Here is MY story, please hang in there with me. Towing, 120$, lost wages, one morning's pay, court fine, $???, handmade card:Priceless
1. I was going to the dentist and got rear ended at a red light.
2. When the police officer came, he kept telling me I did not need an accident report, the damage was minor, and such. I was under the impression that you ALWAYS needed an accident report, so I asked very nicely could you please write one. ( My first mistake)... He again told me I did not need one(have you ever haerd of this???) and I very nicely asked again could you please write an accident report. So he huffed into his car after saying get your liscense, registration and insurance card...
3. Well I tore apart my glove compartment and could not find my current insurance card. My heart began to pound in my chest and I could see the beginning of a downward spiral here....
4. I handed him my license, registration and expired insurance card and played dumb, it did not work....
5. He went to his car with the papers and came back saying he needed a CURRENT insurance card....
6. I went through every useless scrap of paper in my car, could not find it, and told him so. I could see a glimmer of delight in his eyes when he recieved this information from me and he walked back to his car. In the meantime he gave the man who rear ended me HIS papers back and that man happily drove away....
7. To make a long story short the officer kept fumbling around HIS car, looked in his trunk twice, and I saw him make a cell phone call to another policeman who was working on a fender bender ahead of us. It must be a bad stretch of road combine with awful drivers iin StamPford...(I was watching intently in my rear view mirror. ) The second officer got out of his car and began swaggering up the hill with a big fat book of tickets in his hand. This is where I made my second mistake.....
8. I rolled down my window and said, "Oh, doesnt that cop behind me have his own tickets??" "No he doenst replied officer number 2, and YOU ARE GETTING ONE FOR NOT HAVING YOUR INSURANCE AND WE ARE CALLING A TOW TRUCK TO TOW YOUR CAR AWAY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE INSURANCE!!!"Did Nancyrut h look down sadly and keep her mouth shut? NO! "You really suck", I said quietly but loud enough to hear me. BIG BIG NO NO!! Well he either was bipolar and off his meads or having a HORRIBLE day because he started SCREAMING at me that he was not using derogatory language at me and how dare I speak to him that way and did i want him to cuff me now and take me down to the police station and so forth... No I said. He went and brought officer number 1 the tickets and then got back inhis car...
Date: Monday, November 5, 2007 GMT Views: 823
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Registered: February 7, 2006 Location: Out West Posts: 24437
Mon, Nov 05, 2007 @ 7:13 AM
Oh my, Nancy, You may need a "GET OUT of JAIL FREE' card. I have one (my son-in-law is the Chief of Police in my town) But I am afraid it won't work in Stamford. But a darling card to relieve your frustration.
------------------------------ Just another beautiful day at the beach. **** KAY****
Registered: August 28, 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 3571
Tue, Nov 06, 2007 @ 9:03 AM
Hugs to you, but your story did give me a chuckle because it sounds just like something I would do. Your card is darling especially that cute chick fighting those 2 pigs!