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I don't even know if this is the right place to post this, it's certainly a brain burp on one of my neighbours parts!
Background: So right now I am trying to set up a theatre company with some of my friends from university (as well as taking on work elsewhere, this is not a well paid career path!) and we are preparing to tour our latest show this summer. The show is about a bank robbery.
A health and safety requirement of the theatres we go to is that everything must be fireproofed before we enter the building. No problem, you buy the spray and douse absolutely everything in it. Obviously as a bank robbery we have fake money. The money we are using are actually printed napkins I found in a discount shop with £50, £20 and £10 notes on them. A bargain but it now means I have about 300 pieces of paper to fire proof.
So for the last 2 days I have been outside on our patio spraying these fake notes. Now i have sensitive skin and this flame check spray is not particularly nice stuff so when I do it I wear latex gloves and a mask.
I've been out there again this morning working through them, moved them into the house and was using a hairdryer to speed up the drying process
*Doorbell*
I go to answer the door and there's 2 police officers there.
PO: Can we come in?
Me:
sure? What's happened?
-Seriously I'm thinking someone's died or something-
PO2:Well lets come in sit down and we can have a chat.
Me: Erm okay, but my house is a bit of a mess, I'm in a theatre company and I'm finishing off the props for the show.
*POs exchange glances.*
We go upstairs to the flat and there is this fake money everywhere on all the surfaces. The PO picks up one of the notes,
PO:What are these?
Me: Oh the show's about a bank robbery, we found these napkins so are using them as props.
PO: Ah.
Me:
PO: We had a report from a neighbour that someone had been seen acting suspiciously around large amounts of money.
PO2: Have you been spraying it with a substance?
Me: It has to be fire proofed for our show *Shows them bottle*
PO: I'm sorry about this it just seems to be a bit of a mis-understanding
Me: Well it's quite amusing! I guess your just doing your job...
So yes, I was report for counterfeiting money. Lucky the police officers thought it was funny as well. They were pretty interested in the show, having a look at our flyers and programmes, it's always nice to have some interest in our work! I have no idea what they told the neighbour that reported me. It's been an interesting day. Worse thing is I still have about 100 notes still to flamecheck...
Background: So right now I am trying to set up a theatre company with some of my friends from university (as well as taking on work elsewhere, this is not a well paid career path!) and we are preparing to tour our latest show this summer. The show is about a bank robbery.
A health and safety requirement of the theatres we go to is that everything must be fireproofed before we enter the building. No problem, you buy the spray and douse absolutely everything in it. Obviously as a bank robbery we have fake money. The money we are using are actually printed napkins I found in a discount shop with £50, £20 and £10 notes on them. A bargain but it now means I have about 300 pieces of paper to fire proof.
So for the last 2 days I have been outside on our patio spraying these fake notes. Now i have sensitive skin and this flame check spray is not particularly nice stuff so when I do it I wear latex gloves and a mask.
I've been out there again this morning working through them, moved them into the house and was using a hairdryer to speed up the drying process
*Doorbell*
I go to answer the door and there's 2 police officers there.
PO: Can we come in?
Me:
sure? What's happened?-Seriously I'm thinking someone's died or something-
PO2:Well lets come in sit down and we can have a chat.
Me: Erm okay, but my house is a bit of a mess, I'm in a theatre company and I'm finishing off the props for the show.
*POs exchange glances.*
We go upstairs to the flat and there is this fake money everywhere on all the surfaces. The PO picks up one of the notes,
PO:What are these?
Me: Oh the show's about a bank robbery, we found these napkins so are using them as props.
PO: Ah.
Me:
PO: We had a report from a neighbour that someone had been seen acting suspiciously around large amounts of money.
PO2: Have you been spraying it with a substance?
Me: It has to be fire proofed for our show *Shows them bottle*
PO: I'm sorry about this it just seems to be a bit of a mis-understanding
Me: Well it's quite amusing! I guess your just doing your job...
So yes, I was report for counterfeiting money. Lucky the police officers thought it was funny as well. They were pretty interested in the show, having a look at our flyers and programmes, it's always nice to have some interest in our work! I have no idea what they told the neighbour that reported me. It's been an interesting day. Worse thing is I still have about 100 notes still to flamecheck...
)
While it would piss me off initially to have a neighbor "snitch" on me, I'd be glad that that person was looking out for the safety of the neighborhood in the long run
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