Do You Like Your MacBook?

…then don’t leave it on the front seat of your car, putz.

If I had a dollar for every auto burglary I’ve taken in which some well-intentioned, albeit naive-as-hell, citizen left their prized possession on the front seat of their freaking car, I’d have been out of debt years ago.  In my experience, men will leave the cell phone, GPS, iPod and the like on the dash or on the center console.  Women…oh, you women…you lot leave your purses (which are worth more than the shit you carry in them) right in plain view.

Both of you have the audacity to shocked and offended when we, your every-trusty police force, show up to take the report.  Half of you can’t believe someone would smash your window.  The other half of you can’t believe someone got into your car without breaking anything.  (There’s a reason nothing is broken, by the by).

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Perception, Cynicism and You – The Point

Last week I posted a picture of a man and asked for your first impressions.  I also asked you to state where your not you’re a cop and if so, for how long.  Between tons of OT, family obligations, and sheer sadistic entertainment, my reply post was delayed.  Until now.

If you haven’t read the original post, you can click here.  As of the writing of this post, there were a total of 67 comments.  The comments were pretty well divided between first responders and civilians.  I know most of you have spent the last week tossing and turning wondering just what your ol’ buddy MC’s point may be, right?

There is a pretty consistent response from those of us in blue and even a few of you EMS-types with a number of years under your belt.  It’s something that may help to explain our, shall we say, different, points of view and sense of humor.  You may remember a couple weeks ago I posted a video and got a response from a civilian about how very disappointed he was.  I responded in a separate post.  After writing it, it occurred to me that there is a reason that many civilians just don’t “get” it or us. … Continue Reading

Perception, Cynicism and You

***Amended Post***

I think we can all agree that we’ve had some good laughs this week.  At least, most of us have.  I wanted to take this idea of what cops think is funny and what the general public thinks is funny and turn it on its head a bit and talk about perception and cynicism.

Let me start by saying there exists a distinct difference between three people: the citizen, the rookie cop, and the veteran officer (also applies to other first responders).  What I’m going to explain to you may or may not make sense, but I’m gonna give it a shot.

I have a challenge for you.  I’m going to show you a picture and I want you to go to the comments and write down the first thing that comes to your mind.  Be concise.  There is one caveat, though.  Since I moderate comments, I’m not going to post any of them for a few days or a week because I don’t want someone else’s comment to influence you. … Continue Reading

Where’s the Little Girl – A Reader’s Response

It’s been so long since I’ve poked a good bear that I couldn’t resist.  Call it the angst over all the ridiculousness that is the OWS folderol on the news every. damn. night.  Call it the anguish over not being able to ride my motor for almost three bloody months.  But when a reader commented on the “Where’s the Little Girl” post, I had to share.

I posted both the reader’s response and mine.  I’m not sure how many folks read back through comments and I certainly don’t want you to think my particular form of humor is unilaterally adored by all. … Continue Reading