Minor Run-in With the Police
Showed up to work Wednesday night expecting what is normally my most boring shift of the week, but the person whose shift I relieve was running around like crazy, and a line of cars had accumulated around the building (oh yeah, we have drive-thru liquor in Wyoming. From what I understand, not many states do). She worked for an additional twenty minutes past her shift while I attempted to stock up a bit. Finally, there was a break in the line and we switched shifts.
Normally, Wednesday night shifts are spent playing DS, watching movies on my laptop, or reading stuff online, but since it was the night before Thanksgiving, effectively making it “Friday”, we were totally slammed. Needless to say, we were so busy, I wasn’t exactly taking the time to ID every single person that came through. Well, about 30 minutes after I had taken over the shift, a woman came in, flashed a badge and explained to me that they were running a sting and that I had sold beer to a minor. i couldn’t believe it. See, from time to time, the cops get some 18 year old kid that looks old for his age and sends them through liquor stores to see if he can buy alcohol. They watch from afar then rush in and slap you with a shiny court date and take your picture. Had it been ANY other Wednesday night, I would have carded this person, since I can take my time when there’s one customer every 20 minutes, but they HAD to run the sting on the busiest night I’ve worked in a while and my guard was down. Oh, the real kicker was that a mere 15 minutes after that, a guy came through and said “Man, watch your ass tonight. Card everybody. The fuckin cops are running stings.” Really made my day.
I’ve heard conflicting reports so far, but from what I hear, a first-offense ticket will cost me somewhere between $650 and $750. Fortunately, the people I work for also have a strict no-tickets policy, so I’ve lost my job. Paying off that ridiculous ticket should be a lot of fun. The other awesome thing about this whole fiasco is that Christmas is about a month away, and I had really cool plans for gifts for a lot of people. I have one paycheck in my cash box, an additional check coming with a whopping 3 days on it, and the $90 I made in tips Wednesday to cover my bills and all Christmas shopping til I can find a job (my Wii extravaganze wiped out the rest of the tips I had saved up). I may have to prune my shopping list a bit, and the people remaining may not get as much cool stuff as I wanted to. The sweet thing is, at the very earliest I can start looking on Monday, and even if I magically found a job I could tolerate for a while in this god™-forsaken town, at the most I could get maybe A paycheck before Christmas.
I guess if I get really desperate, I could always go back to networking. ROMAFOAMRLAFOAMRLAMOFAMFLFAOLOL
Let us give thanks:
I am thankful for the Casper police who, in their infinite boredom, find unique and inventive ways to keep our streets safe, like relieving me of my job a month before Christmas. I am also thankful for whatever legal loophole makes that NOT entrapment. Amen.
November 26th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
i’m sorry.
November 26th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Wow, dude. That’s really, really lame. I seriously don’t understand how that’s legal for them.