Good Morning…
I have to tell you this story it is very funny, probably more so from a standpoint you had to be there to enjoy it. I am going to tell my side of the story.
The Story: “Can you stop at a safe reasonable distance…?”
I had been in a hurry and paid no attention to vehicles on the southbound side of Michigan Highway 139 (M139) coming at me as I pulled out of our business parking lot only those that were coming in the northbound lane. Had I paid close attention I would have seen it all… other then only seeing 75% of what was transpiring right in front of my eyes. A man up in age and driving every bit like he would not pass his next drivers training test was attempting to pull into our lot. Our lot entrance is large enough to allow a semi-tractor trailer to pull in while another pulls out. I was just turning out because northbound traffic was stuck back at the light about 3/8th of a mile away and this man caught my eye trying to pull in when all the traffic that apparently had been behind him in the two way traffic highway was caught by surprise as everyone behind him struck the car in front of themselves (tail gaters don’t you just love em) although this man and the man in the truck directly behind the man turning into our drive stopped in time. 22 cars could not, I know because I counted them all as I drove past them…So I pull out do to the fact this was only viewed patricianly by me and so I felt if an officer asked me other then the obvious what happened, he could tell by his own sight and even though I felt compelled to stay I thought the old man who started it all should be the guy to report his side of the story, “ I ….was….daa daaa drivingggg along…ma maaa minding my own business, wwwh whhh when these cars…all alllll allllll slammed into one …ah one another” So I thought Marty dude…do yourself a favor and just wave and smile, wave and smile as I drive by…. So this took place at 11:00am I returned at 11:37am and they were still all there, however I had no idea who was there or how many. The long line of cars did not even begin to tell the story of watching 40 some illegal immigrants trying to tell their side of the story in Spanish to one …lone sheriff deputy. I had to laugh while I watched from inside our counter windows watching numerous immigrants talk or try to talk into their native language while they all try to tell their side of the story, the officer was overwhelmed to say the least of 40 some people waving their arms and trying to get in this cops face…The guys at our store said the old man who inadvertently started the whole chain reaction accident drove away while the police interviewed them all and they all pointed at the old man driving away and the cop did nothing… due to the fact tail gating is against the law and will certainly get you a ticket. So the old man who could at least recant what each of them were trying to say I would guess just drove off! There had to be some farm vehicles own by the farmer who employed the immigrants too, so I am thinking they all had to stay to get at least an excuse for the farmer they worked for. I can just see his face when those vehicles return to the fields from their lunch…not a good picture I would suppose. So this officer had other vehicles and drivers in this long tail gate crash scene and needed to interview them all. I was almost to the point of rolling on the floor laughing while this congregation of Immigrants followed closely behind the officer on every car he stopped at finally the officer was fed up with this nagging group which I am sure he was having trouble understanding….not because he could understand Spanish more so because they all thought they needed to speak at once! He motioned to them all to get off the road and over on the side which was a grass yard owned by a crack head that had already had a run in with the law a time or two so I am sure she was not coming out to protest 40 immigrants on her lawn. Perhaps she could of hired a few to do lawn work…I digress… so the cop moves on to all these cars and apparently said the wrong thing to one man who must have been having one of those days, the man and this officer were so close to one another that Listerine had better been used by both because no doubt they each knew what the other had for breakfast. So then all of a sudden one of the immigrants who must have been the leader decided to get back up from the lawn and tell his side of the story a little bit slower…. I guess so the officer could understand him better….this is funny because our garage door was all the way up to our building so we could hear them trying to explain why they slammed into each other…The leader was doing that motion the body does while trying to explain to another when you know the other needs it broken down slowly….well…the officer was not in no mode to be patronized and then the rest all got up and waving their arms and pointing and screaming over the next guy and gal, and oh I had no idea that Immigrants also had midgets because their was one, hell I thought is was a little fat kid…she was not….Finally the cop had all he could take he got back into his cruiser and apparently locked the doors. I thought shoot they are all going to get off with warnings… that sucks because if I tail gated I would surely be due a ticket…well not 3 to 5 minutes passed and the whole sheriff posse arrived 6 cars to state bulls and the crowd became a little more in control. One could not help but laugh because his fellow officers were smiling and turning around when they couldn’t hold back a laugh anymore due to the fact the officer on call the very first one finally stepped out of the car with what looked like a newspaper stack of tickets…so I ran back over to the garage door to hear or at least see if I could hear what he was going to say…
He called out to these forty immigrants; Jesus Hernandez? Jesus Rodrigus, Jesus Espinol, Jesus Tomolli ….and each time one got up they were handed a piece of paper…no doubt their ticket… I somewhat wanted to see those cute little light green vans and trucks pull up…but they never did…That was stuff movies are mad of…it turned out to be a 2-1/2 fender bender…Gosh I can’t say I have ever seen an accident that no one was hurt in more funnier then this one…I bet the officer when he left drove straight home and hit the whiskey!
Have a fabulous day and a marvelous weekend…and oh by the way, watch out how closely you follow the car in front and the one following you too…
A huge hug and many pats…. Jesus, Jesus…LOLOLOL
Marrtay
