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CITIZEN SPIES.(Humor)(Brief Article)
When Oscar Wilde wrote, "There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up," he probably did not have in mind garbagemen sifting through old magazines and empty takeout cartons for evidence of a terrorist plot. Recently, the Justice Department announced its latest initiative, Operation TIPS (Terrorism Information and Prevention System), a plan to enlist "truckers, letter carriers, train conductors, ship captains, utility employees, and others" as "extra eyes and ears for law enforcement." The "others" would include all those "who, in the daily course of their work, are in a unique position to see potentially unusual or suspicious activity." Fortunately for the Justice Department, many New Yorkers are in that very position. Last week, some of them were asked if they'd seen any potentially unusual or suspicious activity in the daily course of their work.
Skip Rudolph, boat captain, Adios Charter Service (Montauk, New York): "We had an incident on my father's boat with a bunch of ironworkers. They got drunk, tied up the mate, and started climbing up to the wheelhouse, yelling, 'We don't want to go in! We want to catch more fish! We're taking over the boat!' My dad was waiting for them with a .38, and he said, 'Come on in, boys.' "
Andrew Kimble, Jr., Verizon repairman: "Once in a while, someone will answer the door naked, and I'll have to tell them I won't come inside until they put some clothes on. I've seen all kinds of personal things--pictures, magazines, and little gadgets and whatnot. But the thing I keep an eye out for is a big dog or some other kind of vicious pet."
Bill Fries, U.P.S. deliveryman: "I try to stay away from going into someone's apartment. If something gets broken or damaged, they'll blame the U.P.S. guy."
Sandy Sharma, doorman at Flow, a night club: "Most of the people who come here are on the guest list. If their name's not on the list, it doesn't necessarily mean they're a terrorist, but you want to keep them behind the rope, talk to them, assess the situation--you know, 'How are ...
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