「It's the kind of place where a certain element stays to "lay low", if you catch my drift. There's plexiglass above the front desk, like the tellers' counter in a bank. People are hanging around the parking lot day and night, and some cars pull in briefly to visit those people and then leave. Some of the loiterers will check out your car even though you're not far away; they may even approach you without an obvious reason and--when acknowledged--pretend to be in need of a light for their smoke......
「It's the kind of place where a certain element stays to "lay low", if you catch my drift. There's plexiglass above the front desk, like the tellers' counter in a bank. People are hanging around the parking lot day and night, and some cars pull in briefly to visit those people and then leave. Some of the loiterers will check out your car even though you're not far away; they may even approach you without an obvious reason and--when acknowledged--pretend to be in need of a light for their smoke......
Kevin