Friday, August 15, 2008

my husband and the cop

if you know my husband, you would know that the two don't mix. however, he has had many chances to mix and it never turns out pretty. yesterday at the coffeeshop a car was parked in the do not park between 4 and 6 lane. it was 4:15. H went out to see if there was anyone around who owned the car. the cops are obnoxious about giving tickets for that particular offense. he noticed a police car coming around the left lane of traffic into the right lane. he went back into the shop to see if it belonged to anyone there. a woman said it was hers. he told her that she needed to move it really fast because a cop was making his way down right behind her car. she ran out and left. H noticed that the cop drove past the shop and he went out to see if he was going to follow her. when H got outside he saw that the cop had pulled into a handicapped spot in the parking lot next door. of course, H was curious as to what the cop was doing. he walked down the block a bit and saw the cop in skyline ordering up a cheese coney! SO, my husband decides to sit on the bench in front of the parking lot and wait. when the cop walked out H approached him and said "do you have a minute?". the cop said he did. H proceeds to ask the cop if he knew that he parked in a handicap spot. the cop said "yeah, i guess i did". H asks him if he sees anything wrong with that. the cop says "well, there aren't any handicapped people around and i was only running in skyline for 2 minutes". H says, "but you parked in a spot you're not supposed to park in and some people around here would really love to see someone who is the law show some integrity, follow the same law and do what is right." then the cop asks him what he has done all day. H says" losing money". the cop then says "so, you just sit and wait to crawl up someone's ass?". then the cop went on and on and on about being important and needing to park close because he might get called to a robbery or something. THEN another cop drove by and motioned to the cop H was talking to wondering if he needed help! so the OTHER cop pulls in the parking lot and comes and stands behind H with his hands on his hips. (might need his gun, ya know). at this point H just stared and said nothing. the cop says "what do you want me to do, write myself a ticket?" H says "yeah, that would be nice. if it had been me parking there you wouldn't have thought twice to write me up." the cop then says H needs to find something else to do with his time and my lovely husband replies "i'm just trying to change the world one person at at time...."
i think that was the end. the cop decided to leave. i really wish H would have just gotten his camera, taken a picture of the car, taken a picture of the cop in skyline and sent it to the enquirer or city beat!! H and authority have never gotten along. must be why we get along so well. i hate it when people get on power trips. i just don't have the guts to say anything. i LOVE my husband's big mouth! i LOVE that he was standing up for the person who might have needed that spot. i just think he might need to take some martial arts or something......

5 comments:

Kelly said...

That is an awesome story!!! We should figure out how to spread it everywhere. I know not all cops are bad but there sure are some power trippin ones out there. It's scary.

Denise said...

Yeah for your hubby! We need more people like him ;-) I'm the same as you, hate what goes on, but don't have the guts to say anything.

miz fuhrell said...

yay for not hesitating to say what needs to be said!

Sarah at SmallWorld said...

OH, so it's not just YOU that's an a-hole hippie, eh? ;-)

Dilda says... said...

OMG! I love that about that man!!! I got into a yelling match with a meter maid (a dude) downtown a few weeks ago, and while it really riled me up, I wouldn't have done it any differently if given another chance. GOOOOOOOO BIG D!!! You're my hero!