Tuesday, June 21, 2005

My Latest Run-In with the Cops

I work for people who have developmental disabilities. Not by that I don't mean that my bosses are developmentally disabled, but that I'm paid to assist people who have them. Anyways, I got out of work at 8 in the morning and I was very tired. I was concerned if I started driving, I might doze off and wreck havoc, so I decided that I'd take a short nap before going to back to work a little bit later. Half an hour later, I got a knock on my car door. Two cops were standing there. They asked what I was doing. I said I was sleeping. They asked if I lived in the apartment complex where my car was parked, and I said no. And I explained what my job was. They said that I was on private property and I wasn't allowed to sleep in my car there. They said someone called and said that I had vandalized the fence that my car was parked next to. I told them that person was lying. They asked me to get out of the car. I did. They asked for my driver's license. I gave it to them. They asked me if my car was a police car. I said it used to be. They asked how I got it. I thought of sarcastically saying that I stole it, but instead said that I bought it from someone. They asked if I had gotten any tickets. I said that I got a speeding ticket a few years ago. They asked if I paid it. I said that I had. They asked what my plans were for the day. I said that I was picking up a customer at 9:30. They said that they thought I should leave to pick him up. And I did.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Things not to say at a gas station

I stopped by 7-11 today. When I was in line, the woman in front of me bought a lottery ticket and told the cashier that if she won the lottery, the whole world would be happy. I interjected, saying that if she won, everybody that didn't win the lottery would be unhappy. She looked me in the eye and said that if she won the lottery, she'd share it with everyone, so then they would be happy. As she walked out of the gas station, I said, "Maybe you should give me your number, then." She may have interpreted that the wrong way.