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

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**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:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-the-right-thing-to-do-calling-cops-on-a-weird-guy/773275/20 "2016-11-28T17:49:30Z")

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Am going to be in the minority here, but I don’t think you guys overreacted… his behavior did sound rather odd. What adult willingly engages in conversation with unrelated young kids that they are not in direct responsibility over (teacher, babysitter, etc)?

That said, **Quercus** was spot-on with asking more questions before calling the police, next time.

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