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la_rainetteDon't you hate it when the last available legal parking spot is taken, before your very eyes, by a Parking Enforcement Vehicle? Not. Fair. *stomps foot*
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Potential Ow
Date: 2004-08-11 05:01 pm (UTC)Re: Potential Ow
Date: 2004-08-11 05:53 pm (UTC)sorry, don't mean to troll... i remember one time i wasn't sure where to park, and didn't know what "code enforcement officer" was (he patrols and checks if the city's lawns are all mowed) so i sat in the car until he moved... felt dumb after finding out what his job really was...
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Date: 2004-08-12 01:22 pm (UTC)Of course, then citizens get ticked off because they think the cops are just going for their Krispy Kreme fix, when really there's a bank robbery with a hostage situation going down.
If you're in law enforcement, you really can't win.
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Date: 2004-08-11 06:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-11 06:46 pm (UTC)granted, they are providing a service... kinda... i have never encountered a law enforcement agent that did not try to harass/intimidate me because of his current occupation...
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Date: 2004-08-11 08:03 pm (UTC)It turned out a neighbour was video taping the whole scene. It got shown on National TV. Very chilling.
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Date: 2004-08-11 09:58 pm (UTC)Ooo, American smoker, aka designated Bad Guy in any recent American movie (X-Men's Wolverine is out, he smokes cigars, and when asked he'll put them out. Also, he's Not Civilized, so there).
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Date: 2004-08-12 01:27 pm (UTC)It's nothing like a protection racket; it's a recognition that those guys are providing a valuable service, and it's a way of giving them a little something back. Of course the management figures that the establishment is less likely to be robbed when a uniformed officer is sitting right there; it's a you-scratch-my-back-and-I'll-scratch-yours deal. Everybody's happy.
And (combining posts) to the person who mentioned 9-11--it's nothing to do with that. Cops and businesses have always done this, and jerks have always been jerks regardless of what their profession is and regardless of the times they are living in.
I look at cops kinda the same way I look at Catholic priests--a few of them get really bad press (for a good reason), but there's thousands of them out there doing the absolute best they can, and not getting any thanks and certainly not making any money from it.
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Date: 2004-08-12 02:16 pm (UTC)