American police officers have a reputation that preceeds them: donut munching, lazy, overweight men who if at all possible will avoid doing any actual work for as long as possible. And it seems they aren’t too fussed about it – even making it stereotype stick as much as they possibly can!

What I’m referring to is the ultimate in foot-shooting exercises recently undertaken by one officer in Florida. He loves his coffee – so much that he will visit the same branch of Starbucks up to 6 times a night, spending a good portion of his time there instead of being out doing what he’s paid for. But, it seemed he didn’t like actually paying for the coffee he was chugging like water…

So, what did he do? Well, he threw a hissy fit, essentially demanding free coffee with a little kicker – if he didn’t get it, “I’m the difference between you getting a two-minute response time … or a 15-minute response time.” Which is a brilliant way to show yourself up as an utter arse, if you ask me.

Funnily enough, he actually tried to defend himself – saying such things as “I challenge the veracity of the accuser” – which only ended up with someone challenging him to a lie detector test. He accepted, and then failed it. So there you go!

In the end he was fired and his police force distanced themselves from him, branding him ‘embarrassing’. Pretty succinct and accurate!

Things I like:
Flavia here
bean to cup coffee sold here
commercial coffee machines

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