That’s One Way To Make A First Impression

It was my first day of a paid internship, and my boss had called to ask that I arrive as early as possible. 

I was speeding a little and had just passed a bit of slow farm machinery when I got pulled over. The conversation was pretty much what you’d expect: “Do you know how fast you were going?” “What’s the rush?” “License and registration?” etc. I readily admitted to doing five over, because I was, and I said had I gotten called in to work early on my first day.

After an especially long wait of nearly twenty minutes, he returned with a warning for my speed and told me to slow down.

Two days later, I was at work, marking old paperwork to be sent to storage, when my boss entered the office with someone I’d met my first morning.

Chief: “Hey! I’d like you to meet [Officer]. [Officer]’s switching to day side, and he’ll be your go-to guy for questions.”

[Officer] just kind of looked at me. He knew me from somewhere, but he couldn’t place where. 

Officer: “I pulled you over on Monday, didn’t I?”

Me: “Sure did!”

Officer: “D***. If I had known it was the chief waiting on you, I’d have made you wait longer!”

The chief did not find it as funny as we did.