Cops Are Stupid

I respect people that work to make the world a better place. Cops aren't exempt from that. They keep the peace, and they dole out justice. Sometimes. But sometimes, cops are just way too stupid.

My dad was delivering an order to someone at a hotel, and it was charged to the guy's credit card. The order was heavy and hot, so my dad put it on the ground while the man signed the receipt. Because we are supposed to, my dad asked to see the ID to make sure it matched with the credit card. This is to ensure that it's not theft. Reasonable?

The other guy didn't think so. He kept saying he didn't have his ID, which is so unrealistic because who travels so far away from home without their ID? And because it's required of him, my dad said that he can't give the order to him unless he sees an ID.

And it's here that I assume my dad bent down to grab the order, because next thing he knows, there's sauce all over his shirt. The man (by the way, he's black. My mom thinks that's important for some reason. Maybe.) had KICKED the order into my dad's front. The whole order. And the thing was over $40, so it wasn't a small order either.

My dad decided not to lose his temper, and instead went downstairs to call the cops. An officer arrived, and he asked both men to tell what happened. The black man goes first. Everything is true except for the part when my dad gets the stuff splattered on him. The guy says that my dad had tried to take it back, and accidentally spilled it on himself.

In the end, the stupid cop decided that he couldn't tell who was telling the truth, so the guy didn't get in trouble. In fact, my dad has to PAY the guy the amount charged to the guy's card if the transaction goes through. Why? Because the guy payed for his meal and didn't get it. Well, whose fault was that? Who kicked their meal??

But I know my dad told the truth, because there's no reason to lie to me about it. I'm not the stupid cop. But even if I didn't know him, I'd still believe him. There's too many clues to ignore. Let's analyze it.

First of all, the guy doesn't have his ID. If he's staying at a hotel, he's clearly far enough away from home that he can't go home to spend the night. And if you're going that far, you've already planned it out that far enough in advance to bring your ID. Who is stupid enough to leave their house for that long, to go that distance, and not bring an ID?

Second, there's the way that the guy described how the order fell on my dad. If the order was on the ground and my dad picked it up, there's no way the order would have fallen on his shirt. Think about it. My dad bends down to pick it up, meaning his torso is ABOVE the order. So that means that the order was taken off the guy's hands. But if he's using his hands to sign the thing, how can he hold the order, which requires 2 hands to hold?

And then if the order falls on my dad's front, that means there was some sort of struggle for it. There's no way my dad's hands slipped and it just fell on him, because he's been doing stuff like this for FIVE years at the current restaurant, and working like this has been his career since forever. Besides, it's not something that slips easily. Believe me.

Also, if my dad just had it slip, the order would have fallen straight down, onto his pants, not his shirt. For an order to move horizontally onto the shirt (because bigger orders like that requires the order to be held two-handedly at stomach level), there needs to be momentum. Duh! So if there was a struggle for it, then that means the guy was trying to keep the order, which means it's HIS fault. Right?

And then lastly, there's the "Pay the other guy the $40 if the transaction goes through" thing. Why should we have to pay it? If the card legally belonged to that man, he can give the credit card company a call, explain his situation, and they will cancel the transaction and he loses no money at all.

If we are in a situation where the transaction goes through, and we have to pay, then that means the guy didn't cancel it. Why wouldn't you cancel a transaction when you didn't get the goods? Because you're stupid or you can't, because the card doesn't belong to you (Which explains the no ID thing).

Now, if a fifteen year old kid can spot so many holes, you gotta know something's up. How can the cop be that stupid as to not think of it? Granted, he wasn't as passionate. But it's his job to think about things other than donuts. Seriously, cops should have an IQ test before they're allowed into the force.

If it turns out we have to pay that $40, I'm personally going down there to talk to the cops to straighten some things out.