Smart-A$$ to authority

[newwiseman]

Having a cousin who is a police officer, I have nothing but the utmost respect for them because they risk their live just about everyday so you stay safe. You're just being a complete asshole because you couldn't go in your house. You could have gone anywhere else like a bar or a Starbucks and just relaxed. Instead you heckled the police for doing their job because you're an idiot. Oh and just so you know, cops tend to remember people who aren't cooperative, or who are just douchebags in general to them when they are doing their jobs. So if you ever need a cop to come to your house, you might be waiting a little bit longer than most people.

The cops know my address, as a school employee I'm a mandatory reporter of child abuse, I see a kid get spanked and they had it coming I have to file a report, and the cop has to take the report. Why because those are our jobs.

Dude, seriously, this is why the Portland police are so edgy around people. snip.

The Portland police are edgy because the gang in town is known to kill cops, this is Eugene.

You clearly hate police and kids, yet you work with both... I must ask you why?

I don't mind police when they are not impeding my day. And I love kids, kind of why I work in the schools, only thing I said about the kids was how jacked up on Halloween candy they were, actually most still are.

 

[Raddra]

Oh hey look, for their concern for your safety and following of standard procedures and -not- treating you like crap as has so often happened in some highly publicized cases, you treated a bunch of people who have some of the hardest jobs around like crap, made their nights hell, impeded their efforts and tried to sound like a complete know it all.

People like you are why we have abusive cops.

 

[lacktheknack]

As a cashier, I often just do what I'm told to do, and am heaped with abuse about how slow things are going and how they wanted to be out of the store thirty seconds ago, and get my share of smartasses.

I despise them all. I've been at the point where I had a stapler in one hand, a job application in the other, and a death wish, trying to figure out the most painful place on someone's forehead to get a staple. You would have been the guy who pushed me over the edge.

You're "that c**t" that the police mock endlessly on their coffee breaks. You're the guy they have Mortal Kombat fantasies about. And if you're ever in trouble, don't be stunned if one of the police recognizes you and the priority for your safety drops.

Because, as professional as they're supposed to be, they still hate the shit out of you.

 

[newwiseman]

I don't like the police. No one in NYC likes the police. Not even the police.

I especially don't like the ones that beat the shit out of unarmed protesters as if this were a third world country having a revolt. And my police force is doing this to a lot of people, everyday, down at wall street.

And the police hardly even show up for where real crime is a problem up north, in the Bronx, where street crime is insane compared to the rest of the city. Yet I almost never see them or their cars, with the exception of a few auxiliary ones or traffic officers. The project buildings, which are owned by the city, get no protection.

Now I won't bother a cop nor treat him any worse than anyone else by default, but I don't hold him at a higher regard because of his job, because ether of those things go ageist my personal philosophies.

Here in Eugene we have protestors too, city hall gave them a permit to camp in the parks through most of November. I'm respectful in passing, but when I start getting harassed because I match a description I get a little loud.

 

[neurohazzard]

I usually just chat with them. Some are decent people who you can have a perfectly nice conversation with. Others are complete and total D-bags, in which case I usually just walk away.

 

[Sizzle Montyjing]

...
So let me get this straight...
Some Police Officers were handling a situation, which could of been potentially life-threatening (hostages / armed man and whatnot) and you decide to insult them, piss them off...
Huh.

I personally don't do that.

 

[Connor Lonske]

*snip*

Here in Eugene we have protestors too, city hall gave them a permit to camp in the parks through most of November. I'm respectful in passing, but when I start getting harassed because I match a description I get a little loud.

What do you mean by "match a description," may I ask.

 

[theguitarhero6]

Well, the cops around here are pretty hit-and-miss when it comes to douche-baggery.
Like I can be long boarding down Main Street and downtown at 3 AM and the officers (seemingly the only people out that late) have not once stopped or questioned me. On the other hand some of my friends have been busted for possession when they were walking, doing nothing, and got stopped, which seems quite a bit unreasonable (seeing as how the only cause for suspicion was smell, and the officer was driving at the time ಠ_&#3232.
So, at least with the ones I've encountered, I've never had the reason to call 'em "pigs" or anything demeaning, though there are some unreasonable ones.

 

[newwiseman]

I usually just chat with them. Some are decent people who you can have a perfectly nice conversation with. Others are complete and total D-bags, in which case I usually just walk away.

The same I'm friendly with the Office in my building, I still know my grade school DARE Officer; I'm just not so polite as to remain quiet when someone does something I disagree with.

...
So let me get this straight...
Some Police Officers were handling a situation, which could of been potentially life-threatening (hostages / armed man and whatnot) and you decide to insult them, piss them off...
Huh.

I personally don't do that.

Potentially life threatening... according to my building's officer the first cop on the scene said that he was alone, and trapped in the attic.

Some... I've never heard of close to 60 people standing around because they got called in referred to as some, it was overkill no matter how you look at it.

 

[Dr Snakeman]

First, and forgive me for this really.. You are kind of an ass.

And I am calm and cooperative with authority figures, they are only doing their job after all. And to their defense they couldn't know what kinda weapons the man had tucked away.

Likewise, except without the part asking for forgiveness. The OP's a dick who needs to learn that smartassed comments aren't appropriate when there's a goddamned armed standoff going on.

In short, grow the hell up.

 

[Dr Jones]

I deal with authority figures who are only doing there job like a civilized human being, I don't try and make there jobs any harder.

This. I have huge respect for cops n' such. There was no reason to be a b**** at them. They were doing their job, trying to keep you safe. You could argue that you would be safer inside, but that isn't protocol. And frankly if that is your problem then dont ***** to the officers? They can't change it, they're doing their jobs. That's like yelling at FoxConn employees for your RRoD error.

 

[Mr Goostoff]

What no one else seems to have mentioned, the cops didn't know if you were an accomplice that the guy called over to help him escape. I'm assuming that they didn't watch you walk up to your door and then stop you. Rather, that they stopped you at a perimeter? The whole idea is to keep people out of the general area, in order to both prevent collateral damage if bullets start flying, and to keep anyone that could potentially create more problems for them.

But even taking that out of the equation, there are some things that you just don't do. One of which is fucking with the police, more importantly, when they're in a stand-off that could very well turn fatal.

Honestly, here are people putting their lives on the line on a day-to-day basis in order to keep the peace on the streets, and people are always treating them with disrespect. Maybe next time they won't show up, and you'll get a bullet in the skull. That'd probably make your snide little remarks a little more difficult.

 

[newwiseman]

oh no cops are trying to arrest an armed suspect and make sure no one gets shot, what utter dicks! if your story had been about police abuse of power I could see your point, but it was just about you being a useless prick.

Then they should have evacuated the street if it was a safety issue. They didn't, again my complaints stand.

What no one else seems to have mentioned, the cops didn't know if you were an accomplice that the guy called over to help him escape. I'm assuming that they didn't watch you walk up to your door and then stop you. Rather, that they stopped you at a perimeter? The whole idea is to keep people out of the general area, in order to both prevent collateral damage if bullets start flying, and to keep anyone that could potentially create more problems for them.

But even taking that out of the equation, there are some things that you just don't do. One of which is fucking with the police, more importantly, when they're in a stand-off that could very well turn fatal.

Honestly, here are people putting their lives on the line on a day-to-day basis in order to keep the peace on the streets, and people are always treating them with disrespect. Maybe next time they won't show up, and you'll get a bullet in the skull. That'd probably make your snide little remarks a little more difficult.

Actually I had my key in the lock when a cop came out from around of my neighbors place and told me I could go in, which prompted me to ask why.

Edit* I saw the cop cars and people on the street, I didn't care because it was two houses down the street.

That's when I turned a little dickish, if it's a safety issue then why am I allows across the street when my house is further away?

Respect is earned, it doesn't come with a title.

 

[LordFisheh]

I'm sorry but you come off as a bit of a dick. People are for all they know risking their lives against a gunman and you throw a protracted hissy fit because you had to wait outside watching movies for a few hours? Honestly, you sound like you think you're cool for being such a smart ass. You know, like how a children's cartoon character is made edgy by saying 'butt' and 'dang'

Edit -

Respect is earned, it doesn't come with a title.

No, it comes with going out to try to protect people from a guy who for all you know could shoot you dead.

 

[newwiseman]

*snip*

Here in Eugene we have protestors too, city hall gave them a permit to camp in the parks through most of November. I'm respectful in passing, but when I start getting harassed because I match a description I get a little loud.

What do you mean by "match a description," may I ask.

Pretty basic profiling. I thought it was funny the first few times. It's just ridiculous the last few years. As we've gotten some people of color in the area they are looking for white guys less, but whenever they do I always match the fucking description, and if the officer isn't one of the guys who normally patrols my neighborhood, or one of the guys who's stopped me before then I end up getting stopped.

"where you going" "where do you live" "what are you doing out so late" "what are you doing in the neighborhood" typical questions to ask it's just gotten really old at this point.

 

[Rawne1980]

Congratulations, thats some heroic work right there.

Sitting on your arse gobbing off at people doing their jobs, I applaud you.

Thats the kind of incident where if one of those coppers had punched you I can almost guarantee that most of your neighbours would have taken that moment to turn around and admire a passing butterfly while witnessing nothing.

Yes it's an inconvenience but here is what a person with common sense would do ... bugger off for a couple of hours, grab a coffee somewhere or even a beer, then come back when it's all finished.

That way you don't have to sit there pissing folks off and you don't come across like a giant muppet.

I can promise you that you are now the joke of the station and every single copper there is mocking you.

 

[Dango]

1. Why does the thread title have dollar signs?

2. Why are you annoying people who risk their lives to keep you safe?

 

[crimsonshrouds]

so your an asshole? whats the point of this thread? I'm respectful to authority figures such as the police and anyone else who is just doing there jobs.

 

[newwiseman]

I'm sorry but you come off as a bit of a dick. People are for all they know risking their lives against a gunman and you throw a protracted hissy fit because you had to wait outside watching movies for a few hours? Honestly, you sound like you think you're cool for being such a smart ass. You know, like how a children's cartoon character is made edgy by saying 'butt' and 'dang'

Edit -

Respect is earned, it doesn't come with a title.

No, it comes with going out to try to protect people from a guy who for all you know could shoot you dead.

Then they should have cleared the street, they didn't. Respect is earned and they lost all I was willing to give them when they claimed safety as a reason and then they didn't try to clear the street. Had they cleared the street as part of their perimeter I'd be more understanding. It was a debacle and it deserves to be heckled.