RSB girl: We ordered dinner, got our glasses of wine and then noticed a very intoxicated man at the bar. He had a large gun in a holster at his hip. He kept patting it like a security blanket. The waiter told us it was a Glock (sp).
He got very loud and seemed very agitated. I became more and more uncomfortable. Finally I told my husband I couldn't sit there any longer. We left our waiter 20 dollars, left enough for our meal which had not yet arrived and left
You spelled glock correctly, you did the right thing except $20 a bit much, & did about all a reasonable person could do.
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I actually got one of these about 10 years ago for about the same price $180, a level IIA with 16 layers Kevlar, not really that much, better one is 22 layers. They come with a hard ceramic/metal 'rifle plate' which fits in a pocket around the heart area. The rifle plate I removed cause it sets off metal detectors too much.
No I'm not a bpv salesman, & where are you Bill??????
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