Jaywalking at the Police Station...

[elfs]

This morning, I was walking toward work. There's a police station that I often walk past-- not always, as there are many routes from the train station to the office-- and today, just as I got to 8th and Virginia, the light turned against me and I had to wait. Another man was standing there, bouncing on his feet, watching the traffic. A cop came out of the Starbucks there and walked up behind us. The other man was clearly anxious to cross, waiting for a clearing in the traffic, bouncing energetically. The cop and I exchanged looks.

The man took three steps out and the cop whistled. "Hey, buddy," he said. He jerked his head with a 'come here' motion. "Just wait. It'll change."

When it did, the man and I walked across the intersection. The cop walked the other way. "Gotta be careful," the man said.

I mean, really. Jaywalking at the police station, how stupid is that?

Comments

[reynai.livejournal.com]

Ditto where I live; I've watched someone jaywalk right in front of a police cruiser, that politely waited for her to finish jaywalking before making its turn and driving on.

And I regularly jaywalk to work at the Hall of Justice.. (then again, with the light in question, it's difficult NOT to if you want to cross the street in any reasonable amount of time..but that's an urban planning issue, not a jaywalking one...)

[elgatocurioso.livejournal.com]

Apropos, it took me my full month in Vietnam to get used to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C8Q4vBUp8Q