I took on a second job last year as a doorman at a local irish pub. Since I started, I've been bumped up to a Bartender, which takes up alot of my time, considering my full time job is in the army.
Anyway, tonight, finishing up a 10 hour shift behind the bar serving drunken fools, I head out to my truck, fire it up, drive about 50 feet before I'm surrounded by police lights...
Cop walks up, asks me to see my license. No problem. Asks why I smell like beer, I tell him I took a few Guiness showers throughout the night due to my job. No problem. So he goes back to his car, I think all is well.
2 more police cars pull up...what the hell is happening here? Cop comes back, very intent on not making me have a good evening.
"You're a SUSPENDED driver!" he says, with a hint of pride in his voice
"Umm, no I am not" I reply.
At this point, I am dumbfounded....which then turns to amazement as he says
"You have an unpaid seatbelt ticket from April, so this truck isn't moving"
As a man who thinks before he speaks....I did everything possible to avoid telling this officer that, although this may be the law, and I am in fact under a suspended license, he should probably not be a moron about it.
"Sir, I apologize, I forgot about that ticket, and to be honest, I didn't know you could have your license suspended for such a small thing"
"It's not a small thing" he replies, "it's the law, you broke it, you've got to pay your fines"
Again, I bit my tongue.
To make an already long story short, I laughed it off, pleaded with the cop to let me at least move my car to a guarded parking lot, and cabbed home. Tomorrow is Saturday, which means I won't be getting my license reinstated until at least Monday.
Crappy luck, I must say....great way to finish a night as the only sober guy in the bar
/rant
Anyway, tonight, finishing up a 10 hour shift behind the bar serving drunken fools, I head out to my truck, fire it up, drive about 50 feet before I'm surrounded by police lights...
Cop walks up, asks me to see my license. No problem. Asks why I smell like beer, I tell him I took a few Guiness showers throughout the night due to my job. No problem. So he goes back to his car, I think all is well.
2 more police cars pull up...what the hell is happening here? Cop comes back, very intent on not making me have a good evening.
"You're a SUSPENDED driver!" he says, with a hint of pride in his voice
"Umm, no I am not" I reply.
At this point, I am dumbfounded....which then turns to amazement as he says
"You have an unpaid seatbelt ticket from April, so this truck isn't moving"
As a man who thinks before he speaks....I did everything possible to avoid telling this officer that, although this may be the law, and I am in fact under a suspended license, he should probably not be a moron about it.
"Sir, I apologize, I forgot about that ticket, and to be honest, I didn't know you could have your license suspended for such a small thing"
"It's not a small thing" he replies, "it's the law, you broke it, you've got to pay your fines"
Again, I bit my tongue.
To make an already long story short, I laughed it off, pleaded with the cop to let me at least move my car to a guarded parking lot, and cabbed home. Tomorrow is Saturday, which means I won't be getting my license reinstated until at least Monday.
Crappy luck, I must say....great way to finish a night as the only sober guy in the bar
/rant