I felt old the other day when I had an interaction with a police officer.
Our streets had been blocked off due to construction in one area, so there were cops directing traffic on certain intersections.
I came up to one intersection, a block from where I live. It was a full stop, and the cop directing traffic looked at me and made some hand signals. It was sort of like a dog pawing at you with both paws, you know, “Paws up,” Lady Gaga style.
I thought he was signaling me to slow down, but I wasn’t moving. Then I realized, he was signaling me to put down the window so he could speak to me.
I was a bit taken aback, since the signal I would have given is the winding motion or cranking motion signal, like winding down the window – which isn’t a thing anymore and hasn’t been for a long time. But people, including me, still use that motion for opening a car window.
Strange and funny.
The cop wanted to ask me where I was going, that’s why he wanted me to lower the window.
I didn’t think about it until later, but that was a funny way of indicating me to lower the window. I guess that’s how it’s done now.
The good news is that the work on the streets was to take two weeks to complete, but the city got it done in four days! Unheard of – the City of Miami Water & Sewer Department got the job done in less than half the time. So no more cops, street closures or hand signals.
Impressive!
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