I’m a cashier, and it’s really strange just how easy it is to spot a criminal. It’s like they go out of their way to fit as many stereotypes as possible into their identity.
Someone tried to pay with fake bills earlier today at work, wearing a baseball cap, reflective glitter sunglasses, a leather jacket, and jeans, smelling of cigarettes talking in a heavy accent with a silent large guy following behind him, and pretending to not understand English even as he pulls fake bills out from a bulging pocket.
Like, wtf
because, unironically, they get kicked out of criminal club for not dressing the same way.
Have you ever seen those cop shows where someone has to go undercover in a drug trade or something and they get accused of being a cop instantly? It’s like that. The cops, having not spent a while acclimatising to criminal culture, are caught unaware by the rules at play.
So, ironically, even the people who like to believe they’re rebelling against society, are very adherent to strict societal rules like dress code.