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Posted: 7/3/2008 12:59:15 PM EDT

[#1]

I don't let it bother me...they don't know that fifteen other people have said the exact same thing to me today. They're just trying to break the ice so to speak.

Them: "I didn't do it!"

Me: [Chuckle] "I know but you still look guilty!"

Them: [Chuckle] [Walk away feeling like police man is human not robot]

It cost me nothing to be nice, but I may have to deal with them in the future and they always remember.

Posted: 7/3/2008 1:04:38 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Anyone ever had an Arfcommer ask if you were there for the dog?

I always tell them, "you got it backwards. Cops love dogs. We hate people."

Posted: 7/3/2008 1:11:47 PM EDT

[#3]

How about, there is no fire here!

Posted: 7/3/2008 1:44:41 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
I don't let it bother me...they don't know that fifteen other people have said the exact same thing to me today. They're just trying to break the ice so to speak.

Them: "I didn't do it!"

Me: [Chuckle] "I know but you still look guilty!"

Them: [Chuckle] [Walk away feeling like police man is human not robot]

It cost me nothing to be nice, but I may have to deal with them in the future and they always remember.

There are always those who are trying to nervously break the ice then there are the ones who are just trying to be funny to their friends.

The ones trying to make jokes to look better to their friends are the ones that drive me crazy.

Posted: 7/3/2008 2:24:06 PM EDT

[#5]

Gotta kinda agree with the OP, even though I'm not LE. Everyone thinks that they're the first person in the history of the world to come up with a punchline, and that stuff gets real old, real fast. However, "I didn't do it" seems to me to be a lot better than getting asked "Did you kill anyone?" That being said, you're in a precarious position, where your reaction reflect not just upon you, but the rest of your dept. People view your actions, and judge "XX PD are assholes", and they tell their freinds. On the flip side, "XX PD are nice guys" never seems to get told to their freinds.

Posted: 7/3/2008 2:28:55 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
"I'm a taxpayer and I don't pay for you to leave it running."

I had that, told them they also didn't pay for AAA to follow me around everywhere and jump my car since those lights, computers, radios etc didn't run on happiness.

Posted: 7/3/2008 3:03:07 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
There's plenty of other careers out there if you dislike your current one.

Wow... 11 hours.... the "it's just a job" guys are slacking.

Posted: 7/3/2008 5:05:21 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
When i was 16, my 2nd job ever was at Dunkin Donuts, try working there and hearing people stumble in and saying "Time to make the doughnuts" every day, 10 times a day, each person thinking they are the funniest bastard that ever set foot in a Dunkin Donuts.

You arent the only one, everyone hates their fucking job sometimes.

Posted: 7/3/2008 5:16:17 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
I don't let it bother me...they don't know that fifteen other people have said the exact same thing to me today. They're just trying to break the ice so to speak.

Them: "I didn't do it!"

Me: [Chuckle] "I know but you still look guilty!"

Them: [Chuckle] [Walk away feeling like police man is human not robot]

It cost me nothing to be nice, but I may have to deal with them in the future and they always remember.

When people tell me "I didn't do it." I usually smile and reply "That is what all the guilty people say." I work an off duty security detail at Target and usually hear that at least 5 times during each 4 hour shift.

Posted: 7/3/2008 5:23:07 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
People view your actions, and judge "XX PD are assholes", and they tell their freinds. On the flip side, "XX PD are nice guys" never seems to get told to their freinds.

Gets told to my friends, both ways.

Even though they're the only ones who have given me a ticket (my only one ever), they've still be all really professional and nice in all my encounters, so I always talk up the county sheriff's office guys. They're cool. Interaction with TX state troopers has been 100% positive too, so I've got nothing bad to say about them.

A nearby ass colony with cops who all drive Chargers, dress like they're about to invade Poland, and generally act weird and distrustful, as well as being the only ones who have ever disarmed me, and for no reason other than "I like to be the only one with a gun," are not thought of very highly by me, however, and not spoken of highly either.

My experience is mirrored by a lot of folks I've talked to as well. Always a good thing to keep in mind... even little things, both bad AND good, can have far reaching consequences on the public opinion of your PD.

Posted: 7/3/2008 6:06:10 PM EDT

[#11]

You should hear how many time I have heard, "I'm innocent" in my jail. It drives me nuts also.

Posted: 7/4/2008 12:52:49 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
My favorite is having folks point at us and say "the po-lice is here, the po-lice is here..."

After we climb off of one of these:

www.hanoverparkillinois.org/images/Pic-Services-FireAmbulance2.jpg

They should know that you are "Mistuh Ambliance Man".

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:09:03 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Yep, I feel yer pain.

What would really make my eye twitch is when they would put their hands behind their backs too. Still managed a chuckle, but it was very tough.

"So are you turning yourself in?"

or

"So do you consent to a search?"

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:20:57 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
My favorite is having folks point at us and say "the po-lice is here, the po-lice is here..."

After we climb off of one of these:

www.hanoverparkillinois.org/images/Pic-Services-FireAmbulance2.jpg

Carrying med bags or even better - these:

www.ocfa.org/_uploads/images/engine1.jpg

While exiting in full turnouts.

Of course, then there are the ignorant (used to be just kids, but I've noticed more adults with a deficit) that would approach the scene that looks like this:

i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/TangoSierra7/LRFDfire.jpg

And ask "what happened?"

I either ask them "Let's see... lotta smoke, hose in the street, big red trucks that say FIRE DEPARTMENT on them.... what do you think?" or tell them "nothing - we're just practicing"

.

I used to make comments like "IDDI" when the brothers would come upstairs (the detective bureau is in the basement of city hall, and there's a back door that exits under the FD)... Now I just look up, say "awww, hell", slowly take my hands out and assume the position.

They usually just remark "Yeah... remember what happened last time you played with us.." (I've been an agressor for the TRT team a few times)

Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal. They don't want to go over there, blood and guts everywhere. Horrible, I say.

Oh, and its interesting when someone who takes a check tells you that they pay your salary... and they are reminded that no taxes are taken out.

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:23:45 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Why don't you write your city council and request that police stay at the station and deploy to calls like fireman. It would save gas, and I could sleep and play xbox until I get a call. I always wanted to be a fireman

I would *much* rather pay for that than for pro-active community policing, which misleads the public into thinking you guys *do* have a duty to protect, which in turn has a negative effect on carry laws ("That's what the police are for!").

Not saying it's your fault; just that it sounds like a good idea.

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:25:44 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My favorite is having folks point at us and say "the po-lice is here, the po-lice is here..."

After we climb off of one of these:

www.hanoverparkillinois.org/images/Pic-Services-FireAmbulance2.jpg

They should know that you are "Mistuh Ambliance Man".

The correct pronounciation is "Ahma-lance."

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:30:38 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Why don't you write your city council and request that police stay at the station and deploy to calls like fireman. It would save gas, and I could sleep and play xbox until I get a call. I always wanted to be a fireman

Sounds like win-win to me. You get to stay in an air conditioned station until needed, and I don't have to worry about obeying those bastardly low speed limits. And if there are more BGs than my AR-15 can handle I'll just give you a call.

Between this and asking for a raise...

Oh, I thought people only said stupid things to me (my favorite: "I'd fix it myself, but I'm so busy").

Posted: 7/4/2008 6:33:07 AM EDT

[#18]

Ever have a guy look you up and down put his wrists together in front of him and say "I did it"

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:43:33 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
"I'm a taxpayer and I don't pay for you to leave it running."

Just tell them: "In point of fact, as a taxpayer you DO pay for me to leave it running. Have a nice day!"

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:44:14 AM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal. They don't want to go over there, blood and guts everywhere. Horrible, I say.

I gotta remember that one.

Quoted:

Quoted:
They should know that you are "Mistuh Ambliance Man".

The correct pronounciation is "Ahma-lance."

We have a WINNAH!

There is no "B" in the 'hood. We're "Ammalanz drivers"

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:46:43 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Oh, and its interesting when someone who takes a check tells you that they pay your salary... and they are reminded that no taxes are taken out.

Depends on how pub safety services are paid for in that state/jurisdiction.

Here, it's partly sales tax (TX has no state income tax) so, technically, everyone pays for it.

It's also partly via property tax so property owners pay for it directly and renters/lessors pay for it indirectly.

(or by "takes a check," were you referring to welfare checks?)

Anyway, a friend of mine was a Deputy in a New Mexico SO before coming to school here for his PhD in History.

He told me once that he was responding to a disturbance call (fight) at a particularly seedy bar outside of town, and got the "I pay your [deleted] salary!" line from the wife/girlfriend of the guy he arrested.

So he reached into her pocket and flipped her a nickel.

ETA: By the way bsafe, I love your avatar!

Posted: 7/4/2008 4:07:51 PM EDT

[#22]

Don't worry, I'm sure everyone in their prespective fields get the same stuff.

Working in a gun store I hear the "oh, these are real guns? that shoot bullets?" and the "do you sell guns there?"

Posted: 7/4/2008 5:58:57 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
"I didn't do it"

Followed by a laugh...in line at the grocery store in uniform. ( or anywhere else for that matter with the public)

I don't even polite chuckle anymore, IT DRIVES ME NUTS.

I know how you feel....

(As they jump in front of me and grab their chests....) "I'm having chest pain! Take me!"

Har har. Haven't heard that one before.

Quoted:
Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal.

We've used that one lots of times. "What happened?!?? (walking through a casino....) "Shark attack....." Then of course, the Mandalay Bay opened their Shark Reef, and now it's completely plausible.

Quoted:
We have a WINNAH!

There is no "B" in the 'hood. We're "Ammalanz drivers"

Before I went to medic school myself, I used to have a name tag that read "M. Blance Dwiva - Paramedic Assistant"

Posted: 7/4/2008 7:24:06 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal. They don't want to go over there, blood and guts everywhere. Horrible, I say.

I gotta remember that one.

Same here. That one will get repeated.

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:16:11 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal.

We've used that one lots of times. "What happened?!?? (walking through a casino....) "Shark attack....." Then of course, the Mandalay Bay opened their Shark Reef, and now it's completely plausible.

Interesting. My younger brother was an ALS paramedic from the mid '80s until the mid '90s, and he used to use that on a lot too.

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:40:40 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:
"I didn't do it"

Followed by a laugh...in line at the grocery store in uniform. ( or anywhere else for that matter with the public)

I don't even polite chuckle anymore, IT DRIVES ME NUTS.

I know how you feel....

(As they jump in front of me and grab their chests....) "I'm having chest pain! Take me!"

I would grab your chest and say "Take me!"

(and hope E22CAPT or my wife didn't kill me first

)

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:48:23 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
You see that po-leese man right there? If you don't start listennin to me, he'll take you to jail!

"maybe you should tell them that the police man is here to help, like when they get lost"

"I also pay taxes so today is on me. I will do it your way tomorrow."

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:52:18 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

I would grab your chest and say "Take me!"

(and hope E22CAPT or my wife didn't kill me first

)

E22CAPT would be the least of your worries. I wear steel-toed boots at work. They would meet your jaw. After your family jewels.

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:55:09 PM EDT

[#29]

Whoops.

Posted: 7/4/2008 8:57:27 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Whoops.

Just giving you a hard time, ya turd.

Posted: 7/5/2008 12:02:01 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My favorite is having folks point at us and say "the po-lice is here, the po-lice is here..."

After we climb off of one of these:

www.hanoverparkillinois.org/images/Pic-Services-FireAmbulance2.jpg

Carrying med bags or even better - these:

www.ocfa.org/_uploads/images/engine1.jpg

While exiting in full turnouts.

Of course, then there are the ignorant (used to be just kids, but I've noticed more adults with a deficit) that would approach the scene that looks like this:

i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/TangoSierra7/LRFDfire.jpg

And ask "what happened?"

I either ask them "Let's see... lotta smoke, hose in the street, big red trucks that say FIRE DEPARTMENT on them.... what do you think?" or tell them "nothing - we're just practicing"

.

I used to make comments like "IDDI" when the brothers would come upstairs (the detective bureau is in the basement of city hall, and there's a back door that exits under the FD)... Now I just look up, say "awww, hell", slowly take my hands out and assume the position.

They usually just remark "Yeah... remember what happened last time you played with us.." (I've been an agressor for the TRT team a few times)

Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal. They don't want to go over there, blood and guts everywhere. Horrible, I say.

Oh, and its interesting when someone who takes a check tells you that they pay your salary... and they are reminded that no taxes are taken out.

That's my standard answer any time somebody asks me "what happened just up the road?" or "boy you guys sure took off in a hurry, what's going on." On the of chance I ever have a call for a shark attack I'm gonna hafta come up with a new one. We got called to one of the local shitholes one night for "injuries resulting from a fight." Some drunk got his ass kicked up pne side and down the other by one of his "buddies." Looked like he'd just finished 5 rounds with Tyson in his prime. Another of his "buddies" came stumbling up the steps and of course asked "what happened?" My complete deadpan response: Shark attack. My partner had to literally bite his tongue to kep from laughing until we unloaded.

Posted: 7/5/2008 12:05:02 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
"I didn't do it"

Followed by a laugh...in line at the grocery store in uniform. ( or anywhere else for that matter with the public)

I don't even polite chuckle anymore, IT DRIVES ME NUTS.

I know how you feel....

(As they jump in front of me and grab their chests....) "I'm having chest pain! Take me!"

Har har. Haven't heard that one before.

Quoted:
Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal.

We've used that one lots of times. "What happened?!?? (walking through a casino....) "Shark attack....." Then of course, the Mandalay Bay opened their Shark Reef, and now it's completely plausible.

Quoted:
We have a WINNAH!

There is no "B" in the 'hood. We're "Ammalanz drivers"

Before I went to medic school myself, I used to have a name tag that read "M. Blance Dwiva - Paramedic Assistant"

Gotta remember that one.

Posted: 7/5/2008 1:53:37 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
and the "do you sell guns there?"

I've answered "no" to that one to people on the phone on a couple occasions.

Posted: 7/5/2008 3:06:25 AM EDT

[#34]

I had an inmate housed at my prison tell me that they pay my salary a few weeks back... this same guy was complaning the next day that it isn't fair that he can't get his social security checks since he's locked up, since it's "his money".

Perfect. Just perfect.

Posted: 7/5/2008 2:22:48 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
I don't let it bother me...they don't know that fifteen other people have said the exact same thing to me today. They're just trying to break the ice so to speak.

Them: "I didn't do it!"

Me: [Chuckle] "I know but you still look guilty!"

Them: [Chuckle] [Walk away feeling like police man is human not robot]

It cost me nothing to be nice, but I may have to deal with them in the future and they always remember.

I like your style sir!

Posted: 7/5/2008 2:33:27 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
People view your actions, and judge "XX PD are assholes", and they tell their freinds. On the flip side, "XX PD are nice guys" never seems to get told to their freinds.

Gets told to my friends, both ways.

Even though they're the only ones who have given me a ticket (my only one ever), they've still be all really professional and nice in all my encounters, so I always talk up the county sheriff's office guys. They're cool. Interaction with TX state troopers has been 100% positive too, so I've got nothing bad to say about them.

A nearby ass colony with cops who all drive Chargers, dress like they're about to invade Poland, and generally act weird and distrustful, as well as being the only ones who have ever disarmed me, and for no reason other than "I like to be the only one with a gun," are not thought of very highly by me, however, and not spoken of highly either.

My experience is mirrored by a lot of folks I've talked to as well. Always a good thing to keep in mind... even little things, both bad AND good, can have far reaching consequences on the public opinion of your PD.

Our local Sheriff's Office is great as well. I've only been stopped by them once on my birthday at 2am for a broken tail light. Deputy was very nice and very professional, probably checking to see if I had been drinking as he stopped my on a road where they get a lot of DUIs.

Whenever the topic comes up I tell everyone that Larimer County Sheriff's rock. I even called into their "leave a comment" hotline and and gave the Deputy a +1.

+1 on "far reaching consequences on the public opinion..."

Posted: 7/6/2008 5:28:51 AM EDT

[#37]

My favorite one to use around the holidays when folks ask me "what's going on?" or "is everything OK?" is this -

In your most grave and serious tone, look at them and say, "You haven't seen a guy come through here in a blood soaked Santa suit dragging a big ax, have ya?"

The look on their faces is priceless.

Posted: 7/6/2008 7:18:29 AM EDT

[#38]

As of late we have had a run of these statements...normally on a traffic stop or brief encounter in the Wally World

Husband and Wife are normally together..

Husband- "You gonna take her away?"
Me- " I will take her if you really want me to, however think about this..If I take her away for a day or two..when she gets out you have to deal with her. So you tell me do you want a couple of days of peace or a continuing lifetime of hell and pain, your choice."

The normally have a dumbfounded look and continue shopping for pork rinds and Marlboro's, and the new Dale Jr 88 t shirts....LOL

Posted: 7/6/2008 8:27:36 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
You see that po-leese man right there? If you don't start listennin to me, he'll take you to jail!

That one sends me through the roof.

Posted: 7/6/2008 2:10:08 PM EDT

[#40]

I hate it too when some one walks up to me as says "I didn't do it officer"...I just look back at them and say," Hey, I am not a Police Officer, I passed the test".

Have fun,
MEDIC-0372
IAFF Local 327

Posted: 7/6/2008 9:39:00 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
My favorite one to use around the holidays when folks ask me "what's going on?" or "is everything OK?" is this -

In your most grave and serious tone, look at them and say, "You haven't seen a guy come through here in a blood soaked Santa suit dragging a big ax, have ya?"

The look on their faces is priceless.

As funny as that is on its face, it's somehow even funnier if you've ever seen this:

Posted: 7/6/2008 11:35:51 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My favorite one to use around the holidays when folks ask me "what's going on?" or "is everything OK?" is this -

In your most grave and serious tone, look at them and say, "You haven't seen a guy come through here in a blood soaked Santa suit dragging a big ax, have ya?"

The look on their faces is priceless.

As funny as that is on its face, it's somehow even funnier if you've ever seen this:
i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/wise_jake/SilentNightDeadlyNight_A70-6522.jpg

Never saw the movie itself, but saw the video cover many times at the video store, and that's exactly what went through my head when I read his post.

Posted: 7/7/2008 6:16:49 AM EDT

[#43]

OK, this is the concept I try to get across to the rookies. Public Relations 101...

Most people may go through life, and never have contact with a Police Officer. So your approach is probably a bit intimidating to them. That uniform, and bristling with all sorts of weapons and gadgets, coupled with the mystery of why you are there will make people nervous.

In order to ease the tension, they will say stuff like "I didn't do it", or "he's right over here", etc...etc. They don't mean anything by it. They are acknowledging your presence, and really just fishing for the real reason you are there.

You've heard it a million times, (I know I have, and it's a conservative estimate) but it's the first time that individual has said it.

You only get the chance to make a positive first impression on people once. Here's your chance to make the impression on this person that they will most likely take with them and associate with "Cops" from now on. Make it a good one. Just chuckle, and play along. Act like it's the first time you've ever heard it. Ease the tension by showing them that you are Officer friendly. It's better than being an asshole JBT...

Posted: 7/11/2008 3:44:28 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
My favorite is having folks point at us and say "the po-lice is here, the po-lice is here..."

After we climb off of one of these:

www.hanoverparkillinois.org/images/Pic-Services-FireAmbulance2.jpg

Carrying med bags or even better - these:

www.ocfa.org/_uploads/images/engine1.jpg

While exiting in full turnouts.

Of course, then there are the ignorant (used to be just kids, but I've noticed more adults with a deficit) that would approach the scene that looks like this:

i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/TangoSierra7/LRFDfire.jpg

And ask "what happened?"

I either ask them "Let's see... lotta smoke, hose in the street, big red trucks that say FIRE DEPARTMENT on them.... what do you think?" or tell them "nothing - we're just practicing"

.

I used to make comments like "IDDI" when the brothers would come upstairs (the detective bureau is in the basement of city hall, and there's a back door that exits under the FD)... Now I just look up, say "awww, hell", slowly take my hands out and assume the position.

They usually just remark "Yeah... remember what happened last time you played with us.." (I've been an agressor for the TRT team a few times)

Just tell them it was a shark attack, really brutal. They don't want to go over there, blood and guts everywhere. Horrible, I say.

Oh, and its interesting when someone who takes a check tells you that they pay your salary... and they are reminded that no taxes are taken out.

That's my standard answer any time somebody asks me "what happened just up the road?" or "boy you guys sure took off in a hurry, what's going on." On the of chance I ever have a call for a shark attack I'm gonna hafta come up with a new one. We got called to one of the local shitholes one night for "injuries resulting from a fight." Some drunk got his ass kicked up pne side and down the other by one of his "buddies." Looked like he'd just finished 5 rounds with Tyson in his prime. Another of his "buddies" came stumbling up the steps and of course asked "what happened?" My complete deadpan response: Shark attack. My partner had to literally bite his tongue to kep from laughing until we unloaded.

Remember the story in The Choirboys where there is a bad accident with a decapitation victim and a couple pulls up and asks if anyone was hurt? What was the name of the crusty old guy who holds up the head of the decap victim by the hair and says, "Well, this one got a little banged up."

Posted: 7/11/2008 1:04:30 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Nothing like trying to eat in peace and getting the "Do you have a second?" Then you get the 10 minute long version of how their neighbor's nephew got a DUI and how should they go about fighting it in court.

Or lately I have been getting, "Hey do you know your car is running?" followed by "I'm a taxpayer and I don't pay for you to leave it running."

(I guess the giant "Stay Away" "K9" is not a big enough hint for people)

You guys are way nicer than I am.

Posted: 7/11/2008 1:08:17 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
OK, this is the concept I try to get across to the rookies. Public Relations 101...

Most people may go through life, and never have contact with a Police Officer. So your approach is probably a bit intimidating to them. That uniform, and bristling with all sorts of weapons and gadgets, coupled with the mystery of why you are there will make people nervous.

In order to ease the tension, they will say stuff like "I didn't do it", or "he's right over here", etc...etc. They don't mean anything by it. They are acknowledging your presence, and really just fishing for the real reason you are there.

You've heard it a million times, (I know I have, and it's a conservative estimate) but it's the first time that individual has said it.

You only get the chance to make a positive first impression on people once. Here's your chance to make the impression on this person that they will most likely take with them and associate with "Cops" from now on. Make it a good one. Just chuckle, and play along. Act like it's the first time you've ever heard it. Ease the tension by showing them that you are Officer friendly. It's better than being an asshole JBT...

piss on em.

Posted: 7/11/2008 3:55:21 PM EDT

[#47]

I work part time for a hospital, It is a non profit that gives out millions of free health care every year. It is financially self sustainable so they are able to write it off.

A couple of weeks ago I triaged a person to the lobby, his chief complaint was that he had something stuck in the roof of his mouth. I could not visualize anything, he was moving air fine, etc.

for some reason the guy rubbed me wrong from the moment he opened his mouth. He became very unreasonable and verbally combative when I asked him to step into the lobby to get registered. He basically said that he wanted to the see the doctor and wanted to see him now.

He goes out to the lobby and the receptionist calls back and said she had a problem. I go out front and the person is not answering any questions for her, will not give his name, address, social, insurance, etc. Basically anything to get him registered so we could bring him back.

As I walked out front to tell the guy he needed to help us help him. He tells me.

I PAY TAXES!.

I let him know that I was glad that he contributed to society, but what does that have to do with him not answering questions.

Needless to say, he spent awhile in the lobby.

Posted: 7/11/2008 4:19:15 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:

Or lately I have been getting, "Hey do you know your car is running?" followed by "I'm a taxpayer and I don't pay for you to leave it running."

When someone rants to me with the 'I'm a taxpayer' stuff, I calmly remind them that it is no coincidence that I happen to be a taxpayer as well

Jay

Posted: 7/11/2008 5:50:34 PM EDT

[#49]

The party that is to intoxicated to stand without falling telling you "I just had a couple of beers" or "two drinks". Not something I dislike to hear, more funny than anything, and yet, sad as well!

Posted: 7/12/2008 4:14:50 AM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
"I pay your salary"
And the next guy who raises his hands up when I walk or drive by.......

I flipped a guy a quarter once and advised him that it would cover his share of my career, Lt wasn't pleased...amused but not pleased.

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