Comments | ed_rex: Hijacked by the badge!

ed_rex

Hijacked by the badge!

Feb 27, 2014 15:25

In which Young Geoffrey is threatened with implicit consequences by the police and finds himself at the wheel with an octet of loud and inebriated police-women filling his vehicle.

( The women were loudly good-natured and reeking of beer as they clambered into my van, eight of them finding space in a vehicle meant for no more than seven passengers. With a conflicted good cheer of my own, I set the beast in gear and stepped gently on the accelerator, cautiously making my way out of the tight loading area and onto the mean Ottawa streets ... )

work, sexism, police abuse, random gloats

Comments 3

sinnamongirl February 28 2014, 00:38:23 UTC

I read "octet" as "ocelot" at first, and that story didn't go the way I thought it might.

But honestly, that was poor form on their part, flashing the badge. I dunno. You had fun and made some extra money but they essentially coerced you in a weird way.

No ocelots for you! (Or for me) ed_rex March 1 2014, 06:12:23 UTC

Oh yes, poor form at best. There is definitely a part of me that wishes I had told them to take a hike, with cellphone camera rolling, but right or wrong, I decided it wasn't a battle worth fighting.

Re: No ocelots for you! (Or for me) sinnamongirl March 2 2014, 06:25:56 UTC

No, some battles aren't - and at least you emerged with a monetary benefit, which can help, but while reading that story I was simultaneously amused and very uncomfortable with the implication of coercion/force and the assumption of this woman that her badge gets her whatever she wants. It seems such a little thing, but little things are often indicative of bigger things, and I don't like it. But was still entertained!

Next time, find an ocelot!