[Leica] Secret service, bruised egos and Your Shot

[buzz.hausner at verizon.net (buzz.hausner@verizon.net)]

In my experience, Kyle, the Secret Service guys and gals are pretty stoic 
and not prone to shouting.  My guess is that in the Clinton case you ran 
afoul of an Advance Man, an entirely different breed that, due to 
self-importance, is prone to demonstrate HIS superiority over YOU through an 
emotional outburst.  Since the advance men love to act important, they often 
immitate Secret Service agents in their outward appearance and demeanor.

Buzz Hausner
> 
> From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
> Date: 2004/07/29 Thu PM 02:28:56 EDT
> To: "'lug@leica-users.org'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Secret service, bruised egos and Your Shot
> 
> Talking about humorless secret service guys barking at you, a couple years
> ago I was photographing president clinton walking down a line of supporters
> shaking hands, I was stuck in one spot because of the crowd and when he 
> came
> past, I fired off as many shots as I could, maybe six or seven (none of
> which came out by the way) when a secret service guy got right in my face
> and snapped "Hey! That's enough pictures!" in the way in which an angry
> parent would chastise a child and it really, well, I don't know, I felt
> totally repremanded and left the event with a sour taste in the pit of my
> stomache that took a long time to get over. I realize they're doing their
> jobs, they're not paid to be nice, and the president probably said to them
> at one time or another "keep the people with the flashes out of my face, I
> hate being blinded by that..." but, at the same time, it's difficult,
> especially as an adult, not to feel bad after you've been yelled at.
> 
> Kc>