A bunch of us left work at the same time and were chitting some chats as we left the building; we hung out on the deck to keep talking after we locked ourselves out for the day. We were shooting the breeze about nothing much in particular when the county Sheriff showed up. There were five people standing idle on the deck looking generally unsuspicious, and the COP asked if we were with the company we work for. We answered in the affirmative as a patrol unit from the local City Police Department rolled up. We directed them in to the front door (vs. our locked side door) to talk to the company owners and somebody called the owners to give a heads-up. We guessed that an out-building's alarm might have gone off.
The two policemen's curiosity satisfied, they came back outside and stood around shooting their own breezes for a few minutes before they had to get in their cars and fill out false alarm-type reports. And ANOTHER Sheriff car rolled up!
Various jokes were made and everyone waved. I said "Hai everybody!" and "Let's see if we can't get a perfect ratio here!" and everyone laughed. LB said when he was a Detroit policeman, they would get alarm calls too, but when they showed up there would be
- Crowbar
- Open door
- Crackhead inside
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