Segway and Rocks

I hate the mall. I go there a little as possible. Very little. So I had to go there last night and wait for an hour. So I wander around, notice the new shops (new to me at least) and discover the game shop is gone and one little cart sells crabs with decorated shells. Interesting.

So I quickly grow bored, sit on a bench and people watch. I see security scoot bye. I knew they were security because he worse a t-shirt that said “Security”, had a walkie-talkie strapped to his chest,  and a bike helmet. Why a bike helmet you ask gentle readers? Because he was on a Segway.

According to their website:

The Segway® Personal Transporter (PT) is an ideal policing partner, whether you’re patrolling city streets, airport concourses or parks and trails. Raised an additional eight inches off the ground, it places an officer a clear head above the crowd. That means that officers will be seen when they need their presence felt. Segway PT riders have superior sight lines for traffic management, crowd control, and community policing.

To me it looked like he got in the way and I just felt the desire to throw a rock at him. I didn’t though. There are no rocks in the mall. Plus John talked me down, it is a good thing I was on the phone at the time. He got in people’s way and just made a lot of circles. At one point he met up with another securoty person and they went off together, looking much like mated ducks, and taking up the entire walkway in the Mall. People dove out of the way of the crushing and deadly tires
About 1/2 hour later as I walked back to collect my things, I noticed the security guy had hopped off the Segway and was in one of the stores. He had just left the Segway® Personal Transporter (PT) of the future leaned against a wall. He was using …. his feet.