Maybe this doesn’t happen in your town or maybe you just haven’t noticed it but;
I eat in retaurants all over my town at one time or the other and this never fails. The restaurant is relative calm until a Highway Patrol, Sheriff or local police walk in to feed. All of a sudden the good ol’ boys begin to soil their pants and slap their knees.
Howdy howdy"
"Hey come sit with us we’ll be good, after all you got the gun eyuk eyuk.
“I guess the speeders are safe since you’re here with us oh oh har har”.
All the while their eyeballs are hanging out as they slap the officer on the back and peruse the huge magnum pistol he has on his patent leather belt along with pepper spray, radio and bullet proof vest.
This could be the same guy that last year worked as a mechanic in town but decided to take the cleet test and become an officer of the law. They didn’t look at him in awe then? So what the hell is up with these slathering goofy shits?
I have nothing but respect for law enforcement. That’s right NOTHING but respect. They work hard endanger their lives and save others but I don’t go all giggly legs just because one walks into where I am eating. Especially if I saw him working in the hardware store just 4 months ago.
Caveat: I have nothing against mechanics or salesmen either.
Oh well it’s been a slow and hot day here.
I was in a fast-food joint the other day and two cops got in line. A guy who happened to be nearby asked them “So, is it true that crime goes up when the weather gets hotter?” They’re cops, not statisticians. Gosh, I’ll bet they never tire of having to respond to retarded questions from goofballs making ham-handed attempts at conversation.:rolleyes:
I think a friendly respect is in order in the situation the OP is referring to, but notwith such distaste, unless they were buddies or something, and even then, not as much.
It sure is weird to be warned by a cop about your reflector, then run into him at the restaurant you were heading to…
I think it’s a response to nervousness. I know that I used to get really nervous around cops until I got a job at a police department. The uniforms, firearms, and attitude all are supposed to be somewhat intimidating.
*I go giggly legs for firemen, policemen, paramedics, and anybody else who risks their lives for mine, you damn betcha.
Even if they worked in a hardware store before.*
Gobear I wave the flag too, every chance I get. It is meet and right so to do. However the ire in my OP was directed at the overly familiar backslapping hicks that obviously have immunity from a ticket in mind when they suck up to a cop in a restaurant NOT at policemen paramedics or firemen.
As far as someone who works in a hardware store here is my direct quote from the OP.
Caveat: I have nothing against mechanics or salesmen either.
Namely someone who works in a hardware store is usually a salesman of one sort or another.
The answer is that the good ol’ boys actually have a serious homoerotic uniform fetish. They get all moist and tingley when they see a man in blue clothes with a shiney belt and a gun.
Since they won’t admit the homoerotic attraction, they go in to the good ol’ boy routine - they always do.