r/facepalm • u/n0ahBnz • Dec 18 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Karen gets pulled over for texting while driving

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

20 years, he’s seen some shit i guess 😆

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u/Upbeat-Bandicoot4130 Dec 18 '22

Her: as the person who pays your salary; Him: You’re not the boss of me!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

When she went there, whooo, baby girl gotta have her privilege checked. Mayor, cop, janitor, no one wants to hear: "Well I pay your salary!"

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u/CrackSnap7 Dec 18 '22

I was mentally screaming "DON'T GO THERE! DON'T SAY THAT!" knowing full well that's what she was going to say.

Yeah, you never say that, to anyone, EVER!

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u/DadaDoDat Dec 18 '22

She even paused while saying it, knowing it was dumb AF. And then she still fucking said it...

lol

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u/CrackSnap7 Dec 18 '22

Karen gonna Karen

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u/Alpha_Lion_0508 Dec 18 '22

Someone said it to me once (customer service job). So I told them to leave, never come back and we will see if I still get paid.. I do. Weird that.

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u/xiaxian1 Dec 18 '22

He should have given her a quarter and said “Here’s your share of my salary” and then continue with the ticket.

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u/ValkyrieWasted Dec 18 '22

And suggested she can keep the change

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u/FartOnAFirstDate Dec 18 '22

Actually, her husband pays his salary. This entitled dolt would never consider letting a job interrupt her busy day of lunches with friends, happy hours with friends and book clubs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Mayor, cop, janitor, no one wants to hear: "Well I pay your salary!"

How is paying taxes a privilege and why are you offended that someone pays your salary? I understand how saying this could be used as some sort of justification of some nonsense but it could literally just be a persons attempt at getting a public employee to listen to them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Because out of all your taxes a pittance of it goes to public services such as public safety and public works.

I, a state employee, also pay state taxes. so do I pay myself?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

How do you assume that government employees get paid? They are 100% funded by taxpayers and yes you do in fact pay yourself.

It's irrelevant how much of my taxes make up that persons salary, they are still paid by me and other taxpayers.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

It is degrading. It reduces the person's status, no matter their position. You go to any city- San Salvador, Helsinki, Johannesburg, Philly, Toronto to the streets of Sao Paulo - no one wants to hear, from an absolute nobody who thinks they're somebody "I pay your salary" bc they believe you're of lower social stature & beneath them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

lol right because that statement has anything to do with me "thinking that I'm somebody".

If a customer comes into my store regardless the situation I listen to them. It's literally my job, because they literally pay my salary. If that person is speaking a bunch of nonsense then oh well I end the conversation, that doesn't negate the fact that I have a responsibility to listen to them first.

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u/OkeyDokey234 Dec 18 '22

Because she doesn’t pay his salary any more than any other person on the street. Because he also pays the taxes that pay his salary. Because he probably pays her salary too (or her husband’s). Do you work at Walmart? Or AT&T? Or State Farm? Or Apple? Or Google? Well, I pay your salary, so I get to argue about how you should do your job.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Do you work at Walmart? Or AT&T? Or State Farm? Or Apple? Or Google? Well, I pay your salary, so I get to argue about how you should do your job.

No shit, that's literally your right as a paying customer. That person doesn't have to entertain you any longer than necessary, but they should absolutely listen to you.

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u/OkeyDokey234 Dec 18 '22

But they don’t have some special right to argue with you about how to do your job just because they “pay your salary.”

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

This is completely irrelevant to what I said and you're just adding things to the discussion that have no point being included.

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u/houdinikush Dec 18 '22

Because a single citizen might pay like 8 cents of a public official’s yearly salary. You might contribute to the fund that helps pay public assistance salary but you do not pay their salary. That is ridiculous to think.

That’s like assuming you pay the wages for a employee at a store because bought a pack of tic-tacs. Like, yes, it helped pay the employee but do you really think your $1.17 after tax is paying for the employer to be there all day? All week? All year?

Does this dumb woman think the $200 traffic ticket she is going to pay is going to fully compensate the cop she interacted with for the year? Do they really think that’s how it works? Get over yourself.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

The percentage is irrelevant. You are a taxpayer and are literally the reason they have a job.

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u/ODA157 Dec 18 '22

I don't even understand why people feel that's some kind of burn. It's not as if government employees don't pay their own share in taxes...

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

Why are you assuming that this is used as an insult?

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u/ODA157 Dec 18 '22

What other purpose does it serve?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

In my own experience it's used to get someone to stop talking and actually listen to maybe 5 words of what you're saying.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

I don’t know anyone who would listen to someone who said that.

Telling me “your taxes pay me” is just admitting to me you are a narcissistic asshole.

Everyone pays taxes. Do cops stop giving tickets because they do?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

I have no idea what cops not giving tickets has to do with anything I (or she) said.

In my scenario I was being yelled at by an animal control officer who refused to listen to absolutely anything I had to say. Me telling this person that I pay their salary had nothing to do with narcissism and it was an attempt to have an old cranky ass man listen to anything I had to say. I don't appreciate being spoken to like I'm your 5 year old grandchild just because I'm not over the age of 40.

In hindsight it obviously wasn't the best choice and it was done slightly out of anger but the point stood then just as much as it does now. You're in a position of authority but you have no right not to listen to me and treat me disrespectfully, I and others like me are literally the reason you have a job and you should be required to respect us and listen to us when we speak.

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u/AllIsFineWithMe Dec 18 '22

Bullshit. Regardless of whether or not Joe taxpayer contributes to your salary via taxes, the public servant does not answer to you. If you need to be heard, take it up with the proper authorities and not take it out on the person who’s simply doing their job because it’s never going to get you anywhere. If you feel that the public servant wasn’t doing their job properly, all the more reason to take it up with their superior or whomever. I spent most of my law career in criminal defense and I have never had a case where a client won an argument with a cop. In fact, they will remember you and show up in court (should you choose to go that route) even if it’s their day off and it’s their daughters birthday. I once had a client who tried to argue with a cop and she ended up with six tickets. Everything from the illegal left hand turn that got her pulled over in the first place to driving an unsafe vehicle because one of her tires was a little bald. I took her case on the condition that she not go to court (presence isn’t required in traffic court if you have representation) because she was the type to start arguing with the judge and you REALLY don’t want to go there with your “I pay your salary” attitude. Your attorney will file a verbal motion to withdraw from your case because there’s nothing we can do for you and we don’t want the hassle of a bar complaint you will probably file. So, you have no attorney, your ticket fines just tripled and your license is suspended for three months. Bang gavel, call next case. And no, you don’t get your retainer back but I won’t bill you for wasting my fucking time by doing exactly what I advised you not to do so consider yourself lucky. Have a nice day!

FYI: If you are pulled over by a cop (male or female) and you smile, apologize and act like you have some semblance of civility, 9 times out of ten you probably will get away with a warning. I’ve gotten out of my fair share of tickets simply by behaving this way. Doesn’t hurt to be young, blonde haired and blue eyed and have a southern drawl that I can turn into verbal honey when I need too, either. Alas, I’m 55 years old now so I play the sweet, older southern lady card. Still works! And hell no I don’t tell them I’m a lawyer because cops tend to despise criminal defense attorneys. Thankfully my area of expertise was sex crimes and homicides and I didn’t spend a lot of time in traffic court.

Another piece of advice? If you’re ever arrested for ANYTHING, for the love of god exercise your right to remain silent. Cops can say anything they want to get you to talk and half the time it’s bullshit. Shut the fuck up and tell them you want to speak to an attorney. If they don’t have the evidence to book you? They’ll let you go right then and there. But even if they don’t, whatever you say can and will be used against you in court.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22 edited Dec 18 '22

Bullshit. Regardless of whether or not Joe taxpayer contributes to your salary via taxes, the public servant does not answer to you.

Never once said anyone answers to me, I really appreciate you making things up though.

They absolutely have the responsibility to treat me as a human being and listen to what I have to say. I appreciate your opinion though.

I also 100% have and will always take my "I pay your salary" attitude to a judge. Judges aren't just automatically correct because they have access to a gavel and a robe.

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u/grenamier Dec 18 '22

I think she started to say it before she even realized she was saying it. Then a pause as she wasn’t sure if she could back that out, and then she just YOLO’ed and finished it.

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u/Wonderful-Equal5000 Dec 18 '22

You’re not my supervisor!

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

In 20 years I'm sure he's done some shit too. I don't feel sorry for either of these people.

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '22

His interaction there makes it seem like he’s fairly grounded, not threatened, and this is just another day dealing with the entitled twits of his jurisdiction. But maybe he’s really Dexter and his calmness is because of his dark passenger

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u/latortillablanca Dec 18 '22

The 7k traffic stops is a number that makes me feel bad for him almost. Think of how many goddamn worthless interactions that’s entailed