Today, a policeman pulled me over and proceeded to flirt with me. After I had rejected him, he gave me a ticket for "not paying attention to the road". FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, while driving I saw a police car riding along next to me. Thinking about the news recently, I decided to give him a quick thumbs up and a smile to lighten up his day. He looks back, smiles, flips on his siren, and pulls me over for not paying attention to the road. FML
Today, while I was driving, a police officer jumped out from the sidewalk and into my lane. I slammed on the brakes so I wouldn't hit him. He then gave me a ticket for "obstructing traffic." FML
Today, I was driving to work when a state trooper rammed into my car from behind, because he was on the cell phone and not paying attention. He gave me a ticket for "Failure to control speed to avoid a crash." FML
Today, I was at a stop light when I saw a cute police officer at the light across the intersection. Trying to be cute as I drove by, I turned and winked and waved. The car in front of me stopped, I rear-ended them, and then I got rear-ended. The cute cop winked back, then wrote me a ticket. FML
Today, a cop rear-ended me. Then I received a ticket from him for driving too far under the speed limit. We were in a school zone. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding and got a $200 ticket. After I pulled away, I decided to warn the next car about the cop up ahead by flashing my headlights. The next car was another cop. He didn't appreciate my "help". FML
Today, a police officer pulled me over. He asked me where I was headed, so I jokingly replied, "Probably to jail after you run my name". He laughed and took my information, only to then arrest me for unpaid parking tickets I never received. FML
Today, I was driving home from work when I saw a cop come up behind me. Nervous about my expired license, I kept checking in my rear view mirror. In turn since I wasn't paying attention, I ran a stop sign. Needless to say the cop pulled me over and gave me 2 tickets. FML
Today, I was pulled over for speeding. After a few minutes of conversing, he told me he didn't need to give me a ticket. He then asked for a date. I politely declined. After staring at me for a very long moment, he said, "I think I'm going to have to give you that ticket after all." FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. I tried to make a joke to ease the tension and said, "I’m just trying to keep up with the traffic!" The officer looked around at the empty road and said, "What traffic? Are you under the influence? HANDS ON THE WHEEL!" It went downhill from there. FML
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Top comments
redcode5 17
Go to the police office and file a complaint.
irishmaiden78 23
OP, you need to report the officer. Write down in detail everything that happened so you don't forget anything. That officer needs to get a real reality check.
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Comments (36)
Ironman_I_Am 7
Even if she were to report him he wouldn't get fired or have anything done to him at all he would just get PAYED to take a small break from work
igive 29
But it would be on his record. Enough of those and someone would notice. Never undermine the right thing to do.
gigiskye 20
Although it was very wrong of the officer, he most likely pulled you over because of how you were driving, saw you were pretty and decided to flirt, you rejected him so he wrote the ticket which is very wrong to do. I think he pulled you over to give you a warning or something, but he wouldn't have pulled you over just to flirt, how could he have even seen your face that much if you were driving.
never_three 21
Well it is possible that the cop was in front of OP and close enough to see her then decided to fall back in traffic to pull OP over and be a creep
InfiniteSunshine 32
It's not that hard to see people's faces through their windows when you're driving, especially if they're beside you. I agree with you though, he probably didn't pull her over just to flirt. He probably pulled her over for an infraction and saw she was pretty and decided to flirt with her. However, the way he did this was extremely unprofessional, he basically made receiving the ticket contingent on whether or not she accepted his advances and flirted back, which is just creepy, especially coming from someone in a position of authority. It is unacceptable and I would still fight the ticket in this case and report the officer.
fishinpink 20
soooo I'm totally standing by my YDI just bc OP could have easily avoided the ticket by doing some light flirting in return along with some sweet reason she doesn't want to get involved with anyone right now like may be bc she is focusing on her career or studies lol HOWEVER it is very clear he was abusing his power in the way of which he responded to her declination. so I would definitely agree with the majority vote here to fight the ticket and report the bastard even if all he gets is PTO. at least the incident would be on record. good luck OP - you must be a beautiful lady so Take away some good from this in knowing you can cause a cop to "not pay attention to the road" - maybe he should have put his name on the ticket?
InfiniteSunshine 32
You basically contradicted yourself with that whole paragraph. So it's the OP's fault because she didn't submit to his advances, but he's still in the wrong too and abusing his power. In this situation, you can't have both. The officer was in the wrong, plain and simple, as an authority, you get held to higher standards, and what the officer did was completely unacceptable and abuse of his position. You're on the job, act like it. No one is obligated to just accept and go along someone else's advances, no matter who they are, to say it's they're fault for rejecting someone is ludicrous. What you are doing is basically blaming the victim because she didn't appease him.
fishinpink 20
#27 thank you. your are absolutely right. as for my response - I don't alwAys think before I speak and this was one of those times. in the beginning of my comment I was allowing my active addiction behavior decide what to say based on what I would have done back in my drug days which is flirt back in hopes of not getting cited which is wrong. he was definitely out of line and needs to be punished accordingly. in no way do I believe she deserved it so IDK why I said that but I should have said it might have turned out differently had she flirted back. she has the freedom to think and act on her own behalf and should be respected.
Goblin182 27
I didn't even know that "not paying attention to the road" was a thing
HylianBadger 21
Well, yeah of course it is. It's the same thing as distracted driving, basically.
Ohio28 3
excuse
skies_Full 14
take it to court. that's ****** up
puppies4life 10
I think we need some more information here, if OP was actually not paying attention to the road in the first place and she was pulled over and ticketed for it, they're both in the wrong. But if he pulled her over just to flirt then he should be reported
humbugbah 9
He should be reported regardless. Cops should not flirt with citizens when they are on the job, i.e. in a position of authority over that person. Sorry if I misread your comment.
forsook 12
My big question is was the opportunity to flirt the only reason you were pulled over, or were you given an opportunity out of a legitimate situation? Not saying he's in the right, in fact if he was trying to let you off easy I have more of a problem, but context changes everything here, haha.
Superbaker123 14
Report that.
lantz4levi 19
Ok op got the ticket for not paying attention to the road. The only problem I have with it was what was op actually doing to get pulled over. If op was texting and driving or was distracted (again I know it was for "not paying attention") then op shouldn't complain about doing wrong in the first place. However, if op was doing absolutely nothing. And I mean nothing, then it's abuse of his power. Most cops and I say most cause there are bad ones, don't pull people over just to flirt with them. I have seen some that have used it as a way of proposing to their significant other. But never to randomly flirt. But I could be wrong
humbugbah 9
But who cares if he pulled her over for real or not? He shouldn't be flirting with her, PERIOD! I hear "If she did something wrong then she shouldn't complain" and it sounds like "If she didn't want to get raped she shouldn't have worn that skirt! Probably me reading waaaaaay too much into things, though.
k_cummins 21
No, he shouldn't have been flirting with her. But I hardly think you can compare getting a ticket for committing a traffic violation to getting raped for wearing a skirt.
ElaborateScheme 14
Honestly your dumb af. If I was getting chatted up by any officer man, woman, tranny, whatever I would go with it because I'd rather not get the ticket. I'm not saying the flirting was right just saying ydi for not acknowledging that you could've just gone with it. Also if you fight tickets lots of times you go off because the police don't show or you have a valid defense like in this case. You take it to court with the cheapest lawyer you can find that's qualified and you'll be good