White Girls, Not a Security Threat

Today we are having a baby shower at work for my friend Katie. She is due June 21st with her first child. (It's a boy!) As usual, the 4 women in the office got an email to plan the baby shower. (In this case, I definitely don't mind since Katie is a friend. But, I don't understand why it is the girls' duty. Men also have children, last time I checked. And, of the people in the office, all the men have children, but two of the women don't. I got stuck with the duty once when I worked at Deloitte, and I made my co-worker Derrek go with me. Everyone in the office acted like I was crazy to have a guy go with me. Anyway, that's a separate issue.)

So, I stopped by Babies R Us in Merrillville Tuesday night. We had a pretty decent chunk of change to spend, so I wanted to get some of the big items. I went for a swing, and a large jungle play mat (which you can't quite see behind the swing in the picture). I also got a couple small things and made Rice Krispie Treats. So, as I was loading this heavy swing & awkward play mat into my car, I had a realization. How the f___ am I going to get this to work?

After talking with Mich & brainstorming, it seemed the only way was to drive in to work, stop in front of the building, drop the stuff off, THEN go park my car.

I stopped my car in front of my building, ran inside with the huge wrapped box and asked the security guy if I could leave it while I went & parked my car. He looked suspicious for a second. Looked at the box, then looked at me... Assessed whether I might be a terrorist. Apparently decided I wasn't, and had me put the box directly next to the security desk. Boy, his face would have been red if the box had been ticking! Apparently, I do not look like a terrorist.

I guess this is the same reason that they never check my receipt when I'm leaving Best Buy.