OK, so apparently, the Police cars on base have cloaking devices installed on them. I kid you not. I was driving to pick up the boys from school & was slowing down from a 20 mph zone to a 15 mph zone, singing along to Carrie Underwood (thanks Buff). I pulled into my "spot" (I get a close one since I "waddle") & out of no where there is this cop. I said to myself, Where the heck did he come from?? He asked to see all my papers & blackmail photo id's. I obliged. He said do you know why I am here? I wanted to sock him just to make sure I was not hallucinating, since I have had problems with this in the past (Grin), but I smiled & said No. Apparently, he clocked me at 20 in the 15. DUH!! I was just in the 20 zone, moving to the 15!! I never even saw him until he was knocking on my window. He was like 18 years old & was probably hoping this "HUGE bust" would land him on his Commander's good side. I don't think the cops on base have enough to do other than sit in their Cloaked Cop Cars waiting by the sign that changes the speed limit in front of the school. Deep breath. Sorry, lots of ranting. So the kid tells me I have to tell my husbands First Shirt. This got my attention. Was he serious? He obviously has no idea what the 372 TRS Squadron does here on base. Hint: NOTHING!! So Ken, Chad's 1st shirt, stopped by tonight to rip me a new one. He looked at me & started laughing. I LOVE KEN!! It is stupid but people have actually gotten an LOC (letter of counseling) for their wives getting tickets on Base. So today more than usual, I am VERY thankful for my husband's job & his Boss!! So here is my shout out to Ken the super 1st shirt who just laughed at my blunder & did not yell at me or Chad!!
Friday, September 12, 2008
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LOL! Oh my goodness! I had the same experience right by North Plains Elementary on base. I was so scared and then read the ticket... umm, seriously?? I just showed it to Matt and we laughed and that was it. Its actually my only ticket of my driving career but I don't count it! I'm glad you could get a good laugh about yours, that is hilarious. And thank heavens for nice first shirts!!
I am very familiar with these cloaking devices. Mike got a ticket one night for not coming to a complete stop at the red flashing light. And then when he was pulling over becasue he saw the cop he was cited for not using his blinker! Seriously we should become bank robbers and give them something really cop worthy to do on base!
Yeah, I got a ticket like 3 months ago, and just this last week camerons commander decided to talk to him about.... way to be on top of things! You would think they would put the cops to good use taking care of all the DUI's we get up here instead of ticketing the wives around this place! UGH :)
My only on base ticket was issued there and for about the same reason, the cloaking device. I was slowing down after the sign but apparently not fast enough for the Gestapo. We were still new to the AF at that time, only like eight months or so. And when the guy told me I had to tell my sponsor about the ticket, I thought he was talking about the family that his squadron had kind of hooked us up with that we could call and ask questions about the area to and all that. They had referred to them as sponsors. I was like why on earth do I have to tell people that I've never even met before. Then he explained it and I felt dumb.
When Dan told his commander, his reply was, "oh, alright, tell her to slow down." It's so dumb. In the Army though, they actually have fines, I drive incredibly carefully on post here.
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