Cops On Cell Phone During Traffic Details???

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by MAC

Massachusetts is one of the few states that uses police details for road work. The majority of states use laborers (flaggers) who are given a course in traffic management. This saves the states a bunch of money as the flaggers are usually paid less than half of what a police detail costs. The arguement can be made about it coming out of the contractors pocket but ultimately it comes out of the tax payers pockets.

Then RI is really screwed up...we have both cops and contractor flag wavers on all road details.

The police and laborer unions and politicians all holding hands,how lovely.Everybody wins except the taxpayers who aren't cops,laborers or politicians.Only in RI.

Btw Matt we all have personal lives cop or not and unless its an emergency if I were caught talking on my cell during work hours its a warning the 1st time and %$%$%$%$canned the second time.No excuse for a cop to be on the cell while performing traffic detail.None.

[Jon G]

$40 and hour to yack on your phone, sign me up, better yet ,wash your windshield as you dirve by

[tattoobob]

I am pretty sure that is what voicemail is for

[MotoXcowboy]

Drove by one my way to work today...cop on the cell phone - traffic detail...
(all smiles..obviously/probably wasnt important or an emergency)
must be nice

Yeah...Basswipe..I love the flaggers/slow sign holders...
they make my day

(always or )


Oh...is it me or does it seem like everytime you drive by one of these construction zones...NO ONE IS EVER F$%$%$%$ WORKING!!?!??!?

ALL JUST SMOKIN' & JOKIN' (ON BREAK) DO THEY EVER WORK? NO WONDER IT TAKES FOREVER FOR S$%$%$ to get done around here

R.I.

[Jon G]

I can't wiat till I get in an accident right there while the guy is on the phone not paying attention, JACKPOT, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ NEW BOAT $$$$$$$$$$$$$ lol

[Tagger]

Women on cell phones on the expressway doing 40 drifting from lane - lane .

The new thing, people with that thing on thier ear ..They start talking and your listening thinking there talking to you, while there really talking thru the phone in thier pocket ..

[Karl F]

Originally Posted by Tagger

Women on cell phones on the expressway doing 40 drifting from lane - lane .

The new thing, people with that thing on thier ear ..They start talking and your listening thinking there talking to you, while there really talking thru the phone in thier pocket ..

Oh man Tagger.. U hit it right with them new mini earphone/mini micro phone things.. been caught twice by folksyakking on them.. they ask a generic type qustion, I start answering then realize.. oke:

Had my coworker in stitches today.. I am waiting on a Ute (youth with hat on sideways, pants hanging off his ankles).. he is yakking on cell.. young lady behind him doing same.. I ask for ID.. she hand me her liscense ?.. I go not yours, his.. she hand it to him.. he is yapping and lookingat me like WTF.. I grab her liscense, hand it to him.. look him in the eye and say loudly.. YOURS... he nods, fumbles it out.. I check it ring it up and say "thats nine thousand dollars"...
all he had was a six pack , but I was tired of him ignoring me.. he doen't have a clue, hands me his money.. I count back the change out loud.. "sixteen, threeeightyfive.. twenty bucks, thanks and scram!".. he don't blink, still yappin and nods and leaves...
now.. the lady behind him..she is still yapping on hers.. I ring up her stuff. state the total........

.......
clear my throat, speak a little louder... "That is $26.95... PLEASE"...
she looks up, does not miss a beat.. with her call.. and starts to look for her credit card....
I finish the sale, bag her up , and off she goes.. never stopped on the phone...

I looked over at my coworker.. he was laughing at what I told the kid..but we both could not believe how things have gotten with
"da phone generation"