so i usually try to get to work roughly around 7 so that i can find street parking. otherwise, i have to pay a crapload for a monthly parking spot. eff that. so i’m on my way to work this morning.. it was around 7:30, so i was running behind.. paranoid that that i would have to park like five blocks away, i speed.. weaving through the slowpokes. speed limit was 35.. i was going at least 50.. it was a dreary morning.. raining pretty hard..
anyway, as the story goes.. all of a sudden.. as i’m tailing the van in front of me (he was going like 20mph for goodness sake).. i see the lights flashing. effing cop was behind me.. it was pretty dark and he was driving an SUV so i didn’t realize a cop had been behind me. frick!!! so i pull over.. he comes to my window and gives me a disgusted look. “do you realize how fast you were going?? how you were tailgating other cars? i was following you the whole time and it’s people like you who make these roads unsafe. why were you driving like that?”.. my mouth dropped. damn…. “i’m late for work”
“and that gives you the right to drive like a maniac?” he was pisssssssed.
“i need your license, registration, and proof of insurance” the guy was friggin rude. so i reach over to my glove compartment and retrieve a stack of junk.. haha.. i hadn’t opened this thing in a while. and of course, i don’t have the current documents!
the cop stares at me with his cold eyes.. “you should think about cleaning that thing out sometime, you know”
whoa. i thought.. of all cops who could have pulled me over.. i get mister jerkface. damnit.. what a prick..
“well? current documents?” he was getting so effing smart with me. and then it hit me.. my insurance is going to go up and i know they fine you hella for not having these documents.. so, i started to bawl.. he had no sympathy whatsoever. “when was the last time you were given a ticket?”
“a little over a year ago” i was sobbing.
“for what”
“speeding, sir”
he grabbed my license and walked back to his vehicle. it was about ten minutes later.. he walks up to my window.. “that’s a $500 fine for not having a current insurance card.. $300 for not having your most current registration.. and you were going about 15mph over the limit so your ticket could be well over $1000. look, Ms. Lee, be careful.. will you? if you’re going to speed at least make sure there isn’t a cop following you like i was. i’m not going to write you up. where do you work and what do you do?
i told him as i was trying to keep the snots from dripping out of my nostrils.
“no more speeding” he smiled and proceeded to go his way.
was this because i started crying??
what if a dude did that? what if the cop was a chick? hmmmm.. all i know is that i am SO thankful.
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