A surprise when shopping

[Paul]

Dunno where you all live but we've got one of little shops where they sell off unwanted stock.
"The tin lady" is what the owner is affectionately called.

So I'm buying even more beans, rice, tinned toms, etc, and another shopper (female) comments about me stocking up.

"Not really" says I "just weekly shopping".
"No you're not, your probably a prepper like me".

OK, it's one of those moments.
GCHQ, thought police, government spy, NWO, or even trading standards floods into my mind.

Dunno why she should think that, I'm not dressed in field clothing or got my tin hat on so either she is telepathic or . . . . well I'm not sure what the "or" was.

Glancing in her basket I see two tins of peas and a packet of custard. Hardly a prepper shop in itself.

Luckily (as it turned out) my mobile rang and excusing myself I went outside to talk.

When I re-entered she had left and my favorite tin lady was in a bit of a state. Apparently the lady had put back what she had in her basket and walked out but not before she had questioned the owner about me and whether there were other hoarders or preppers in the area.

No official ID or anything, just questions about clientele who stockpiled and specifically "preppers".
Left my lovely lady a bit confused wondering what it was all about as she had never heard of "A prepper".

Now I'm Mr paranoid when it comes to my prepping.
It's not like I'm trying to hide things through embarrassment but would rather keep what I do unknown by the local population.
Seems simple OPSEC to me.
Didn't stop me looking in the mirror the whole way home which took me on a "nice" circular 15 mile route.

What think you?