Fucking Blue Lights
I got pulled over today, on the way to work, for (of all things) my inspection sticker. Granted it’s very expired, and they cop was within her right to ticket me for it. The thing that irritates me is the way it was done and the over all attitude of the process. Don’t tell me “you have just picked up a new 200 dollar expense this month” then smile and say something along the lines of “it’s no big deal.”
Let me start by giving you an idea of what I drive, this way you can see the raw stupidity of some of the comments I received during the process of accepting this ticket. My car is a 1992 Nissan Sentra, that’s right it’s 14 years old, with just shy of 300,000 miles on it (no that’s not a typo three hundred thousand miles). My car has no radio, the fly wheel (clutch compression disk) is paper thin, the driver side mirror is missing (but the plastic plate that holds it is there), the weather stripping on most of the windows is hanging out, and the car is generally just a piece of shit that just won’t stop getting me to and from work. Ok, got all that? Oh and just to complete the picture for you it’s black (or was at one time) and the paint is faded and worn.
So I am on my way to the freeway so I can get to work this morning, and manage to get directly behind a cop, who of course changes lanes and slows down to get behind me. After pulling over the officer walks up (a female who was pretty happy with her job well done so far, I gathered from the smile) and tells me “you were driving just fine, but your inspection is expired”, which happens to be true. So after handing over the insurance and ID, she tells me it will be just a minute while she runs my information. Running your information consists of them finding out the last time you spit on the sidewalk and whether or not some other government agency wants your money/time. And by some freak of nature I turned out to not be wanted this time around. Now as she is walking back over to my car, she is talking to her shoulder (where officers keep the mic for the radio) apologizing for something, I don’t even want to speculate what that something was, and begins to tell me how this is no big deal, “this wont’ effect your drivers license,” like I freaking care about that “and you won’t have to show up for court” …do what???
“I don’t’ have to show up for court?”
“no, you can just send the money to the address at the top of the ticket”
“Oh is that all….”
“yes” big smile “and that will take care of it”
“Yeah I bet it will… how much is the fine”
“Oh, umm I don’t know, but you can call that number and find out” Big smile again.
“I see. So it’s no big deal because you have no idea how much food you just took from my sons mouth…”
“excuse me?”
“nothing.”
“Ok well have a good day”
“I hope you die a slow horrid death”
“Excuse me?”
“have a nice day”
Now tell me, after you got the basic description of my car, do you really think I look like the kind of person a 200ish dollar fine is no big deal to? I mean really and then to smile the whole time like she just did me a favor or saved my cat or something. Geez.
Closing thought;
Cops are great, they save lives and protect those that can’t protect themselves. I understand… but explain to me who that sticker was assaulting exactly? And why was she so happy about making my financial life more difficult than it already is?
Let me start by giving you an idea of what I drive, this way you can see the raw stupidity of some of the comments I received during the process of accepting this ticket. My car is a 1992 Nissan Sentra, that’s right it’s 14 years old, with just shy of 300,000 miles on it (no that’s not a typo three hundred thousand miles). My car has no radio, the fly wheel (clutch compression disk) is paper thin, the driver side mirror is missing (but the plastic plate that holds it is there), the weather stripping on most of the windows is hanging out, and the car is generally just a piece of shit that just won’t stop getting me to and from work. Ok, got all that? Oh and just to complete the picture for you it’s black (or was at one time) and the paint is faded and worn.
So I am on my way to the freeway so I can get to work this morning, and manage to get directly behind a cop, who of course changes lanes and slows down to get behind me. After pulling over the officer walks up (a female who was pretty happy with her job well done so far, I gathered from the smile) and tells me “you were driving just fine, but your inspection is expired”, which happens to be true. So after handing over the insurance and ID, she tells me it will be just a minute while she runs my information. Running your information consists of them finding out the last time you spit on the sidewalk and whether or not some other government agency wants your money/time. And by some freak of nature I turned out to not be wanted this time around. Now as she is walking back over to my car, she is talking to her shoulder (where officers keep the mic for the radio) apologizing for something, I don’t even want to speculate what that something was, and begins to tell me how this is no big deal, “this wont’ effect your drivers license,” like I freaking care about that “and you won’t have to show up for court” …do what???
“I don’t’ have to show up for court?”
“no, you can just send the money to the address at the top of the ticket”
“Oh is that all….”
“yes” big smile “and that will take care of it”
“Yeah I bet it will… how much is the fine”
“Oh, umm I don’t know, but you can call that number and find out” Big smile again.
“I see. So it’s no big deal because you have no idea how much food you just took from my sons mouth…”
“excuse me?”
“nothing.”
“Ok well have a good day”
“I hope you die a slow horrid death”
“Excuse me?”
“have a nice day”
Now tell me, after you got the basic description of my car, do you really think I look like the kind of person a 200ish dollar fine is no big deal to? I mean really and then to smile the whole time like she just did me a favor or saved my cat or something. Geez.
Closing thought;
Cops are great, they save lives and protect those that can’t protect themselves. I understand… but explain to me who that sticker was assaulting exactly? And why was she so happy about making my financial life more difficult than it already is?
posted by Capt. Obvious at 7:11 AM
7 Comments:
for those that don't rememebr or don't recognize it, the title is a quote from a song by Ice-T called Drama, was a song from the movie Colors.
shrug just thought I would throw that out there
Bad Cop!! NO DOUGHNUT!!! Bet that would be a big deal.
toao_b -
heheh.
you know aside from the whiney comment you are right. and at no point in the post did I state other wise, it is not the cops fault that I haven't been able to get the car inspected. ("...and the cop was within her right to ticket me...").
The food comment was quoted for a reason, it was what i said at the moment off the top of my head as a reference to her not having the slightest clue about what she is effecting while stating "it's no big deal". In no way would 200 bux take food literally from my sons mouth.
shrug it's all good either way. it all goes back to getting a better job/income. which is a work in progress.
welcome to the blog ;) todays was more of a vent, hope you get a chance to read some of the previous (better in my opinion) articles/rants.
hey capt - someones fuming today =P
not really, we'll all survive right, even you hungry son and ur rocking nissan...
its one of those victimless crimes in a way - but if it's placed as a law it has to be enforced. Dont they have more important things to do? meh...
does lil redneck know he's named himself after a tiny colourful fish so inbred and horny that its commonly called "millionsfish"?
That would be why the lil redneck is a female from Delaware!!!!!! There's a purpose behind the name...can a man figure it out?
Fatty - yeah shrug over it all now, I dunno about me, I am certain that freakin nissan would survive nuclear fallout... :/
Guppy - I have no idea... fill us in though.
Admit it you where bitch'in just to bitch. We know your kind....heh I'm in a gooofy mood I'm going on vacation tomarrow. Anyway you realize just as well as I do that Inspections are around for a reason. You know that reason as well if not better than I do. I also know this rant was because somone burrdoned you knowingly with a smile. You just covered it up well with all that garbage about the ticket.
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