Master of Disguise
A manager noticed something unusual about the man loading two air conditioners into a pickup truck at the Home Depot store in Plaistow, N.H. The man was wearing the famous orange apron Home Depot employees wear, complete with a name tag: “Shannon”. But as a manager, he knew nobody named Shannon worked there, so he called the police. When officers couldn’t locate the man they left, but an unmarked cruiser stayed behind. Sure enough, the man showed up again, and returned to his truck. “My belief is he was actually in the parking lot walking around, watching us the whole time that we were looking for him,” Officer Patrick Schiavone said. “He claimed it wasn’t his truck, this that and the other thing. Knew nothing about air conditioners.” The man — Bernardo Calana, 53 — denied posing as an employee, but the Home Depot apron was in his back pocket. Calana was arrested. (MS/WMUR Manchester) ...At least he already has practice wearing orange.Original Publication Date: 21 May 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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