The most F'ed up thing happened to me......
OK, THIS definately ranks up there.
Friday afternoon I check my mailbox, and there's a letter in a "Boston Police" envelope. I open it up, and there's a ticket inside for $700 f**king dollars. The kicker is, while they claim I was in Boston Easter Sunday - running lights, passing incorrectly all with an open container of beer ( I don't even drink beer ) I was in Connecticut at my grandmother's house all day like I am every year.
Bottom line, some officer must have transposed plate numbers - now I'm going to have to take time off from work, drive in the city up to Boston ( which I hate ) just to say I wasn't there in the first place - not to mention the already numerous long-distance phone calls. They won't let me talk to the officer who wrote it, my best bet it sending it in "not guilty", waiting for a court date and trying to talk to the prosecuter ( I'll get a dozen notarized statements if you need them ).
What if they said I was speeding in Vermont? Arizona? California? Would I have to fly out there to "prove" ( it's just my word against the Police ) it wasn't me? Does anyone know if Boston has traffic camera's at intersections? That may be another recourse. Monday I'm going to make some calls and look into possibly getting a laywer. I don't even like driving my big-ass Dodge Intrepid in the city, last time I went into New York we rented a little Saturn ( with dent-resistent side panels! ) because I don't like driving big cars in little places, especially with all the other a-holes on he road. Can I charge Boston for it while I'm at it? And another thing, what are the cops like Superman now? They can tell while someone is apparently driving around recklessly that they have a beer without even stopping them? ( And they let them continue to drive around too? ) Gee, maybe I had Heroin and a dead hooker in the car as well?
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Anyway, here's the ticket - I gotta go.... I'm getting a phone call from Alaska... apparently I'm speeding down the highway going 150+ as we speak............