > I'd take a photo but I have the distinct impression he'd try to nix it. > (Also, I'm not too into attracting such attention around here.) > > -TD
