I people watch. It's what I do. And I have been noticing downtown that a lot of businesspeople like to wear their employee badges clipped to their belt or belt loop. I have also noticed that if you work for the same company and DO NOT clip your badge to your belt, you are somehow not "as cool" as the ones who do.
Not being from this area and never really seeing this occur before it would seem this is mostly a "DC Thing" to do. And when I say it's a "DC Thing" to do, what I really mean is an "inadequate snobby elitist inferiority complex" thing to do.
This "Belt Loop Fad" is one of my most recent peeves. Especially since it's got to be high on the list of "Ways to Lose and/or Get Your Shit Stolen". Then next thing you know somehow a laptop full of social security numbers is missing because some reject who wanted to look cool for the office chicks had his badge lifted.
This follows closely with the "I judge you when you don't keep your Smartrip Card in a wallet with a clear exterior window pouch" attitude I find many Metro users to have. I know they think I'm a schmuck because I physically remove my Smartrip card from my wallet before I get to the kiosk. Of course, these are the same assholes who hold the line up as they slap their wallet haphazardly across the reader because their clear exterior pouch blocks the signal. I usually whiz past them and smirk. I may be a schmuck, but I'm getting on the train!
Fuckin' DC...
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know what you need? a very special plastic casing for an old blackberry. With a clear plastic cover for the keys. You need it bad.
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