Is that a gun? another non-event

[tdyoung58]

Was at mao-mart in Lebanon today, cause the B&C needed some mayonaise for something or another, and I needed some cookies to eat while waiting for her to finish at the doctors


cashier: Is that a gun?
me: yep
casher: is it loaded?
me: yep
cashier: Are you a cop or something?
me: nope
cashier: is that legal?
me: yep, Open carry is perfectly legal in PA
cashier: really
me: yep *hands her a PA flyer"
cashier: is it hard to get a permit?
me: PA calls them a license, you don't need one to Open Carry in PA, the flyer explains all that, only if your gonna concealed carry. You can fill out a application at the sheriff's office and they'll give it to as long as you pass the PICS check and your references if they choose to check them.
cashier: wow, I didn't know that
me: you do now, have a nice day

guess it coulda been worse

[truecrimson]

Must have been a new cashier. Good job.

[Exbiker]

Was at moa-mart in Lebanon today

Curious as to why you use a derogatory term to describe a store you apparently are willing to use? They are no different then any other retail store except they pass more savings on to their customers. I`m sure there were other stores close by where you could have willingly paid 10 to 40% more for the exact same products.

[Magnum Banana]

Wish I knew what Moa meant

[1861]

Curious as to why you use a derogatory term to describe a store you apparently are willing to use? They are no different then any other retail store except they pass more savings on to their customers. I`m sure there were other stores close by where you could have willingly paid 10 to 40% more for the exact same products.

Very curious indeed .

[headcase]

Wish I knew what Moa meant

The Chinese leader. It is a reference to Wal-Mart's products being made in China.... He just spelled it wrong..


To the OP:

The encounter seems like it was a classic Q&A with a curious person. I thought it was well done. Why would you guess it could have gone better?

[levib]

Wish I knew what Moa meant

Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976) was a Chinese Communist leader. Mao led the Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.

It's simply a reference to where a lot of Walmart's goods are manufactured.

Oops, guess I shouldn't have walked away for a while before posting the reply.

[64Jeeper]

Great job on another educated individual!!

[Gi14]

That actually looks near word-for-word my first encounter with someone else OC'ing. I had no clue about the law, but am a curious person, so I asked if they were a cop. Then I asked if a special license was needed. Then I said, 'That's pretty cool.' After the gentleman (a PAFOA'er) explained the laws to me, I started thinking how uncomfortable my IWB holster is, hehe.

The only thing I didn't ask was if it was loaded...figured that was sort of self-explanitory and not really my business. And I was buying a gun off the gentleman, not working in a store or passing him randomly. Although, I'd like to think he'd be just as polite and insightful to a stranger not buying one of his guns.

[Exbiker]

The Chinese leader. It is a reference to Wal-Mart's products being made in China.... He just spelled it wrong..

I think we all knew what it meant. Walmart buys their products domestically if they are available and at a price that makes them marketable in a discount store.
My point is why make the derogatory remark when they are a great American success story doing nothing different then any retailer only doing it better. Then admit to doing business with them.