This very good looking, early 30′s, professionally dressed young woman came to my counter today and threw 2 traffic tickets in my direction and with a nice smile, said: “I don’t know what to do with these”. I looked at her and ran through the options that were written at the back of the tickets. With the same charming smile, she said: “So basically, what I have to do is bend over and take it up the ass”. I replied: “Ok, but watch how you say that”. Without hesitating, she went on: “They’re my tickets, I pretty well will do what I want”.
I saw what she was doing, she was trying to be “just one of the guys” with me… unfortunately for her, she was talking to “just one of the girls” and her charm wasn’t working at all… so I said: “Very true, but you are in a court office, that language is not tolerated in here and if you want to stay and be served, you’ll have to have some decorum and remain polite”.
Her smile totally vanished, her face became flushed and looking down she said that she’d take the trial option.
From the corner of my eyes, I saw the Court Officer laughing.