To set up, I carry a 2oz can of Fox Labs 5.3 cone-fog with me almost all the time. At work I generally wear 5.11 tac-lite pro khakis, and the can goes in the little pouch on the front-left.
I’m at work not too long ago and one of our new guys turns to me while we were talking about something completely unrelated and starts up with “You have so many pockets. Why do you have so many pockets?” So naturally I respond with “To put things in.”
He eyes the little front pouch and jokingly quips “What’s in that pocket, your bear spray?” I open it right up, pull the can out, “No, not bear spray. Just regular pepper spray.”
“Oh geez, man, I was kidding.” With a smile I respond “I wasn’t.” and think to myself “If only you knew what else I have…” But he’s new and doesn’t know I also carry a firearm. He’ll probably figure it out one of these days.
A good laugh from everyone for that one.
Many of my coworkers know I carry a firearm, and a few choose to do so themselves. My company employs about 50 people and I know at least 6 just off hand who carry, and a couple previous employees who did as well. Considering the stats (as best I remember) are that 1 out of 100 in Oklahoma who can carry do, we seem to have an abnormally high number of carriers.