Recently, a routine police patrol was parked outside a local banquet
hall bar in Seattle.
Late in the evening, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so
intoxicated that he could barely walk.
The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes with the
officer quietly watching. After what seemed an eternity and trying his
keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his own car,
which he fell into.
He was there for few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar
and drove off. Finally, he started his car, switched the wipers on and
off (it was a dry night), flicked the hazard flasher on and off, tooted
the horn and finally switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then
remained stationary for a few more minutes as more patrons left in their
vehicles. At last he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive
slowly down the street.
The police officer having patiently waited all this time, now started up
his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over
and carried out a Breathalyzer test. To his amazement the Breathalyzer
indicated no evidence that the man consumed alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to
the police station. This Breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the man. "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."
hall bar in Seattle.
Late in the evening, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so
intoxicated that he could barely walk.
The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes with the
officer quietly watching. After what seemed an eternity and trying his
keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his own car,
which he fell into.
He was there for few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar
and drove off. Finally, he started his car, switched the wipers on and
off (it was a dry night), flicked the hazard flasher on and off, tooted
the horn and finally switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then
remained stationary for a few more minutes as more patrons left in their
vehicles. At last he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive
slowly down the street.
The police officer having patiently waited all this time, now started up
his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over
and carried out a Breathalyzer test. To his amazement the Breathalyzer
indicated no evidence that the man consumed alcohol at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to
the police station. This Breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the man. "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."
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