Posted: 3/2/2007 6:52:23 AM EDT
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I will never forget what happened today. I always thought I was above everyone who said they got all scared and shook with anxiety upon the test to get your JOL. I see myself as a cool, calm, and collected person. Today I have been reduced to a child. I get in the car, the Trooper seems cool, and he intructs me to take a left here, right here, etc. Everyentually he has me pull up to the curb and do a three point turn. No fucking problem, right? I the cut wheel left and drive forward, then cut it right to reverse. As I am about to go in reverse I do the standard thing and that is too look behind me and put my hand behind the passenger seat... except I didnt touch the passenger seat. I put my hand right on the back the troopers shaved head. I nearly shat myself. Holy shit I thought, I am done. Needless to say he was pissed at me for the rest of the road test. Not to mention I also wasnt paying attention and drove into a right turn lane instead of a left turn lane when my signal was on left and stopped at green when I was scolded. He had me pull into a parking lot a space from his car (He said he didnt want to fill out paper work all day). And then told me I passed, I apolgized for stroking his head. I feel no emotion about passing my test, but I still feel like a total asshole about fucking up seriously. I normally dont say anything about being freaked out, but I seriously thought I was the biggest doucebag in the town. |
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His deameanor totally changed once I grabbed his head. Not to mention I fucked up turning because I was in the right turn land when I should have been in the left turn lane. Man he was fucking angry. At tht end of the test I meekly asked if I could ask a question, he shouted "WHAT?". I asked him if a career in law enforcement requires a colledge degree or can I just go to an academy and if military service helped. He grumbled a response that I needed to take a state board. Needless to say, after my my future military service is over (I havent signed up because I still am in Highschool) I am not entering law enforcement after this little joyride. I dont want to end up bitter and easily pissed as that dude! (No offense to LEOs who dont flip out when they are accidently touched). I dont know about you, but when somone twice your age in jackboots (MA troopers wear Jackboots, fitting isnt it?) with a handgun holstered at his side is sternly talking at you, you lose your cool quickly. I always saw myself as the collected under pressure dude, I was like a field mouse during that! I no longer hold that idea of myself. I dont know if the cop was a jerk, I was a total ass, or doing driving tests at the DMV has turned him into a monster. |
| The State may change it back to civillians with our new anti law enforcment governor (he made it so cops cant arrest illegals for just being illegals if I understand properly). But as of right now we take the test with a real deal trooper. Before the test went sour I was going to try to bring up gun talk to be cool with him, like ask him about his side arm. But once I saw him, even before the situation got bad I spoke very little. I imagine he would have gotten a little freaked out if I told him more about his handgun than he wanted to know! I am one of those guys that respect law enforcement, since I am a kid most of my buddys have this idea that the cops are dicks and out to get them for skateboarding and to hassle. I never had had a problem with police, I look at them like bees: you dont bother them they dont bother you (too badly). Unfortunately for me, I grabbed the back of the bee's head! |
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