The elderly woman calmly opened her purse and handed the Chief her registration papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything was perfectly valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief looked confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He glanced back at the younger officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The younger officer suddenly looked nervous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue reading on next page\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Chief cleared his throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa\u2019am\u2026 my officer said you told him you didn\u2019t have a license.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman blinked innocently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy would I say that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The young officer\u2019s face turned bright red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd he also said you told him this wasn\u2019t your car.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman gasped dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI most certainly did not!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now the other officers were trying very hard not to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The younger officer looked completely panicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut\u2026 but you said\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The elderly woman interrupted calmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh dear,\u201d she sighed. \u201cI bet he also told you I was speeding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One officer snorted trying not to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief slowly turned toward the younger cop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The poor officer stood there speechless while the older woman folded her arms proudly like she had just won a courtroom case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she wasn\u2019t finished yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief rubbed his forehead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMa\u2019am, were you or were you not driving 65 in a 40 zone?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The elderly woman smiled sweetly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, Officer\u2026 at my age, if I\u2019m going 65, I\u2019m just happy the car still listens to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the Chief couldn\u2019t hold back a laugh this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tension instantly disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The younger officer looked exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the old woman leaned forward slightly and whispered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBetween you and me\u2026 I was<\/em> hurrying to bingo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chief chuckled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig jackpot tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her eyes lit up instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThree hundred dollars and a slow cooker.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n One officer in the back muttered, \u201cHonestly, that\u2019s worth speeding for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone laughed again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The younger officer finally relaxed enough to smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chief handed back her paperwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlright, ma\u2019am,\u201d he said, still grinning. \u201cI\u2019m letting you off with a warning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The old woman nodded proudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then she paused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut just so you know\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The officers leaned in cautiously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf I lose my bingo seat because of this stop, I am<\/em> holding all of you responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The entire group burst out laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As she slowly drove away, one officer shook his head and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can\u2019t believe she almost gave me a heart attack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chief smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSon,\u201d he replied, \u201cnever underestimate little old ladies with somewhere important to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The elderly woman calmly opened her purse and handed the Chief her registration papers. Everything was perfectly valid. The Chief…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21282,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21280\/revisions\/21282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}