Gulp! With recent events, this needs additional retrospection.
If that guy was wearing black and maybe some "Police" sign (even home-made) on him, not many would've given him a second notice...
Unlikely to change. Neither is open carry. Mass shootings are just part of the furniture.
> Mass shootings are just part of the furniture.
In the USA, not the rest of the world. Making that distinction because the high visibility vest trick will also work in most other (western?) countries.
@latexr It will also work in non-western countries too... as long as you're the obvious skin color or race. I doubt a white man in Nigeria with a high-viz vest is not gonna attract everyone's attention :)))))))
I wonder if a clipboard or a ladder would work better with the bouncers at a club.
Don't the bouncers usually have the clipboards? And wouldn't they be aware of other people of clipboard status by face/name? seeing a rogue clipboard might prompt questions and credential requests. Clipboards on strangers make me curious, ladders make me glad someone else called to have whatever it is fixed.
A club is one of the few places where this strategy won't work, unless there's an emergency (which the bouncers would obviously know about) the only people who would show up are from the sound and light company whom the bouncers already know.
Fire inspector because they are responsible for doing spot checks on crowd sizes. I've been in a club before that was shut down because the fire inspector came in and counted it to be over capacity. The only problem with this plan, beside any kind of penalties for impersonating an emergency official, is the bouncer might get suspicious when he sees you on the dance floor with a drink in your hand.
Always keep a crew shirt handy, never know when you are going to need to sneak into an event!
I wonder if posing as health inspector or liquor board might work.
At a club you need jeans and a crew-looking t-shirt. Bonus points for ear plugs.