Sorry this is a totally random topic and I could go post it in the "powder room" but honestly I am pissed right now and want to share this with my local people...
We LOVE Alaska ~ couldn't imagine living anywhere else ~ been here 98% of my life ~ my child was born and raised here. Currently we are in a relatively small community (if you consider Eagle River being apart from Anchorage).
So tonight I am at the gym and I get a phone call from my teenage daughter as she is getting off work explaining to me how she had a bad day. Some A-hole perv shows up to the espresso stand where she is working and orders a smoothie (keep in mind this is a cold drink) so she goes in the back area, out of sight, to make the drink ~ when she comes out to hand the guy his drink and tell him it will be $3.00... he all of a sudden has NO pants on and a full erection. She is quite aware of the situation but pretends to not notice. She contemplated several choices/reactions at this point and came to the conclusion that it was not in her best interest to react in any other way, but to ignore it. He may have had a weapon, or could come back for revenge later, etc... so she hands him the drink and off he goes. Had it been hot coffee ~ things may have gone differently.
She tried to get a description of the vehicle but it was dark out and it was a small dirty darker colored car ~ she is more of a truck girl and didn't know what make the car was ~ and it had the license plates covered in dirt/snow. She even asked the customer on the other side of the stand if they could make out what the car/plate was as the guy drove off. Her boss showed up right then and they called the police... here is where it gets even better (I should point out that she has already decided on a criminal justice major while only a high school student). APD dispatched an officer to the wrong espresso stand in the wrong town - in Anchorage not Ealge River!!! And yes, they called from a land line on the initial call to the police. Then APD calls back to admit that they went to the wrong place and were sending an officer over. Almost two hours after the incident, an officer shows up and is perterbed that she didn't call sooner (even though she did) and even moreso that she could not give a good description of the vehicle/license plate number. Fortunately it wasn't a "real emergency" (like the truck that was on fire by Taco Bell in Eagle River that had a fire truck, an ambulance and 5 police officers tied up).
Stuff like that isn't supposed to happen here UGH!!!! WTH is wrong with people??!!??
Rant over
We LOVE Alaska ~ couldn't imagine living anywhere else ~ been here 98% of my life ~ my child was born and raised here. Currently we are in a relatively small community (if you consider Eagle River being apart from Anchorage).
So tonight I am at the gym and I get a phone call from my teenage daughter as she is getting off work explaining to me how she had a bad day. Some A-hole perv shows up to the espresso stand where she is working and orders a smoothie (keep in mind this is a cold drink) so she goes in the back area, out of sight, to make the drink ~ when she comes out to hand the guy his drink and tell him it will be $3.00... he all of a sudden has NO pants on and a full erection. She is quite aware of the situation but pretends to not notice. She contemplated several choices/reactions at this point and came to the conclusion that it was not in her best interest to react in any other way, but to ignore it. He may have had a weapon, or could come back for revenge later, etc... so she hands him the drink and off he goes. Had it been hot coffee ~ things may have gone differently.
She tried to get a description of the vehicle but it was dark out and it was a small dirty darker colored car ~ she is more of a truck girl and didn't know what make the car was ~ and it had the license plates covered in dirt/snow. She even asked the customer on the other side of the stand if they could make out what the car/plate was as the guy drove off. Her boss showed up right then and they called the police... here is where it gets even better (I should point out that she has already decided on a criminal justice major while only a high school student). APD dispatched an officer to the wrong espresso stand in the wrong town - in Anchorage not Ealge River!!! And yes, they called from a land line on the initial call to the police. Then APD calls back to admit that they went to the wrong place and were sending an officer over. Almost two hours after the incident, an officer shows up and is perterbed that she didn't call sooner (even though she did) and even moreso that she could not give a good description of the vehicle/license plate number. Fortunately it wasn't a "real emergency" (like the truck that was on fire by Taco Bell in Eagle River that had a fire truck, an ambulance and 5 police officers tied up).
Stuff like that isn't supposed to happen here UGH!!!! WTH is wrong with people??!!??
Rant over
