People-watching is a great teacher

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Once you get an idea on what to look for, go out and start looking. Watch how people normally act in different settings. I used to take agents out on field trips to malls and book stores to people-watch just for this purpose.
Try to ascertain what they’re doing or what their background is just from what they look like, what they’re doing, and how they act.

• If two people are talking to each other, what’s their relationship?
• Who has military experience?
• Any off-duty or undercover cops?
• Why did they come to this particular place today?
• What do you think they do for a living?
• What are their hobbies?

Pay close attention the next time you watch a movie. Can you now see where the character ends and the actor begins? Do you see anything incongruent with how they move or what they’re doing that doesn’t fit with the character or scene? Can you tell who has had training and who hasn’t? Are the supposed Delta operators walking around with their fingers in the trigger, flagging their buddies with their weapons?

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