and it had nothing to do with the stang! My friend and I have been jogging every night for a bit, and tonight a few other guys went with us. We jogged from one guy's house up to the convenience store, it's about 1 mile. We buy some gatorade and are sitting outside drinking it when a cop comes FLYING into the parking lot, and nearly runs me over!! They're all sitting on the curb, and I'm standing in front of them in a parking spot (we're on the side of the building). Here's the conversation.
COP: What are you guys up to?
ME: We just got done jogging and were getting a drink.
COP: You can't stand around here anymore, you need to get outta here. We've had a call from the convenience store owner complaining about you loitering.
JESSE: Well we're actually about to go in and buy something else before we leave.
COP: Oh fine, we can play it like that if you want.
ME: Play it like what? We're gonna buy something else, is that illegal?
COP: So you wanna make it the hard way.
ME: Whatever.
COP: I'm gonna pull over here and wait, and if you aren't gone in the next two minutes, I'm arresting all of you for loitering.
He then proceeds to PEEL OUT IN THE PARKING LOT!!! He pulls up to a pump and watches us. We stand around and finish our drinks, and he then goes in to talk to the store employees. As he's walking in, I yell at him, "be sure to run me over again before you leave!!" He goes back to his car as we're walking in. Jesse and I go up to one of the clerks.
JESSE: Did he come in here asking about us?
CLERK: The cop? No.
ME: Did yall call the cops on us?
CLERK: What?! No, why?
JESSE: He said yall called the cops on us loitering.
CLERK: Man that cop is always harassing people standing around here.
We walk off, the cop walks back in. He then starts asking the clerk questions about us. So Jesse and I go and find the least expensive thing we can buy, as the cop is walking around the store watching us. He finds a sucker and buys it and walks out. I look them over saying, "man I can't decide what flavor. Should I go red? Or should I go blue? I can't decide!" So I pick a red and walk to the counter. As I get there, I go, "no wait, I want blue!" So I walk back, put the red down, and then stop. "No, no I think I'll stick with red." So I walk back up and pay, the clerk says
CLERK: Tough decision?
ME: I'm just stalling to make the cop mad.
CLERK: laughs
So we go outside and are unwrapping our suckers, we start to leave. But I walk back past the front doors to the far trash can to throw my wrapper away, making sure the cop sees me. He then says
COP: Hey you come here. (the cop's name was McCracken)
ME: What's cracking McCracken?
COP: Are you in school?
ME: No I graduated last year.
COP: I thought you looked a little older than that. What are you guys doing?
ME: Jogging.
COP: Jogging?
ME: Yea, you know, running? We jogged here from a friend's house and stopped for a drink and a breather.
COP: Okay then, if yall are just stopping for a drink that's fine, but here's the deal. These guys get robbed a lot, so when I see a bunch of young guys standing around outside, it's a little suspicious. I'm not saying you were here to rob the place, but I just gotta keep my eye out okay?
ME: Yea sure, it's cool.
COP: Like I said, if yall are just jogging, then we have no problem.
ME: All right then, we're leaving anyway.
COP: You have a nice night then.
ME: You be safe out there.
As we're walking back to my friend's house, he comes FLYING past us on the street, he was doing about 50mph in a 30mph zone! He then hangs a u-turn, and comes back AGAIN! Doing like 50 again! Dude was a freaking JERK at first! Then he tries to play it off like he's cool and crap. No wonder cops get such bad raps, if some of them are pulling BS like that! Personally, I thought the whole thing was freaking hilarious, but it pissed Jesse off. Oh well. At least I wasn't in trouble for the mustang again, lol.
COP: What are you guys up to?
ME: We just got done jogging and were getting a drink.
COP: You can't stand around here anymore, you need to get outta here. We've had a call from the convenience store owner complaining about you loitering.
JESSE: Well we're actually about to go in and buy something else before we leave.
COP: Oh fine, we can play it like that if you want.
ME: Play it like what? We're gonna buy something else, is that illegal?
COP: So you wanna make it the hard way.
ME: Whatever.
COP: I'm gonna pull over here and wait, and if you aren't gone in the next two minutes, I'm arresting all of you for loitering.
He then proceeds to PEEL OUT IN THE PARKING LOT!!! He pulls up to a pump and watches us. We stand around and finish our drinks, and he then goes in to talk to the store employees. As he's walking in, I yell at him, "be sure to run me over again before you leave!!" He goes back to his car as we're walking in. Jesse and I go up to one of the clerks.
JESSE: Did he come in here asking about us?
CLERK: The cop? No.
ME: Did yall call the cops on us?
CLERK: What?! No, why?
JESSE: He said yall called the cops on us loitering.
CLERK: Man that cop is always harassing people standing around here.
We walk off, the cop walks back in. He then starts asking the clerk questions about us. So Jesse and I go and find the least expensive thing we can buy, as the cop is walking around the store watching us. He finds a sucker and buys it and walks out. I look them over saying, "man I can't decide what flavor. Should I go red? Or should I go blue? I can't decide!" So I pick a red and walk to the counter. As I get there, I go, "no wait, I want blue!" So I walk back, put the red down, and then stop. "No, no I think I'll stick with red." So I walk back up and pay, the clerk says
CLERK: Tough decision?
ME: I'm just stalling to make the cop mad.
CLERK: laughs
So we go outside and are unwrapping our suckers, we start to leave. But I walk back past the front doors to the far trash can to throw my wrapper away, making sure the cop sees me. He then says
COP: Hey you come here. (the cop's name was McCracken)
ME: What's cracking McCracken?
COP: Are you in school?
ME: No I graduated last year.
COP: I thought you looked a little older than that. What are you guys doing?
ME: Jogging.
COP: Jogging?
ME: Yea, you know, running? We jogged here from a friend's house and stopped for a drink and a breather.
COP: Okay then, if yall are just stopping for a drink that's fine, but here's the deal. These guys get robbed a lot, so when I see a bunch of young guys standing around outside, it's a little suspicious. I'm not saying you were here to rob the place, but I just gotta keep my eye out okay?
ME: Yea sure, it's cool.
COP: Like I said, if yall are just jogging, then we have no problem.
ME: All right then, we're leaving anyway.
COP: You have a nice night then.
ME: You be safe out there.
As we're walking back to my friend's house, he comes FLYING past us on the street, he was doing about 50mph in a 30mph zone! He then hangs a u-turn, and comes back AGAIN! Doing like 50 again! Dude was a freaking JERK at first! Then he tries to play it off like he's cool and crap. No wonder cops get such bad raps, if some of them are pulling BS like that! Personally, I thought the whole thing was freaking hilarious, but it pissed Jesse off. Oh well. At least I wasn't in trouble for the mustang again, lol.
