Through the Eyes of a Delivery Goddess |
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Boy, our cops work overtime in this township! One night as I made a loop around the empty parking lot at Max & Erma's Restaurant, throwing a USA Today at the front door on my way around, I pulled out of the parking lot in front of a police car sitting at the exit of the parking lot for the pizza shop beside Max & Erma's. He squealed his tires out after me - I stopped almost immediately for the red light in front of me. He sat quietly behind me, waiting for the light to change. Once I turned left heading south on Route 8, he turned on the reds and blues. I remember thinking it was stupid for him to have waited, but I don't know what the safety rules and laws are, so I pulled aside and turned on my interior light to expose the few papers I had left to deliver before heading down to the Post Gazette. I was in my newly decaled truck - my friend Vince over at Signs and Stripes installed decals on the side of my truck two days prior that said, "Steel Ciy North Computer Repair."  The cop walked up to the side of my truck and said, "Oh, you're delivering papers, I see." I intellegently replied, "YUP." He checked my inspection sticker, then asked for my license. He then asked me to tell him the address on my license as if I wouldn't know it - or perhaps was driving a stolen vehicle. I'd like to think that any theif would not be stupid enough to pick such a marked car to steal, but, who knows? As the officer handed my license back to me he read the side of my truck aloud, "Steel City North Computer Repair, huh? Is that what you do during the day?" I nodded. He asked if I was done for the night - I told him I was on my way to meet my husband who was bringing my Post Gazettes to me. He inquired, "oh, your husband delivers papers too?" Again, I nodded. "What kind of car does he drive? I'm not on night turn very often, so I might as well try to learn what vehicles you have." I told him that Bob's car was a white Scion xA with Steelers decals on the sides. "So, you both drive marked cars, huh?" he asked as he chuckled at himself for making such a keen observation. I smuggly replied, "That's so the cops know who we are, and don't waste their time and ours by pulling us over every night." The cop stared at me for a second or two, turned out his flashlight and snickered, "I get your point - drive safely" and walked away. Nice fellow, don't you think?  |