Damn. Lost an earring. Got water on my shirt. Hair dryer broke. I'm running late. Now I don't have time to stop and grab that Chi Tea Latte and the coveted Ginger Molasses Cookie. Starbucks is the ONLY place in the world where you will ever hear a man ask......"Can I warm that cookie up for you?" Oh well, better for my butt if I skip the sweets today anyway.
Sitting at the stoplight singing away.
"If you loved me then you should have put a ring on it...oh oh oh oh ..."
LONG light.
Touch up the lip gloss.
Gee. My hair actually looks good today.
Green and away we huh?
Bleep bleep *flashing lights*
What on earth?
~not speeding
~Didn't jump the light?
~OK, pulling over Mr Cop Man.
The officer approaches the car.
Ohhh .....Mrs. Cop Man. Sorry.
"License and Registration" She says.
"Sure. Um...Is there a problem?" I query.
"Yes Mam, your license plate does not match the vehicle you are driving."
Huh??? And might I add a silent ...What the Hell??
"I've only had this SUV for three weeks. My husband took care of all the paperwork, and you won't believe this but I can't find my ownership or proof of insurance."
"Stay in the vehicle Mam"
This is when she gets on her handheld radio and takes my ID back to her car.
I start to phone my Hubby to find out exactly why my plates don't match my new car. At this point a second police cruiser comes screaming up. Lights flashing. He blocks the street.
Apparently when you "steal" a car, you get a lot of attention.
Great. I'm going to be on "COPS".
Hubs calls the owner of the car dealership.
Owner of the dealership calls me.
"Modernmom, we will get this straightened out, in the meantime " He advises. "be sweet and flirt with him a little?"
"Dude! The officer is a chick!"
"Oh"..says owner man...."Is she wearing comfortable shoes?"
40 minutes and many many conversations later the officers decide to let the ModernMom with the shaking hands go free. It has become clear that I am NOT a thief, and that the dealership who sold us the car simply forgot to transfer the old plates to our new vehicle.
I have 24 hours to produce ownership of this vehicle and proof of insurance.
Done and done.
Today's lesson.
Always make sure your plates are properly transferred when you get a new car!
Apparently in the Suburbs car thieves can look like soccer moms.
Thank the powers that be that the nice officers believed my story that I am not a thief, just a blond having a really bad day.
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45 comments:
Did he mean what I think he meant when he asked if she was wearing comfortable shoes!?!?! LMAO
Wow...what an ordeal! At least you know NOW that if you want to steal a car you should look like a thief - because then you might not get pulled over in the first place!
~Working Mommy
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I am laughing but I can't believe that happened!! I would have been crying.
Serious? I would have cried! Bad Day is an understatement!
Oh, the hassle!
Is she wearing comfortable shoes? LMAO!!!
You actually were a car thief for a minute there. Cool claim to fame!
Car dealers make lots of mistakes.
I would die! OMG that was funny...well maybe not when it was happening to you but I hope you can laugh about it now.
OMG - how awful. And even if she was wearing comfortable shoes - you got be be in the right mood to make your first move on a chick, right?!!
I wouldn't have stopped shaking yet. saving grace is your terror has given all us blog readers a laugh - I will be avidly watching Cops this week!!!!!!!!!!
Oh no! ahah! "in the Suburbs car thieves can look like soccer moms" :) heehee I think Suburbs have nicer cops than in the city.
oh my goodness! That's crazy.
That had me laughing outloud! I'm really sorry that happened to you, icing on the cake of a bad day, but at least everything got straightened out!
Yikes, that would have freaked me out. I know someone that was arrested for armed robbery - it was like the swat team coming into her home - totally mistaken identity, but she spent a night in jail and had to hire a lawyer and everything. She was an average stay at home mom of two babies. Glad they believed your story :)
That's the kind of thing that would make me have to repeat over and over and...it could be worse.
"comfortable shoes"...that part is a riot.
What a pain in the butt...but luckily it only costed your time.
Suz
that is insane the dealer told you to flirt, are you kidding me? that won't work when you are thought to be a car thief! wow, thankfully you got outta that, that is a wild story!!!
Ugh will a cookie make it better now?
I love the comfortable shoes comment. too funny. I am sure it sucked, but makes for a great story, doesn't it? Make you wonder why she was randomly checking the soccer mom's license plate. I bet she has VERY comfortable shoes and a grudge on that broad shoulder
woooosh!!!!
i totally would have been nervous!!
Probably wasn't funny at the time, but it's hilarious now!!
What a hassle!
Your tax dollars hard at work, eh?
*rolls eyes and sighs*
That "adventure" would warrant a nice long date with strong liquor BEFORE dinner!!
Are you ok??
I would still be bawling about it if I were you. You must have a really strong character to get out of it just shaking. Definitely deserve the ginger cookie and chai latte now.
Question, why were they running your plates? hmmmmmm?
I would have been hysterical!
Oh my what a mess.
I would not be offended. It would make me feel more exciting if someone thought I was "dangerous." No risk of that.
Oh hell, that would have scared the crap out of me. ((HUGS))
Just Breathe..............
OMG How that probably scared you to death as well. I'd be giving that car dealer a piece of my mind.
I hope that dealer gave you some free oil changes!
Oh my gosh... you are so cute! My hubby's a police officer (17 years) and I still get nervous passing a cop on the highway!
And PS... just cause she's a female doesn't mean flirting wont help! ;)
OMG, you poor thing! I just found out that I have been drive both of our vehicles with expired registrations since last AUGUST!!!! Just got on the phone and renewed them the other day, lucky for me, our cops around here are asleep on the job!
This post cracked me up! I love the way you write, lots of humour in your post.
Shit. No latte and a police stop. That should have used up some old bad karma.
OMG I would of pooped my pants if that happened to me! I'd probably start crying!!
That is something I so would not have double checked on. I hope you went home and had yourself a glass or ten of vino. Ah ha
This is too funny! Thanks for stopping by my blog and the sweet comments honey! I am following you now and hope you visit again. Kori xoxo
I'm glad that everything worked out! I have worked for car dealerships for 14 years - that is a horrible mistake to make. I also used to loan out service cars and occasionally we would have people that would take forever to bring them back. We didn't like getting the cops involved because they told us that they were required to approach people in stolen vehicles at gunpoint. At least that didn't happen to you thankfully!
That is something I would totally do...now that I think of it, I'm not completely sure that my new insurance card is even in my car - yikes! Glad things worked out.
Sorry, Hot Stuff. Sensible shoes, ha, ha, I like your hubby, funny.
Glad all is okay, ack, hate the stress for you on top of your ebay nonsense. You are so welcome btw for that little info, credit card companies take disputes very seriously, and demand an explanation from the seller.
That's frightening! But my question is...why did she run your plates in the first place? Why did you seem suspicious to you? Hmmmmm?
oh my goodness. that would be hilarious if it wasn't true!!! "flirt with him a little" what? how about get you car dealership people do your job!?! I would have been ballistic!
That is the most bizarre story (and I work in law enforcement)! Goofy mistake - glad they straightened it out!
Police officers routinely run license checks. There doesn't have to be anything suspicious about the car or you. Some of the other comments questioned why the officer checked your plate as if to suggest they did something wrong. Not at all. Your plate is public view and they have the right to run any plate, and for no reason. It just so happened that yours got run and the mix up created a nice blog story for you.
Sorry but....bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! "Is she wearing comfortable shoes?" Got a good one outta that!
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