I was taking pictures of my daughters. A stranger thought I was exploiting them.

[Raine1967]

59. I wish he had asked for a business card. A few of his questions might have been answered.

I see in this piece he considered it but didn't.

To be honest, what the *so called* employee of Homeland Security sounds skeptical to me. DHS has a lot of departments under it's umbrella. Simply saying one works for DHS could be ANYONE one of these departments.

I have people from the Federal Government knock on my door at least once a year, asking questions about a potential employee or job change. I ALWAYS ask for Identification. Usually it is to help with a background check. The first time it happened I Was a little freaked out. I was seriously like OMG, the FBI left a card at my door! And then I realized That they had some questions about a friend seeking work in the Federal Government.

That person should have showed not just his business card, but also a badge or something proving that he actually worked for DHS.

He agreed to consider everything I had said. But he didn’t sound very sincere. When I had questions about his observations, he deflected them, hoping to manage my reaction with simple apologies, except they weren’t simple at all: He apologized; he criticized; and he apologized again.

There was nothing more I could say, nor did I need to hear any more explanations from him. I thought about asking for his business card or his name, but instead I just walked away, feeling exposed.

If someone says they are a federal worker, you have every right to ask for identification.