# How to not drive to work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512 "2012-10-02T19:55:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512/1 "2012-10-02T19:55:12Z")

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If you work at a costume shop, you might very well be asked to wear a costume at work. Perhaps you might have a costume at home that you’d prefer to wear.

Wearing that costume to work might attract attention.

If part of that costume is a gas mask, wearing that mask to work might attract attention from local authorities.

If part of that costume is an inert grenade, wearing that grenade strapped to your chest while going to work might attract significant attention from local authorities.

[http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article\_preview.php?id=1755715&title=Man%20in%20gas%20mask%20with%20grenade%20detained](http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=1755715&title=Man%20in%20gas%20mask%20with%20grenade%20detained)

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512/2 "2012-10-02T20:28:33Z")

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It didn’t occur to him to put the mask and grenade on the passenger seat while driving?

What a Monsieur Dumas.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-not-drive-to-work/636512/3 "2012-10-02T20:58:54Z")

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I’m pretty sure he knew what he was doing. And now his story and name are all over the news. Lovely.

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> Masias was also detained by police in 2010 after an incident at Peet’s Coffee downtown when he strolled into the bathroom and came out wearing the gas mask.
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> He was also carrying a grenade then, bought from an Army surplus store, that police considered to be a toy…