The smokers all huddle in the cold outside so many feet away from the door as prescribed by law. I'd like to go over there and stand around with them, but I don't feel welcome in their company. As if I was the one who wrote this law. I only voted for it. They look like prisoners out in the yard, dark silhouettes under the grey sky. How they must hate the non-smokers. And come to think of it, I don't think they were far enough away from the door.
A bell ringer squatted outside the grocery store in the snow yesterday. He was whistling a Christmas carol. My gosh, where does he find the will? I hurried past to get inside the warmth of the store. Bananas, $.48 lb. Or was it $1.48? I don't remember. I wonder if the green paper stuff on the table is supposed to make it look like a banana tree? I've never seen a banana tree. I think back to the Pines Road exit where I've seen the same homeless girl holding a cardboard sign twice. This time she had a white and brown puppy dog tied to a street sign. It was making her smile as it played in the snow. She's beautiful when she smiles.
There's a cop in a Crown Victoria parked outside just waiting for someone to go over 35 mph. He's always there. Every other day. I've seen him swoop down on people like a hawk on a field mouse. If he pulls me over I'm going to complain.
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All my noble images of cops were shattered when I grew up. I think they're more concerned about giving normal people a hard time than catching real criminals. You have to be a real sadist to go home and say to your spouse,
"I had a good day at work today; I ruined ten people's days."
PS: That's one fat mouse.
While growing up, I lived in a small town. We had one of those small town local cops who had an ego the size of Alaska. He enjoyed pulling people over for going one mile over the speed limit.
I told my neighbor I didn't believe him, but he showed me the ticket. Never will forget it.
Yes, they don't make enough money off of real criminals.
The mouse came out from under the cook tent when we broke camp, so it was well fed.
I got pulled over by the State Patrol last year going 35 in a 35, but there was snow on the ground. Still, it was straight and nobody else on it. Meanwhile people are going 70 on the freeway in pretty much the same conditions. I only got a verbal, but I didn't like the attitude of the guy so I went to the website and complained. They were cool about it.
In Montana, they passed a rule that A Highway Patrol has to make 1 stop per hour min. Not sure about WA.
The guy in my story is a local police however. They really want your money.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not against the police. Some of them are awesome.
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