In brief ... In Sports Direct store this morning stood in a queue patiently waiting for the sales assistant to change the till roll. Behind me are two parents with their respective pre-school children. All of us patiently waiting for the the two Police Officers at the front of the queue who are both apparently buying themselves flip flops. Now i must confess, that I was slightly wound up by the fact that they were in uniform buying flip flops at all notwithstanding that they could perhaps have been involved in important flip flop fraud investigation work. Maybe that is unreasonable - but I must confess that I was.
However I was completely incensed by the fact that they were both in full kit with tazer gun accoutrements i.e. thigh holsters, chest holsters and charger packs etc in a public store. Oh yes - very impressed I was (not!)
I seriously have no objection to Police Officers mingling with us mere mortals so as to normalise their community presence. However, walking around obviously carrying weapons in a public store where there are young children present? Like I said, I was incensed.
AIBU by challenging them on why they were doing this (perhaps a little tersely). Should I be refraining from contact with members of the public myself and locking myself in my bedroom until my period has passed?