Shake Down!!!!!

I was shook down the other night and if you don't know what a shake down is let me explain.  A shake down occurs anytime law enforcement detains and questions you.  I know what you're thinking.  "Russell what the heck did you do!"

It was all a misunderstanding.  At Halloween Horror Nights, the event I wrote about before, I had just exited a "scare-zone" which is walk thru area with characters that try and scare you.  At that time I was approached by an angry, sweaty little man who wanted to talk with me.  He was clearly marked Universal Security.  He said my friend, my 38yo female (we were both sober I know what you're thinking!) RN friend who is a threat to no one, had touched a character.  Now that is a no-no at HHN but she didn't do it so no big deal right...?

I told him we weren't interested in going with him and if someone needed to speak with us we would rather deal with OPD(Orlando PD).  At that we headed for the gate.  The little man was in tow, of course, highly upset I would not follow him and he was beginning to make my guest uncomfortable.  We reached the gate to exit the park and there was 1 OPD officer at the gate and the little man began to tell his fabled-tale of my friend touching a character.

We were politely asked if would accompany them to the backstage area just as formality.  We gladly obliged happy to create distance between us and the little security guard who couldn't if he tried (play on the children’s story The Little Train that Could)

This is where it got fun.  They weren't even interested interviewing us they knew they were letting us go.  Instead they gave us all the info on the kids who were being held back there.  One of them, kept away from the others, had defecated on him self in protest... his mom was super happy to see him :-) No she wasn't, not at all, she was embarrassed.

After all this the polite OPD told us we were free to re-enter the park and have a great night.  No threats no trespasses just have fun and thanks for stopping by.  That, my friends, is how a shake down should be handled.