There is an intersection right before I turn in where I work where a police officer is usually monitoring in the mornings. It is rush hour, after all, and I see someone there pretty much every day now. Yesterday, being the first day I had my cards, I was all excited and - no one was there. Probably he was pulling someone over who needed a ticket.
But today, he was there. I sucked up my courage, pulled into the parking lot closer to where he was, and walked over to him. I asked if I could give him something, and held out the cards. He took them, and then of course, wanted to know what it was about. I told him the mission - to make the streets of South Florida a more pleasant place to drive. And then he asked me how I planned on doing that.
(In the interest of "fairness" ha ha, I feel obliged to relay that he was, well, *super* good looking. :D He may or may not have been trying to flirt, too. I don't really think he was, but I am going to let myself believe it for the rest of the evening since it's Friday, after all, lol.)
He seemed entirely serious, so I told him my plan. He didn't tell me I was crazy or anything! He pocketed the cards and we talked about traffic and such for a while. I finally had to go so I wouldn't be late for work, but he totally empathized with my plight.
So yep - that was pretty dang awesome! I have no idea if my plan will ever come to fruition, but the groundwork is steadily being laid. Gonna get my letters done this weekend, in English and Spanish, printed, and get them to someone with the ability to look up addresses. Then... it will be in their hands.
But I'm excited! At least one police officer is supportive! Or at least, didn't try to dissuade me. And you know - that's something. A start, at the very least!
:)
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