Frank - Latest Comments in Strange Chemistry

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:41:11 -0000

Dude...it was creepy. And no points in Death Race 2000 for hitting a guy dressed in dark clothes standing in a howling rainstorm. ;-)

Re: Strange Chemistry

PaxRomano — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:00:46 -0000

My god, brother, I don't stop around here in a few days and THIS happens!

Of course you were scared. It all sounds rather surreal. With my luck, my cell phone would not have been charged.

Oh, and Frank, stop playing Death Race 2000 (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:22:29 -0000

Dang, Merci. That is some kind of scary. It's always right in the balance when things like that happen. My dad was a cop for his whole career, and the stories e would tell. Scary how stuff can jump off the tracks so quickly.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:21:26 -0000

Howard, you're right. And since the police officer was so blase about the whole thing, I think it'll blow over. But who knows in this litigious society? I cannot still imagine what the problem was...and as you say, the very people who need to be clear are often the worst. Scary about the one with the cop and you...they can get you no matter what. Close.

Re: Strange Chemistry

howard — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:40:34 -0000

Ouch! That would scare the hell out of me.

I wonder if they told you the dog led them there, hoping you'd voluntarily consent to a search. My neighbor is a cop, and he told me they use certain workarounds in situations where there is a particular sense of urgency. Not exactly honest, but apparently not illegal either.

Re: Strange Chemistry

howard — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:35:29 -0000

I think you lucked out that there's no law against "trying" to run someone over unless you succeed to some extent ;)

I had a similar experience in Newark, NJ, many years ago, but my run-in was with a cop whose esoteric hand gestures I somehow failed to understand. Fortunately, I was able to avoid incarceration, but it was touch and go for a few moments.

Maybe the root issue is that many people fail to factor clarity into their communication routine. Sadly for the rest of us, such people tend to be the norm in jobs where these skills would be most useful.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Merci — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:04:27 -0000

On Mischief Night I had Troopers at my door at 11:45 pm. They were dressed in swat gear, they had a German Shepherd search dog with them, and one of them was aiming a rifle with a light on it into my home. They had been searching for someone for several hours (with a helicopter circling overhead and cruisers driving around with search lignts). They said the dog led them right to my front steps. The dog was wrong, but how do you dispute that if they don't believe you? I guess they did believe it, because they left.

It's scary when you're confronted with the authorities in a threatening situation that could go the wrong way if they don't believe you. And I really didn't like having a gun aimed into my home.

Re: Strange Chemistry

CraftyMoni — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:32:23 -0000

that's frightening! And the fact that he lied to the police, saying that you tried to run him over. He clear was/is not right in the head. Hopefully his supervisor was told about the incident.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Mark Schoneveld — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:09:49 -0000

It is nuts. I guess you could *maybe* give the guy the benefit of the doubt (like you were the 17th car not heeding his directions and he finally flipped), but still. There must have been a better way, clearly.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:56:44 -0000

Mark, that was the scary part. This all seemed so unstable. I mean, that's the scary part. People get mad when they're in the rain....but the continuing escalation was crazy. No ID, all in dark clothes, no flashlight, nothing. I mean, for all I knew, it was a crazy guy...right up until he called the other crazies. Nice, huh?

Re: Strange Chemistry

Mark Schoneveld — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:49:59 -0000

Good ol' Philadelphia public servants.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:36:20 -0000

Gosh, it is a pretty crazy thing. They guy seemed really unstable. I suppose standing out in the rain on a Thursday night "directing" traffic isn't the best job in the world. But the banging on the care and stuff...really aggressive. I'm sure that he did't like how it was going with 500 cars before me, and somehow he didn't like what I did (go straight). A suggestion to the guy...wear refelctive gear and have flashlights if you want to direct traffic in a rainstorm. And don't bang on my car.

Re: Strange Chemistry

lruettimann — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:43:58 -0000

Wow, you're lucky you weren't hurt.

I feel sorry for weird people like that, akshully. What goes wrong in someone's life where they are in a parking lot, in the rain, harassing a guy in a car? Crazy dude needs help.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Frank — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:12:04 -0000

One guy opened his window and was shouting at the guy to let me go. It was crazy...scary.

Re: Strange Chemistry

Sarcasmom — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:11:24 -0000

Boy, that is weird, and scary. At least you had the prexence of mind to call 911. I think I would have frozen. Did anyone else do more than honk to help you?