This is why I love the police

[greygoose1]

(not the band, although Stewart Copeland is on my top 10 list of drummers)

Imagine yourself stranded on Siesta Key, FL and you have no idea where the hell you
are, or how to get back to what you're calling home. What to do, what to do.....
Honestly, I can't make this shit up....

Me: (talking on a pay phone, after dialing 911): Hi
Her: 911 what is your emergency?
Me: Honey?
Her: This is 911, do you have an emergency?
Me: Megan? Baby I'm lost!
Her: Sir, you've called 911. My name is not Megan. Do you have an emergency?
(She was being rather curt by now. I guess I couldn't blame her.)
Me: Well, it's not so much of an emergency, but I'm not from around here and my ass is lost
Her: Where are you?
Me: What the fuck did I just say?!...Sorry, very sorry. I'ma go over to this mailbox, and see if
can find a crossdresserj....no, intersection....

Anyway...
I called the police on myself. The officer was very nice and polite. I tried to make conversation
with her, but to no avail. I did try, though. Upon her jettisoning my drunk ass at the
destination I prescribed I tried to give her a hug, just purely out of gratitude.
Her (putting her hand on the butt of her Glock): I don't do hugs
Me: Could we do a selfie together?
Her: Sir, you have about 10 seconds to get away from my car and start walking to your room.
Me (backing the shit up and falling over the hood of her car)...shit!

I made my way back to our room, and am damn grateful to the PD of Siesta Key.

[Mr. Viking]

you're lucky, usually here the police simply remind one "we're not a taxi service sir/madam"

[oettinger]

Wow, cool lady indeed I guess. By all the stories you read about trigger-happy police officers in the U.S. one might`ve thought you were as good as dead. Nice to hear that it can still be quite the opposite. In my lovely town i would have at least been thrown into the drunk tank for the night.

[Surreal]

Siesta Key???

Head south to the Crescent Club bar on the south side of the south bridge. It's the one with the drive through window for booze.

[NYDingbat]

Wow, cool lady indeed I guess. By all the stories you read about trigger-happy police officers in the U.S. one might`ve thought you were as good as dead. Nice to hear that it can still be quite the opposite. In my lovely town i would have at least been thrown into the drunk tank for the night.

For the record, police officers in the U.S. are not "trigger happy". The stories you are reading/hearing are the very rare exception, not the rule. One ride along will teach you all you need to know about the danger and the bullshit cops deal with every damned shift and the restraint they exercise in the face of it. A little more research before you castigate a group of brave individuals who put their lives up for grabs to protect their fellow man is in order.

And now we return you to your regularly scheduled drunken silliness.

[Mother Goose]

Me and the wee one got stranded on the front patio at the Crescent Club when it started pouring and we were on foot. Lots of old school drunks in that place.

[Surreal]

I have spent many hours on the bar stools of the Crescent Club. That joint is one of my favorites...