Suspicious Activity

This morning I was testing this GPS sleeve on a Symbol device. Of course I couldn't get a signal in the office, so I stepped outside and wandered around the parking lot to get out of our building's shadow. Eventually the receiver picked up enough satellites for me to perform my tests (mostly seeing how fast I was walking).

So when I walk back into our building, there is this lady from a first floor office asking whether she can help me with anything. Huh? I tell her no thanks, that I was just testing my GPS device and head toward the elevator. She asks why I was writing down license plate numbers in the parking lot. Huh?!? I say that I needed to be outside because I couldn't get a signal in my office. I start getting on the elevator only to see the building supervisor approaching and asking what I was up to. I mumble something and get in the elevator while overhearing the lady complain that "this guy" was "recording license plates".

WTF?!? She mustn't have much to do in her window office and definitely has a warped sense of paranoia (although I'm not quite sure what one could do with "recorded license plates"). I only wish I were thinking more quickly on my feet -- I could have come up with some great "explanations" for my suspicious behavior.