• njm1314@lemmy.world
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    I just, I don’t know how to respond to shit like this. Your taxpayer dollars were spent on this. You as a taxpayer had to pay for this if you live in that county. I don’t even know what words to put to that or even how to describe the feeling that gives me. I think it’s the beginnings of an aneurysm is what I think it might be.

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    “I was not in my uniform, and at no point in my interaction with the staff did I identify myself as a member of the law enforcement community,” Sheriff Owens said. “At no point did I indicate my position, nor did I ask the responders to do anything that they would not, had not, or have not done for anyone else who makes a business dispute call.”

    That’s disingenuous. The 911 operator, who works for the police department, obviously knows the name of the sheriff. Any police department flags calls from police officers, including non-emergency calls. The sheriff should have known better than to waste public resources to strongarm a business when he could have simply emailed a complaint to corporate.

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      Everytime you are in a meeting that could have been an email, remember that there are police raids that could be solved by looking at Google maps for 30sec.

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      And pointedly, the police only respond for criminal issues. They are not going to assist you in a civil dispute like this. Unless you’re the fucking sheriff. The best that could happen is the police come to trespass the caller.

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      If 3 patrol cars speed through town with lights flashing and sirens blaring anytime anyone needs a manager’s phone number, that’s even worse, sheriff.

      Over a freaking whopper! This was totally an abuse of power. I’d love to see what happened to make the employees feel so unsafe that they’d lock the doors.

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    many upset customers would act out violently or even resort to talking

    Oh shit, TALKING?! That’s going too far!

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    Farva : Give me a double bacon cheeseburger.

    Burger Guy : [into mic] Double baco cheeseburger. It’s for a cop.

    Farva : What the hell’s that all about? You gonna spit in it now?

    Burger Guy : No, I just told him that so he makes it good.

    [into mic] Burger Guy : Don’t spit in that cop’s burger.

    Farva : Yeah, thanks.

    Second Burger Guy : Roger, hold the spit.

    Farva : Gimme a pie… apple.

    Burger Guy : Want me to hold the spit? Hah, just kidding officer Farva.

    Burger Guy : Want me to dimpa-size your meal for 25 cents?

    Farva : Want me to punch-a-size your face, for free?

    Burger Guy : It’s only 25 cents, and look how much more you get.

    Thorny : Look, kid, he doesn’t want it.

    Farva : I can handle this, Thorn. I don’t want it!

    Burger Guy : Uhh, right. Beverage?

    Farva : Gimme a litre o’ cola.

    Burger Guy : What?

    Farva : A litre o’ cola!

    Burger Guy : [into mic] Litrecola? Do we sell litrecola?

    Thorny : Will you just order a large, Farva?

    Farva : I don’t want a large farva. I want a goddamn litre o’ cola!

    Burger Guy : I don’t know what that is!

    Farva : Litre is French for… give me my fuckin’ cola before I break VOUS FUCKIN’ LIP!

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    See? This is why trump is so close.

    A joke of a country. That’s what it is.

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    So… the sheriff’s decided he didn’t want to call burger King corporate to file a business complaint… but instead call for backup so that city employees could find the phone number for him? He should have to pay a fine for this.

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    meanwhile criminals taking advantage of the fact that the police are distracted by stupid shit. nice job.

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      It’s all in the game. Cops spend time doing stupid bullshit, criminals commit more crime, and the net result is a cop budget increase because we need to deal with our crime problem.

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        The one department you’ll never hear anybody talk about auditing or cutting wasteful spending: the police department.

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    Lol the cop was the Karen calling the cops on bs fast food complaint. Except it was officer Karen so backup actually came and behaved like the attack dogs karens imagine.

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    I don’t understand why they refused to correct his order or refund him, but this was clearly an abuse of power.

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        Totally normal™ up to just after he checked his Karen hairdo in the pocket mirror, folded it away in his purse, put his hand on the gun and said “Ok, let’s do this.”?