Watcha Gonna Do They Are Watchin' You

     Everywhere you go now is under surveillance. But this can be tricky. Back in 1999 one of my stepdaughters friends took my checkbook. They went right out and cashed a check for $750. This worked so well They went to the next closest branch and done it again. And then to the next branch. 
     So now I am about $2350 down in my checking account. I went to the bank and someone I knew there said yes someone cashed a check here. Then the bank went into a denial stage and said it did not happen. So I called the police and I was instructed to go to the court house and get a court order for the video tapes. 
     The tapes however were magically erased in transit from Columbus, Ohio by some kind of freak magnet storm. The judge received a blank tape from Bank One. So for all practically purposes I was just out $2350. 
     As I paid all my bills at the first of the month I considered the check book dormant for the rest of the month. Since it took me over ten days to discover the theft I was out. So even with a camera and the check clearly not in my hand writing I was out. 
     So the surveillance isn't necessarily for your benefit. In another instance at work I was injured by a chemical spill from the haphazard manner that another employee done something. Again the tape evaporated. And I was accused of horseplay in the episode. They did however pay for the medical costs and time off for recovery. What did that say?
     I live in Florida. Almost every stop light now has a an array of cameras. Florida however is probably the worst state I have lived in for stop light runners. Riding a bike you never know if you are going to get hit by taking off at a green light or plowed over from the rear from something intending to run the red light. The red light cameras are under a debate in Florida. Must have caught a few rich folks. Our course those probably vanished too. 
     When I go up the interstate highway that they now have a lot of cameras and white box looking things that I have to assume are radar for speed checks. Next time you are on the interstate highway see if you notice these devises. Every exit and interchange has cameras too.
     I watch a lot of the travel shows on PBS. It appears that all of Great Britain is under surveillance. Even in the little hick towns. It does not seem so apparent on the continent. But they probably have some super small hot rod German cameras. 
     So just about everywhere you go, drive, work, shop, have resuire, walk, enter or do is monitored. This must be a super large industry. After all someone has to install, maintain, design and monitor these cameras or they would not be effective. Is someone watching all these cameras all the time? Probably not. It is recorded and then checked it an event arises. I have even heard that your cell phone and cable television can monitor you. So you think there is any private place left on Earth? Maybe somewhere. But not hardly anywhere. 
     Lesson here is Watcha Gonna Do They Are Watchin' You. So you better work hard and behave. Unless you have a special ticket to get the tapes lost. 
     Check out an older post called Work Hard And Behave.