Exactly. I don't deny stepping on the line. I was just taken aback at the way it was handled. It was so out of line, I thought the guy was joking at first. Nobody's momma raised them to act the way he did in public. I know that if I treated folks that way at work, my days would be numbered, and rightfully so.
I'm sure there have been some situations that have required that with others in the past, but is there no sort of continuum? We jump straight to screaming at people we don't know from Adam?
And Capbyrd, I hope there are some changes coming. Until there are, there's not a chance of me joining.
To add another funny story- The city pays for our officers who carry patrol rifles to use MSSA's range for their long distance qualifications since our range isn't long enough. One of them was headed out there one day in his personal vehicle since he was off when the qualification was scheduled. One of the RO's (met the description of the one I ran into) had one of the cheap sports radar guns (like the ones that you use in baseball) and proceeded to jump his butt about going 3 (yes THREE) mph over the posted speed limit on the MSSA driveway. He was informed of which orifice he could place his handy dandy radar gun in, and I believe the officer actually offered to help him put it there. I don't know who the RO is (my wife's step dad might know his name), but I think it's time for him to go...