Body Language Is Important

[jahwarrior72]

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[JIDinPhilly]

Good job. Not only did you recognize the bad guys body language, the bad guys recognized you and your brothers body language. Bad guy knew that whatever jump or surprise he thought he had, was quickly dashed by just the look from you and your bro. They probably jumped into their car to find an easier target. This is the exact situation that would never be publicized by the media. Non situations never make the news. Once again, good work.

[HbgHKFan]

I agree and second what the guy above me said. You may have possibly thwarted a planned robbery of the chinese restaurant... just with you and your brothers body language!! That's excellent. I'm not saying everything went peachy, because it sounds like there was an unknown possible danger and chance of something going down. Good job. I feel I am pretty good at reading body language. I'm not the best, and sometimes I read it wrong, but I'm getting better everyday.

Sometimes I try and read a persons body langauge and it may turn out the opposite. Easy way to practice I think is at work with co-workers. Also at any public gatherings where you know others and can practice to see if your attempt to read was correct or not.

[Pector55]

Ah, I just read this same story from a different perspective on a different forum. My buddy Ray was going to slip the waitress a love note but got nervous that he was going to be shot and hacked up by two disgruntled customers and an angry cook with a meet cleaver.

[CommonHighrise]

when he got outside, i saw him say something to his buddies...

"Their faces were inappropriate!"

Million and one bar room stories like that between me and my closest friends. Well, the being able to silently communicate something bad was up. Haven't stared down any gangbangers lately. Though if one was eyeballing my beef lo mein wrong...

[Tootie]

Body language is the most important way of communicating. It's not something you can lie about and it's not something that you can dismiss. Our true intentions are shown through it, as you have just witnessed. I like to think that I am very good at picking up peoples intentions through body language, I also think that I make a statement though mine.

Good to you sir for being so aware and preparing for what you saw as a possible bad interaction.

[Curmudgeon]

In addition to everything else said here, your post represents the epitome of situational awareness.

Thanks for posting this. I'm thinking, if it were me, this event would make up for all the 'negative' events you have had on OC/CC.

Boku "attaboys" for you, your brother, and cleaver guy as well!

[27hand]

While my wife and I don't practice non-communication, she automatically sits so I can see the front door. We also sit to the rear of any place we eat unless being seated by a wait staff.

I have told her (and continually do ) that if I tell her to get down or leave, she is to do it without question and immediately.

She is not a gun person, has no desire to shoot, has never fired a gun, and it makes me nuts that she and my daughter have no training of any kind.

I ask her every now and then to go with me to a range just to watch and maybe shoot a bit but so far she hasn't.

They prefer to go through life figuring nothing bad can happen.
Makes me nuts.

I remember getting into her car and putting a spare mag into her cell phone holder ( I had a spare in my pocket and just grabbed it with my other stuff). She asked me what it was and why I had a spare. I told her that if a firearm fails, it could easily be the mag. She looked at me for a min and said I was "over the edge".


Back to the OP. Good job with being aware, making others realize you thought something may have been going down and communicating that to the guy buying the coke with nothing more than eye contact.
Glad it didn't go any further.

27hand

[SilentRage]

Yep , situational awareness and silent communication ,, very good Sir !

[XD40coyote]

You give em the eyes in Silent Rage's wolf siggy? LOL

My one friend who I shoot with, well I've known him "forever", and were were discussing body language recently. He told me that my "look" is pretty freaking intimidating. Ooooh- my angry "grrrr Bad Coyote, I can kill you" eyes! Useful in various situations involving possible dangerous people. Probably the same look I gave the group of teen punks that one night I was walking the dog.

As far as being in tune with my closest, which are my parents, I haven't noticed anything there. My mother would probably be poking me annoyingly if some nut or armed robber or whatever came into a place were I am carrying. I can't get her to take self protection seriously either. I have tried to get her to come out and learn to shoot, but she won't do it. My dad would sooner go postal on an intruder with a baseball bat and his hands....