What Doesn’t Work: Advertising your amazing Black Friday deals for all of your “hard to find” merchandise: slightly used wallets, mislabeled prescription drugs, feel goodbrownies, imported DVDs, second hand electronics, and fresh start identity […]
What Doesn’t Work: Making a citizen’s arrest on your cellmate, Bubba, to show the police that you are really on their side. What Works: Knowing when you […]
What Doesn’t Work: Playing the copycat game during police interrogations. “Where did you get the gun?” “Where did you get the gun?” “Are you copying me?” “Are youcopying me?” […]
What Doesn’t Work: Going to court in your Halloween costume…especially if it’s your heavy-duty orange jumpsuit with your favorite six-digit number on back. Even though your […]
What Doesn’t Work: Being over-enthusiastic in delicate situations. When an officer tells you to put up your hands, don’t use “spirit fingers” or “jazz hands” to […]
What Doesn’t Work: Saying to the officer, “This crisp, new Abraham Lincoln didn’t see me do anything wrong…perhaps you would like to take him in for questioning. What […]