This is a trick I learned living off the grid. Ironically, wearing high-vis gear makes you invisible; people assume you’re part of a landscaping crew or something, which means they don’t catalog your face since you’re not considered a real human being.

[…] you’re trying to pin down what kind of person I am. If I say I’ve been living on the streets for the last two years, do you start to worry? If I say I’ve been working as a kindergarten teacher, do you feel safer? It’s weird how we assign personalities based on employment.

— Ether in Jason Pargin, I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, 2024, St. Martin’s Press, Ch. Day 1, p. 61