Over zealous Police!

[Grauntie Mag]

We minded the boys for DD2 last night. She and SiL went to the theatre in London. We had a lovely time and so did they. It was 12.30am when they got home, so 12.45am when we left for home, a 15 minute drive.
We had crossed a roundabout when the blue flashing lights signalled us to stop. To my horror, 4 young policemen crowded around my passenger side door and asked OH to open the window. Our crime? Apparently OH ‘cut him up’ on the roundabout! He didn’t. There was no traffic on the roundabout except the taxi that actually cut in front of us. Imagine the poor lad’s disappointment. He was obviously expecting Bonnie and Clyde and he got Darby and Joan! One of the 4 had checked out our registration and asked what OH’s name was, but added ‘buddy’ to the request! Red rag to a bull, but OH let it pass. Young man then bid us ‘enjoy the rest of your evening’! By this time it was 1am! Whatever happened to respect for the elders and ‘sir’?

[Plantaholic]

Grauntie, what a to do, I watch a traffic cops programme on television and the people they stop at night are usually druggies or people driving stolen cars or lorries. They must have been disappointed when they saw two perfectly responsible people. Buddy certainly isn’t respectful.

[Daisy]

Grauntie, that must have felt quite scary when they stopped you. Four policemen seems a bit excessive though! Were they very young (and green!). I think 'buddy' sounds disrespectful, too. Politeness costs nothing, but perhaps they'd been watching too many American cops and robbers programmes. Now, I'm wondering what they had in mind for the "rest of your evening", but how kind of them to want you to enjoy it!

[Oma]

I’m afraid I would have said it’s Sir im not your Buddy 😡

Obviously 4 of them didn’t have much on last night .
That time of the morning I bet they were expecting young men to be in the car up to no good ,

I can imagine you as a gangsters moll 🤣🤣🤣

[Gemini]

They must have been bored Grauntie!!

What an end to your evening though

My mum and dad were stopped by the police on their way home one night, Dad was probably in his early 70's. His crime? Driving too slowly! They think it's a drunk driver trying extra hard when you drive slowly apparently. Dad was breathalysed, mum was mortified! He was below the limit of course so they had to let him go on his way.

[Grauntie Mag]

Definitely green Daisy.It was on the tip of my tongue to ask why it took four of them and if the young man had allowed me to get a word in I would have! I was waiting for OH to say just that Oma, but for once he held his tongue. The last young man to call him ‘mate’ got a dressing down.
I think the policeman felt a bit silly in the end. 🙄😁

[Sum1Ls]

Oh dear. Wet behind the ears. Of course what’s happened is that lots of unsuitable and young officers have been recruited to meet the targets to replace the
experienced offers who were ‘let go’ by Teresa May. The vetting and checking has been out sourced and is beyond a joke. There needs to be a root and branch reform set up and decent training in place.

As for ‘buddy’. Words fail me. I’d be inclined to write a polite letter to the senior officer and remind them that disrespecting members of the public brings the whole service into disrepute. I’d add my age too!

[Daisy]

Sum1, I get the impression that these days young police recruits spend more time in the classroom learning how to be woke than they do out on the beat or even in cars stopping crimes before they happen. What happened to common sense.

[Nanto2girls]

I've never heard a policeman call someone buddy, times are a changing.
4 policemen, safety in numbers.