Bloo's Blues

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...got side-swiped while on the Bourne rotary a few weeks ago, ..the company vehicle needed repairs. They finally make an appointment to get my vehicle repaired. I had to drop it off yesterday morning.

here's where the fun begins- story titled: Manager Cutting Costs

My extremely intelligent manager decides to cut costs and instead of legally getting me a rent-a-car, he tells me to use a spare vehicle for the time being from an employee who recently quit (from a different state). He hands me a gas card and writes down the PIN number for it.

A few hours later, I need fuel << >> ...I try the card and get the message:... "See Attendant"... ...attendant tells me, "sumting wong widd cod"...I figure it's his machine so I try another gas station... ...same results, after a 3rd attempt I call my manager and get his voicemail... no response, so I had to dig thru the lint in my pocket for some $$

Later on last night...I finish up a job in Marion. I start heading home when I get a telefone call from another field technician...he needs some assistance. I quickly pull over the vehicle to look up some information for him. I got the lap-top open, palm pilot in one hand cell phone in the other...with my car cocked into someone's driveway.......who pulls up behind me?? .............the police!

I watch him get out of his vehicle and s-l-o-w-ly approach my truck...one hand on the flash-light the other on his holster snap. He asks from the rear of my vehicle.."PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL - WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!!"...(meanwhile, I'm still on the phone)...I quickly get off, but he's already getting nervous. He's got the gun unsnapped, hand on the handle. I quickly place my hands on the wheel. He gets a little closer and asks what I'm doing. I tell him that I'm a service technician and I just finished running a call...he says, "In this guy's driveway?"...I start to explain myself about stopping for phone useage, but he interjects and says..."License and Registration!!"... I dig into my pocket for my license and then start ravaging the truck for the registration....I come up with nothing ...my manager had said, the info is in the glove-box. NADA!!....he asks me to exit the vehicle slowly...he wants to know what are ALL the boxes in the back of the SUV. I tell him computer parts....he asks me to sit on his hood with my hands placed on the edge.. (meanwhile, it's #@#!%@ raining!!)....after thouroughly looking thru my truck, he tells me to get back in. I enter my truck but the keys are in his hand. He goes back to his car and runs the plates. He comes back and tells me..."this vehicle is registered to someone in Texas!"...I try explaining to him that it's a company vehicle and one of their offices is located in Texas...he asks me for a number, of course I don't have any Texas numbers..only numbers from our Newton office (which is presently closed for the night). To make a long enough story shorter, and after MUCH explaining, and WAITING and WAITING and WAITING!! ...he let's me go

WHAT A f$@^%!!# NIGHT!!!

[chris L]

doesnt surprise me one bit ! if it was me Id be in jail and the truck would have been towed .

[fishweewee]

[capesams]

good thing it was a local cop,,try a statey.......got pulled over on the high way , I was in a wagon with truck plates. the back seat was down an I had about 150 shotgun shells [live] rolling around in the back....now mind u this was YEARS back...at that time u could reg. a car fa commercial truck plates [it was cheaper] but u had to have the back seat down so u couldn't carry people in the back....never knew a state cop car to b so clean in the front seat...then when ask about all the ammo ,I said I shoot alot an it was a pain to take them all out.......well he ran everything encluding my under ware size.....being in the front seat with him I heard eveything he said.....then the last thing he said was...I'll be damed ya learn something new every day..he .let me go..an even said sorry fa wastin my time.

story two:
had gone to the big city[hyannis] to the movies with my girl.. at that time I had a red truck with gun racks in the back window with guns in them....we came out of the movies an went to get in the truck when 4 cop cars with lights blazin surrounded us...HANDS UP! they said, an put me in one car an my girl in another,,[ wtf] was goin threw my mind,,,off to jail we went....I tryed to ask what the h*** was goin on , an all they could say was shut up...2 hours later.. they let us out.. I said would u mind telling me what all this is about,,,???...they said someone just robbed a store an had a red truck with gun racks in the window.....the only reason they let us out was they caught the REAL bad guys..

[Karl F]

Dam Steve, U was a fun date way back when, knew how to show a gal a big time, I'd say!

[Nebe]

Bloo at least you didnt get the body cavity search!!

[Raven]

I remember an outragious statement (from way back when )made by a marion cop. SCENARIO>>>>My brother was driving me to a dentist appointment on Marion point when we had to stop on the narrow two lane road because an oil truck appeared to be making a delivery. Unable to pass him because of oncoming traffic we were waiting a full minute and suddenly realized he was in reverse and about to crash into us. My brother panicked and tried to shove the station wagon into reverse a bit to quickly and ended up in park instead.
The next think we heard was a huge ca-BLAM and the grr -rrr >rroar of his engine with him backing up like a bulldozer with us being pushed backwards 197 feet in a perfectly straight line indicated by all four of our tires leaving a thick BLACK trail of rubber. Finally my brother thinking to turn the wheel instead of just leaning on the horn having both feet on the brake and screaming out the window, our rear end swung out and the driver saw us in his rear-view mirror and "finally stopped". Now.... we couldnt get out of the car because both front fenders had been pushed up and over the front doors just enough to make it impossible to open them.
After climbing out the windows and seeking help from a neighbor a cop shows up with" extra attitude " saying and get this. " I'm going to testify in court that you guys were driving in excess of 100 miles per hour and skidded into the back of this oil truck" Talk about fabrication. Also saying that we were both LYING after individual interogations and couldnt care less if we might have been injured. anyway bloo i can relate.

[Newboater]

I was once a teenager ( oh so long ago )
One night my cousin asked if I wanted to go out for some driving around and checking out girls.

Well, to make a long story short, we got stopped by an officer who found out my cousins friend who borrowed the car forgot to ask if he could borrow it. STOLEN CAR

We got taken to the police station and after questioning we were given the choice. We'll call your parents and tell them the story and they pick you up, or you can hitch-hike home ( Hitch-Hiking was ok then )

I walked rather then tell my folks I was out joy-riding instead of going to CYO class.

The Ole Sarge