# Was this the right thing to do?  (Calling cops on a weird guy)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275 "2016-11-28T14:24:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275/241 "2016-12-03T22:36:00Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> None of these are “suspicious”.

I’m thinking if the OP said that the guy asked his son, “You wanna find the PEZ dispenser in my pants?” you would claim that was normal because who doesn’t like PEZ?

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275/242 "2016-12-04T04:52:55Z")

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> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
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> I’m thinking if the OP said that the guy asked his son, “You wanna find the PEZ dispenser in my pants?” you would claim that was normal because who doesn’t like PEZ?

Wow, thats a big strawman there. Huge. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275/243 "2016-12-04T15:01:34Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Wow, thats a big strawman there. Huge. :rolleyes:

True, and I’m so glad to see you policing straw men on both sides of the issue, even when one person is clearly making a joke!

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**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275/244 "2016-12-05T14:25:30Z")

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Well this kinda got out of hand . . .

My analysis of the answers is that some people would have done the same thing, some may have done similar things, and some people see it as majorly overreacting.

Everyone can have their own opinions.

Thanks for the input.

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