Originally Posted by plans123
Bunch of criminals in uniform!
Not quite criminal but along the similar lines....
A long time ago, at an airfield far, far away, the SWO was implimenting a zero-tolerance campaign against untaxed, unregistered and generally dumped vehicles around the unit, with you-know-who doing all the dirty work.
There were no excepetions....cars left by those on det, SORNed classics, projects at the car club, all were targetted without remorse.
So early one morning whilst doing another stint of one of those "secondary" duties involving keys and bullets that we all think plod should be doing, I witness young (still in his teens) Plod sprog running off a quick note on the MGR compooter, complete with station crest and header....
"
To whom it may concern, the SWO has granted authority for this vehicle to be stored on camp whilst untaxed"
Sprog then gets the spare MGR keys from the cabinet (fully aware that I was watching all this too), doesn't sign for them (obviously), opens up the SWOs office, goes in, takes a comfy seat behind the desk, finds the SWO's personal paperwork stamp, thumps it on the bottom of the note he'd just produced, and returns everything to how it was.
Tells his mate "I'm just going out to my car to put this in the window" at which point I then replied with a simple "No, you are not"
Cue stunned surprise from Sprog who then tried to tell me the SWO had authorised the aforementioned forgery.
"Ah ok," says I "so remind me of your name again and which car it is, just so when the SWO comes in tomorrow I can let him know he needn't bother typing up that disclaimer for you...."
"Cpl Smith and it's a blue Ford Escort"
THREE times I had to explain. THREE!
And for the record "neil", James Bond was at our place a few years back and that was no big secret. Interesting that you only "tried" to keep your celebrity gossip to yourself. Maybe I'll "try" and renew my car pass in future.
