No Ticket
By
Gwen Brown
Actually posted on Facebook
To: PORTLAND, OREGON PEOPLE!
The Morrison Bridge, all of it, is now 25 MPH!
While crossing the Morrison Bridge, I got pulled over by a totally HOT male cop driving an ATV with all the lights and sirens, who I thought said "I'm going to write you a ticket". I asked him if he expected me to believe that ATV he was driving was a police car?", and not in a respectful manner.
He told me that it was a legal patrol vehicle. “What?” I intelligently asked. So, resigned to the idea of getting a ticket, I reached for my purse. He said, "Mam I am not writing you a ticket". WHAT!?! I thought he said he was writing me a ticket? I was so concerned because it has been years since I got a ticket and worried that perhaps I had been going way over the 35 MPH, I thought it was posted.
So, immediately tearful, I said, "I am sorry" from sassy me. Deeply imbedded in my twisted psyche, I expected him to drag me out of my car and spank me. Feeling so shaken, I couldn’t compose myself enough to feel comfortable driving. A good cry and some calming down is what I needed. Then he said, “Take all the time you need mam.” His kindness further shattered me but in a minute or two of wiping my eyes and breathing deeply, amid hiccups, I was ready. He even blocked traffic to help me get back on the road. What an afternoon! Sigh.
No he is not taking me to dinner.