Near Miss

Personally, I hate the term 'near miss.' I know what its supposed to mean, but the literal term is totally ridiculous. Nearly missed means that you still hit something, while 'near miss' is supposed to mean that you nearly hit it. Just a pet peeve.

From: Evan McNeil
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 6:23 AM
To: The Whole Office
Subject: Be on alert

Near miss report:

I decided to drive in to the office through Inglewood this morning. As I passed through the Beltline, it was an extremely strange scene. There were many groups of angry looking (although well-dressed) businessmen and women wondering about fighting with each other and randomly destroying property.

I saw a police car at 10th avenue and 1st street southeast so I pulled over to get an explanation. I approached the uniformed officer from the side and when he turned toward me I realized had been injured as his face and shirt were soaked in blood. Then, with no provocation, he lunged at me as he tried to bite my skin. I threw him to the ground, turned and ran back to my car. Lucky, he also had a leg injury and was unable to give chase. From there I came directly into the office and I washed my hands.

From this experience I have decided that we should avoid the southern end of downtown (the entire Beltline area) and I have also decided that the local authorities are not to be trusted.

When I was in the military I made lots of friends that work for private security consultants. For some reason I cannot reach any of them. Does anyone know of a some sort of a security consultant that we could contact?

Thank you and be safe,