Wednesday, May 24, 2006

My encounter with the angry female cop

I just had the privilege of speaking with a female cop with an amazingly bad attitude. She was rude, impatient, and angry. She refused or was incapable of comprehending a very simple fact (I'll get to that in a minute)

So we put her on speakerphone as my aunt could listen while I report her stolen vehicle. The cop first of all started asking for my aunt's name and then proceeded to ask for her phone number and address OR so I thought. So I dutifully gave her all the information and then proceeded to tell her where the car was last seen. Just as I said, "The car was last seen at Montgomery Mall..." she cut me off and goes, "Wait, you told me the car was at your home, on your DRIVEWAY."

HUH? When the hell did she ask me about a driveway??

So, still under the illusion that we are communicating here, I protested saying, "No, no, the car was stolen at the mall. I simply thought you were asking for the primary residence of my aunt." She started to make a BIG deal about how she specifically asked me where the car was and I specifically told her that it was last seen on my driveway. I protested again and said as loudly as I could, "I did NOT hear you ask me that question and if you thought I did, I'm sorry, because I simply misunderstood you." She said sharply, "Put your aunt on the phone. I want to speak with her." and she proceeded to say to my aunt (now she was on speakerphone remember), "YOUR niece told me that it was on your driveway until it was stolen." I practically yelled at her, "NO!! I DID NOT SAY THAT! I NEVER HEARD YOU ASK ME WHERE THE CAR WAS LAST SEEN." Really, how many times do I need to say the same exact thing? How much clearer could I be?

So she finally said, "Am I on speakerphone? Can you NOT speak to me on speaker please?" with a very hostile, snotty voice. I really almost said, "Fuck you asshole, it's not my fault you think you have a shitty job and a shitty life." Why can't she let go of the fact that we simply misheard her? Or that she herself was not clear?

Instead, being the loser that I was, I switched to a regular phone and as soon as I got on the phone, she said something in a snotty, cold tone of voice. Just to be annoying, I very sweetly asked, "Excuse me, what did you say? Can you say that again?" just to make her repeat herself. With a very exaggerated, annoyed sigh, she said, "A police officer will be coming by your house later for questioning. Okay?" I said, "Fine." Obviously she was done here and she was pretty useless to boot. Then she said, "Bye." And I said, "Bye." Coldly, abruptly, both of us glad to be off the phone.

5 comments:

Grayson said...

How did someone steal her car?

Grayson said...

Yeah, she thinks she could be all high and mighty because she's an officer of the law. I guess she's lucky too because I wouldn't have been able to do anything about either. I don't want to get in trouble for harassing a cop. If she wasn't though. I'd be like, *starts with F and rhymes with luck* you you no good *starts with W and rhymes with door* or *starts with C and rhymes with stunt*

Grayson said...

P.S Find Robert Langdon

I mean Happy Birthday.

Emily said...

Viola, good one. Of course, I wasn't cool headed enough to be so eloquent at the time.

Jason...I don't know about the W-Door or C-Stunt. Those words lie a little outside my vocabulary at this point. Maybe I'll get crasser with age. Haha.

Grayson said...

That's why you're going out with me. So I can teach you the ways of the dark side. If you only knew the powers.