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I had something sort of odd happen to me when I was in Greenwich today and I felt like sharing here. There's no real point to this post, but I felt compelled to post it anyway, so read and opine if you like.

CSX GRMS-1 was coming west on the line from Berea running as a W004. It was the late afternoon (good light) so I was set up with my tripod and camcorder. As the train approached a red truck crossed the tracks in front of me. The passenger waved and I waved back (most locals do). The truck got stopped at the former B&O tracks by the gates as the W004 came through.

I was focused on the tack car coming when I hear "Can I ask you a question?" as the passenger gets out of the truck and starts toward me. I motion for him to stop and I walk over to him (I wanted to keep the chatter down as much as possible in my video). In a nutshell, he was a representative from the Iowa Steak Co. wanting to make a sale. I just thought it was odd that he wanted to have a conversation with me while it was pretty obvious why I was there and I the subject of my video was rolling by (not to mention it's horn was blaring).

I didn't want to be snotty and ask him to be quiet but at the same time I didn't want him talking in my video either. Thoughts?

Politely tell him you will talk to him when you are done and keep videoing.

Wow, yes thats an odd one. I would go with AARR's thoughts.

Your method is probably better than mine...

That could have been very easy: Just tell him you are a vegetarian.

Well I'm editing the video now and it doesn't seem to be in there too badly (thankfully the microphone I put on my camera is directional). I'm still sort of frustrated it happened in the first place, the guy didn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed anyway.