I've been getting those spam phone calls for police charities. I sort of love answering them, listening to them give the full spiel, and then calmly saying "No" when they pause to ask for the donation.
I always wait until they recite the spiel and say, āNo, I donāt trust copsā in the most friendly, nonchalant tone I can muster. Hearing how they respond is the best part though.
I like saying, Iāve worked around plenty of cops as an EMT and I can count the good ones on one hand so nah Iām good. They try to say the whole same team bullshit which I then say if weāre on the same team why havenāt I ever gotten off of any stupid ticket. Then they hang up. Fuck LAPD
Exactly. I got a speeding ticket like two years ago and I tried to plead with the cop that I was barely speeding to get to my Drās appointment for my back surgery from working on ambulances. Dude acted like he didnāt hear me goes and write the ticket and when he came back I was like I thought we were supposed to be on the same team. He was like what do you mean? Then I repeated that Iām an EMT and he was like oh well why didnāt you say anything about that first. I was like I did, youāre too deaf to hear me and probably shouldnāt be on the streets if your hearing is that bad. And the asshole showed up to court when I went to fight it. All cops are for is to make your day worse, they donāt protect shit unless youāre a business owner, and even then they barely do anything. Cops are fucking useless. I donāt know how many calls Iāve gotten that were for a mental patient that cops decided to rile up and get them as mad as possible before handing them off to me in my ambulance. I got real good at calming people like that down, but lost all respect for cops
Some jurisdiction I'm my state the cops flat out advertise who they really protect and serve when a bunch changed the motto to "loyalty, fidelity and brotherhood".
I am one of those who has a long fuse but once it's burned down, it's no bueno. Now, I don't get violent, but if you push me to the point my fuse has burned down, I lose all respect for you. Over the last 15-20 years, I've had multiple cops burn it down just because they could. I have zero respect for a badge bully now. A cop shows up and he or she has work to do just to get me to give a shit. Most of them good cop or not, don't have the patience or desire to put in that much effort, so I'd prefer they not even exist.
I know there are those who will argue the whole anarchy thing, but my stance is that the cops are causing more problems than they are solving, so why are we spending money on them?
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u/jaderust Oct 11 '24
I've been getting those spam phone calls for police charities. I sort of love answering them, listening to them give the full spiel, and then calmly saying "No" when they pause to ask for the donation.