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I was sitting at the front desk today doing much of nothing. The front desk is separated from the main lobby of the station by a ceiling to floor series of bullet proof glass with small ‘talking’ holes in front of the three main desks that people walk up to in order to file a report, talk about the weather or more likely file a complaint.
I’m sort of enjoying my small vacation, it’s giving my body time to catch up and heal from the past several months of constant wear.
I’ve been answering phones in between staring at the ceiling wishing I was home with my wife, day dreaming of her cooking me some nice meal and whatnot.
My Sergeant who avoids the station like the plague, walked up to the side of the front desk which is basically a counter Officers walk up to while inside the station to impound property, request a Line-Up or see the Subpoena log.
Sarge : “Hey man, how are you feeling?”
Me : “Like a hundred bucks spent on surplus ammo, I’ll try to work but I probably won’t.”
Sarge : “Good to hear, since you’re already sitting down, you want to hear the bad news now or tomorrow so you can sleep happy?”
Me : “Since I know the bad news is coming, no point in making me boil over it for the night, whats up?”
Sarge : “Two things, first, since your on the desk from your LASIK, your spot in the upcoming Robbery Intervention course was given to Egg head.”
Me : “You’re kidding.. man I’ve been waiting for that to open up for months…”
Sarge : “It gets better. You know that new Burglary squad the Captain was thinking about making?”
Me : I replied while rolling my eyes, “Yea, sounds like oodles of fun.”
Sarge : “Good, you’re being transfered to it. They wanted a junior guy. You’re it.”
…. You’ve got to be kidding me. I stared at him blank faced for a few seconds before replying..
Me : “You’ve got to be kidding me. That’s going to be a crappy detail.. They want us sitting around waiting for a guy to walk up to a house and try to break in and stop them.. what are the chances of that happening?”
Sarge : “Not really good but you’re gonna have to make it work.”
Then he gave me a half smile and walked away.
As of June 4th, I’m going to be on a different specialized unit that does nothing of what I’m used too and I’m going to be expected to work a miracle. I’ll fill you in when I have more details, as of now I’ve only got what I’ve been told.
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