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sob · 01-01-2005, 01:39 PM

I've had several good ones, all traffic-related, in which the cop was professional.

Worst:

I'm driving back to school after lunch, stop at a red light, and hear a siren. (School was close to a hospital, and a siren was always an ambulance). The light turned green, but I waited until I saw where the ambulance was.

This guy behind me in a wood-panel station wagon is really leaning on the horn. So I flip him off and drive away. He follows me.

Winding roads, I'm in a Honda, no contest. Pull into the parking deck, and as I get out of the car on the third level, I see him come screeching to a stop at the entrance to the deck, when he discovered you had to have a magnetic card to get in.

So I figure that's the end of it, and walk out to a wide open area. Some guy comes up behind me, grabs my arm, and says in what he felt was an authoritative voice, "I wanna talk to you!"

I yanked my arm away, turned around, and said, "Good, because I wanna talk to you, too!"

He flashes his badge, and starts into a tirade, not about flipping him off, but about not going through the light fast enough to suit him.

After 15 or 20 adrenaline-filled seconds, it registered on me that he was wearing Bermuda shorts. The phrase "off duty" went through my mind, along with a deep feeling of satisfaction.

I'm about 6 feet, and at the time (a LONG time ago), I was very buff. Since he was shorter than I am, and had a gut, I moved closer to him, and stood a little on tiptoe. In other words, I was looking down on him. That really started to piss him off. I'm sure he was wishing like hell he had his gun on him, but it was obvious from the way he was dressed that he didn't.

It pissed him off even worse when I interrupted him and said, "So you're telling me I shouldn't have let that ambulance have the road?"

We argued for awhile, and he finally stomped off, telling me I could go to jail for giving him the finger. (Not true, according to another cop I talked to later.)

This same cop later arrested a friend of mine for "obstructing traffic." Actual situation was that we'd had a snowstorm in an area that almost never gets snow. As a result, the street was empty of cars, and my friend was riding his bike! Real reason for the arrest was that my friend gave him some lip after being hassled, but the cop was on-duty this time.

My friend went to court, and another cop told him he wouldn't even let his kids leave the house if he knew this guy was on-duty.

About a year later, this cop made the papers. His wife pissed him off at the bowling alley, so he pulled his gun out of his bowling bag and shot her.

I don't remember how long he was locked up for. It would be best for all if he's still in the slammer.

01-01-2005, 01:39 PM	#18 (permalink)
sob Banned	I've had several good ones, all traffic-related, in which the cop was professional. Worst: I'm driving back to school after lunch, stop at a red light, and hear a siren. (School was close to a hospital, and a siren was always an ambulance). The light turned green, but I waited until I saw where the ambulance was. This guy behind me in a wood-panel station wagon is really leaning on the horn. So I flip him off and drive away. He follows me. Winding roads, I'm in a Honda, no contest. Pull into the parking deck, and as I get out of the car on the third level, I see him come screeching to a stop at the entrance to the deck, when he discovered you had to have a magnetic card to get in. So I figure that's the end of it, and walk out to a wide open area. Some guy comes up behind me, grabs my arm, and says in what he felt was an authoritative voice, "I wanna talk to you!" I yanked my arm away, turned around, and said, "Good, because I wanna talk to you, too!" He flashes his badge, and starts into a tirade, not about flipping him off, but about not going through the light fast enough to suit him. After 15 or 20 adrenaline-filled seconds, it registered on me that he was wearing Bermuda shorts. The phrase "off duty" went through my mind, along with a deep feeling of satisfaction. I'm about 6 feet, and at the time (a LONG time ago), I was very buff. Since he was shorter than I am, and had a gut, I moved closer to him, and stood a little on tiptoe. In other words, I was looking down on him. That really started to piss him off. I'm sure he was wishing like hell he had his gun on him, but it was obvious from the way he was dressed that he didn't. It pissed him off even worse when I interrupted him and said, "So you're telling me I shouldn't have let that ambulance have the road?" We argued for awhile, and he finally stomped off, telling me I could go to jail for giving him the finger. (Not true, according to another cop I talked to later.) This same cop later arrested a friend of mine for "obstructing traffic." Actual situation was that we'd had a snowstorm in an area that almost never gets snow. As a result, the street was empty of cars, and my friend was riding his bike! Real reason for the arrest was that my friend gave him some lip after being hassled, but the cop was on-duty this time. My friend went to court, and another cop told him he wouldn't even let his kids leave the house if he knew this guy was on-duty. About a year later, this cop made the papers. His wife pissed him off at the bowling alley, so he pulled his gun out of his bowling bag and shot her. I don't remember how long he was locked up for. It would be best for all if he's still in the slammer.