Patrolman Did Not Know What To Do

The woman was belligerent, arrogant and rude.
Almost nasty, full of vinegar, indignant fortitude.
Please settle down, he said to her.
Trying his best in his patrolman way
To let her know it was not the end of the world.
On this wonderfully sunny day.

She bit and clawed and spit and kicked.
And this was just through the window of her car.
He asked her to please settle down, but she went a bit more far.
She wailed and screamed and screeched and hit.
He did not quite know what to do.
He had never given his wife a ticket before Tuesday
And now he had given her mother one too!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Hankins Avatar
March 10, 2021 at 8:06 PM
Oh, this one brought out a hearty laugh. Caren, you've outdone yourself. Wonderful story idea. Poor guy, he'll never live this one down! Well-written, my friend. Hmmm...after the corpse one, should I still be your friend????
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March 11, 2021 at 12:55 PM
I once was stopped for a well-deserved speeding ticket. The patrolman took my license and was gone for awhile. He came back and said "I am letting you off with a warning." I asked WHY. I had fully deserved a ticket. He said "Well, ma'am, yesterday - I caught a really cute 16 year old blonde girl in short shorts on this same stretch driving this same car, faster than you are. I did not ticket her, so I would feel badly ticketing her mother."
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