This was a double duty night for my patrol. First I patrolled South Boston, walking (more on that later). I wanted to try different routes on the other side again. First, I covered the usual. I saw a bunch of young adults screaming at me, "Rachel!" in their Christian Bale Batman voice. Got to admit, some of it is much better than the original. As far as PR, it went well, better than expected. More people taking pictures, more people asking questions. It felt like I was getting more & more comfortable. I w as also trying a new mask, because with the old mouth mask, it was hard for people to hear me coherently, & it did help a little. I think I might have oily skin. The trouble however started as I was on West First Street. I saw some cars doing U-turns around me looking at me dead in the eye. I almost feel that there were some that were trying to report me or ruin me. I will keep an eye for future patrols. As I reached my destination, I decided to take a left. My first interaction came when I saw a young woman, sitting on the ground next to her own vomit. I asked her friends if they need help. They said no, that they just got a taxi. No need to pursue, but on future research to study on the types of vomit, just to have a better understanding. For what I see I see I was heading to a different place, but not the place I was heading, since I was closing in to a government building, which would make it an automatic no-no. So I headed back on the other side. By the time I made it down the stairs, for unforeseen reasons, I stopped my South Boston patrol.
Knowing I wasn't done with a good thing, I decided to do a drive patrol of South Boston/Dorchester via Dorchester Avenue. Noticing a police car failing to use a blinker when making at turn on the corner of A & Dorchester, doesn't look well for police as role models, just saying. The patrol went rather quiet. Nothing to prove otherwise or get out of the car. I decided to take a turn on Adams Street, which was pretty interesting. But other than that a pretty full patrol.
