More shooter harassment

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:56:06 -0400, Bowser wrote:

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Moron, though? She was sent out by her supervisor who told her it was
illegal. If anyone's the moron, the supervisor is. No balls, either,
since he or she wouldn't come out.




--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On 7/19/11 11:56 AM, in article
, "Bowser"
wrote:

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Maybe she was "hitting" on ya?!?

On 7/19/2011 2:38 PM, George Kerby wrote:



On 7/19/11 11:56 AM, in article
,
wrote:

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Maybe she was "hitting" on ya?!?


Very, very doubtful...

On 7/19/2011 2:19 PM, tony cooper wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:56:06 -0400, wrote:

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Moron, though? She was sent out by her supervisor who told her it was
illegal. If anyone's the moron, the supervisor is. No balls, either,
since he or she wouldn't come out.


Fair enough. But when she was told by the cop that she was wrong, she
persisted. I doubt anyone told her shooting pics was illegal, I think
she was acting on her own.

On 7/19/2011 12:56 PM, Bowser wrote:
OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Silly slovenly steamship employee with a superior slinky attitude.

--
Peter

On 2011-07-19 11:58:58 -0700, PeterN said:

On 7/19/2011 12:56 PM, Bowser wrote:
OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Silly slovenly steamship employee with a superior slinky attitude.

Ah! Ha!

--
Regards,

Savageduck

On 7/19/2011 2:58 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 7/19/2011 12:56 PM, Bowser wrote:
OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Silly slovenly steamship employee with a superior slinky attitude.


Couldn't resist, could you?

I found out a long time ago, as the old adage says: "you'll catch more
flies with honey than vinegar". Given the same situation, rather than
inflaming the situation, I'd have politely left and come back later to
finish, if it were that important.

On 7/19/11 1:39 PM, in article
, "Bowser"
wrote:

On 7/19/2011 2:38 PM, George Kerby wrote:



On 7/19/11 11:56 AM, in article
,
wrote:

OK, my turn. I was on Martha's Vineyard (MA, USA) for a bit, and while
there I stopped to shoot a picture of the ferry terminal building in Oak
Bluffs. While shooting the picture, an employee of the Steamship
Authority, the company who has a lock on transportation to and from the
island, ask "sir, what are you doing?" I replied that I was taking a
picture. She told me that "Homeland Security says that's illegal. Please
don't take pictures of the building." I replied, politely, that it
wasn't illegal and there are no laws against taking pictures of
anything. I asked her to quote me the name and number of the law I was
breaking. She said that her supervisor told her that this was illegal,
so I had to stop. I said nonsense. She and her supervisor are dead
wrong, and that she had no right to tell me what I can, or can't shoot,
especially since I was standing on a public crosswalk. She called a cop
over, who pretty much verified everything I told her. She asked for my
name, address, everything, but I refused. The cop sided with me. Now she
was ****ed. She summoned someone from inside the building, he came out,
they talked for a second, and they hustled her inside where she couldn't
bother anyone else. The cop just shook his head, the SSA employee
apologized, I told them "no problem" and we all went our separate ways.

I'm guessing she was just a moron. I've been riding that ferry for 30
years, and have shot all manner of pictures on and off the boats, and
not once have I ever been approached or told I can't shoot pictures.
People shoot pictures on and around the ships all the time. I can't
figure out why she singled me out.

Maybe she was "hitting" on ya?!?


Very, very doubtful...

Well, if you happened to photograph her in the process, you could enter the
Shoot-Out with the caption: "S---head", ya know?