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In the time before ubiquitous cell phones, I was a cashier at a gas station. One day a cop came in and asked to use the phone. I directed him to the pay phone.
by annoyingnoob 3y ago
In the time before ubiquitous cell phones, I was a cashier at a gas station. One day a cop came in and asked to use the phone. I directed him to the pay phone. He told me that the pay phone was in use, not realizing that I could see the p[ay phone from where I was standing. He got belligerent and demanded the phone, he made a personal call to his wife. Later he pulled me over and gave me a bogus ticket for not signaling. Real nice people those police, better give them what they want or else.
- phatskat 3y ago> better give them what they want or else A tale as old as the first police union: when the city tried to reign them in, the Portland Police politely threatened to walk off the job and the chief (iirc) casually showed up to negotiations with a dossier on one of the city councilors just laid out on the table next to his gun.