Well that was fun.................. Not

Picture one weary old trucker finally finished hard day & a hard week. The little Nissan is all parked up for the weekend, paperwork is in the "in" basket & yours truly is just about ready to close the door & go home, like everyone else has. Out of the darkness, yes folks its THAT late, comes a lady, obviously distressed. Well , old Flattie, being the knight in shining armour that he is, cant resist a damsel in distress. Turns out this particular damsel has had a domestic disagreement of epic proportions with her squire & said squire has decided to end it all by flinging himself off the end of our wharf, which is just across the road from our depot. Oh yay !!!!!!!!!!!

So Flattie being the gennulman that he is, raced to the office & dialled the law. Now a lot has been said in a derogatory manner about response times for the police in this country. Before I had finished talking to the dispatcher, a unit was already in attendance. I dont have any problems with that. This woman was by this time babbling to the point of incoherency. I sat her down with a coffee & waited for the law to arrive. By this time, from the content of her talk I suspected something more than shock was motivating her. I was right.

When the constables came over to the depot, it turns out that the water must have been too cold for her fella, because he got out & buggered off. The pair of them are both very well known to the local law it seems. Well known enough that they were on first name basis. All this woman wanted to do was get to Auckland, to see her daughter who has a P habit. From her behaviour,I suspect the abuse of class A drugs may run in the family. Well, alls well that ends well I guess. The nice lady constable gave her some sound advice on how to get to Auckland in the safest manner & we all parted company. The law went on their lawful way, this lass went off , presumably to a dripping wet fellow somewhere along the line, & I went home to several cold beers, a loving wife & a big feed of mutton chops, cos she knows how much I like my chops