"pissed" off

[DickHardman]

back in the day when my mom tricked my into living in the middle east for a whole year, i was in fifth grade and i had to take the bus to school over there everyday. i went to an international school along with children from tons of different countries whos parents were in iran on business and whatnot. anyway, taking the bus to school and back took forever for some people because the driver had a specific route that he took everyday and picked up and dropped off everyone order, so some fools were on the bus for hours so we had to find ways to entertain ourselves. this manifested itself in two activities : throwing shit out the window at people, and fists fights. the people on our bus got pretty crazy with throwing stuff at people. it started off with rubber bands at first. some kid brought a fat bag of rubber bands with him on the bus and people started just shooting them at pedestrians who got close enough to the bus windows. but surely it progressed and got worse. people started brining pomegranates, water balloons, squirt guns, firecrackers, slingshots, anything they could think of to harass people on the street. one kid went as far as brining a car antenna with him so he could extend it out the window and wack people with it. if he saw someone up ahead walking by he would extend the antenna and give him a little wack on the back of the head or poke him in the butt as the rest of kids would laugh. another time we had an old man start banging on the side of our bus cause someone bounced a rubberband off his cap lol.....the driver just put his foot on the pedal and got the hell away from the dude. the kids used to love bringing pomegranates. after they would finish sucking the juice from them, they would toss them at the feet of pedestrians so the pomegranate would burst and stain their clothes. man, that was some crazy times....i even remember this one kid trying to slang me some condoms on the bus cause i guess condoms arent that easy to get in an islamic republic lol......wtf was a 5th grader doing slangin condoms on the school bus???? i tell ya, living in the middle east was pretty interesting to say the least, even though i was totally tricked into it, and forever traumatized as a result.

fist fights were common at school. almost daily in fact. thats just how people handle things in iran. its not uncommon to see two guys get in a fist fight over a taxi or something small likethat. butthey dont pull knives or guns, just old fashion fist fight. you win some you lose some, but everyone lives and gets to go home at the end. we used to have fist fights on the bus as the driver rode on and didnt even pay any attention to us.

[treelizard]

I got hit by a drive-by water balloon once.

[DickHardman]

I got hit by a drive-by water balloon once.

thats not true either.






2 pac lives.

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[Monkey Paw]

A few quick thoughts:

*What happened to you sucks!!!*

With that said:
1. Looking for a Burglar that you have been dispatched to look for was his first responsibility and not pulling off of that to look for some "high school kids or college freshman" that pulled a really, really bad prank.
2. He did what he could do. Told you that you could go to the HQ and make a report that a group of unknown individuals, whose plate# you dont know threw what you think is urine on you. I write it this way cuz their attorney will trash it like this. Your word against theirs and you dont know who they are. You may find the car again and that wouldnt be enough to get a judge to find in your favor. Not your fault, my fault or that officers fault. Just how it is. And if you asked him what would happen with the case he'd have to tell you the truth AND if in the middle of looking for a burglar I can see how it might come out lee diplomatic than we all would like but that is not due to some moral/ethical failing of the officer.
3. Do you or most people in professions get coffee breaks or lunch breaks? If so are you accused of being lazy or uncaring if you take them? Not saying all officers in uniform are the best but most are good people trying to do a difficult job and their "office" is in front of us. Your not a bad guy if you take a coffee or lunch break why are they?
4. You have no way of knowing if that burglar was not caught just 5 min after you spoke with that officer by another unit or the next city over. I wouldnt assume.
5. You aint the first person to reassign some blame or focus your anger at the police when something was done to you but its not doing you any favors continuing to hate on the police. You wanted a group of unknowns caught or at least feel like the police were looking for them long after it occurred - you went home, got your keys, started driving around looking for them, happened to see a cruiser - and then wanted an officer actively searching for a burglar to stop looking for the dispatcher and find those "kids". Its definitely not your fault it happened but its not the officers that he could not stop his current felony search for you.
Again Im really sorry this happened to you and Ill let you guess what I do for a living.

[Garland]

A few quick thoughts:

*What happened to you sucks!!!*

With that said:
1. Looking for a Burglar that you have been dispatched to look for was his first responsibility.

2. He did what he could do.

3. Do you or most people in professions get coffee breaks or lunch breaks?

4. You have no way of knowing if that burglar was not caught just 5 min after you spoke with that officer by another unit or the next city over. I wouldnt assume.

5. You aint the first person to reassign some blame or focus your anger at the police when something was done to you but its not doing you any favors continuing to hate on the police.

Again Im really sorry this happened to you and Ill let you guess what I do for a living.

1) understood.
2) understood, at the moment he was looking for the burglar.
3) I understand the need to take a break, but hanging out in front of the seven eleven for over an hour WHILE on a felony dispatch makes very little sense to me...don't you guys delegate work out to other officers...? Like "hey, sorry, I'm taking a little break, can you fill in on this for me?".
4) I didn't assume...I asked the officer later if they found the guy and how his case went...in between slurps off of his big gulp, he said "nope, pretty much the same as every other case." Maybe this individual was just a complete jerk-off...but having a cadre of other officers around him didn't really convey to me the real desire of any of them to close on the burglary...much less my lost cause.
5) I am not making a general statement about peace officers, and if I did, let me narrow it down... the po-dunk cops I dealt with must be an embarassment to competent peace officers who actually put effort and take pride into their occupation.

And yes...it's fairly obvious from your posting that you are a peace officer. I have known and trained and gone to school with several fine men and women who are in law enforcement. In private, out of state cops that attend my college have made some rather disparaging comments about the state and quality of local law enforcement officers where I live. The few police officers I know personally, have trained with, and so-forth, have been perhaps unusually zealous or involved in their occupations...which is probably more fortunate for them than it is for the general public, because they seem to be gaining promotions at such a rate, that they all end up in desk jobs.

I have always carried mixed feelings about cops...but every once in awhile, I am surprised by their empathy, and their desire to fulfill their job description. It's moments like those that restore some of my faith in law enforcement...
at other times...I just assume write off whatever I may witness or have happen to me, because I doubt anything will come of it. I've witnessed stabbings where the person has given a full and accurate description of the knifer (with such indicating features as a gun tattoo on the NECK) go nowhere. How hard could it be to figure out who that person is and at least levy charges against them?

[Tom Yum]

I believe that most police officers are good guys, do the right thing and have more courage than most because they put themselves in the line of danger. I've had a few beers with some and they are stand up guys.

[Garland]

I believe that most police officers are good guys, do the right thing and have more courage than most because they put themselves in the line of danger. I've had a few beers with some and they are stand up guys.

I know a few that fit that description...too bad that whenever I need law enforcement aide...the send out the retard brigade. The good cops are probably all out working on shit that's for the greater good of the community...they send the flunkies out for menial shit.