Have A Smashing Morning, Dear
Six English policemen smashed their way into a Bolton house with sledgehammers - to find a school dinner lady having an early-morning cuppa. The drugs squad officers had got the wrong red brick terrace house. "Sorry, love, wrong house", they said. Greater Manchester Police issued a public apology and gave the startled woman a bouquet of flowers as workmen arrived promptly to repair her front window.
FOOTNOTE: Window gleaner.
Just as well she had a strong heart! Just imagine it!
ReplyDeleteI'm just so glad this wasn't another U.S. piece. It's good to know that other countries are making the same goofy mistakes. I'll bet she was very surprised. Have a great day. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, this poor dear woman! Can you believe how terrified she must have been?
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear, as usual, the police admitted their mistake and rectified it.
Thanks for sharing these wonderful stories...
That would scare the life out of me, How can they get the wrong house? I hope that someone gets into some major trouble for that one.
ReplyDeleteI always love these short pieces, even when I don't always comment.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how you keep up on them.
Poor thing! Of course, if she were in the US, she'd sue them for all sorts of emotional and mental trauma.
ReplyDeleteSo tell me the lead officer didn't barge into the flat with the cry "Trust me, I know what I'm doing".
ReplyDeleteOkay, but what did they do about the heart attack they gave her?
ReplyDeleteI saw this on the news!
ReplyDeleteSmash & Nab goes badly wrong with case of Miss Steak & I dent-a-tea...
ReplyDeleteOh my that poor women! It's a wonder she never had a heart attack.
ReplyDeleteBlimey, what a shocking way to start the day.
ReplyDeleteOh my! Only GMP could do this. Would it surprise you to know it's not the first time?
ReplyDeleteLMAO. Again. ;0)
Couple of folks beat me to it, here! And, they're right---it likely would've ended differently here, in the U.S.
ReplyDeleteActually, it happens quite often, in our larger Metro areas.
But here "in the sticks" where I live, most of our law enforcement officers are also our neighbors---and even occasionally, our friends!
Even if we have ALMOST shot one another in the past...!
is that a "cuppa" as in a cuppa coffee or tea?
ReplyDeleteBecause an "early-morning cuppa" sounds a bit risque...but might explain the flowers!
a far more civilized correction of a mistake than what would occur in the US for sure.
ReplyDeleteI'm suffering from hysterics...good of them to come repair her door!
ReplyDeleteSandi
The best part of waking up is glass shards in your cup?
ReplyDelete(A tweaked Folgers commercial, in case they have different TV ads there)
What a pane!
ReplyDeleteI saw this on the local news - they interviewed the mystified neighbours who had witnessed it, they were very surprised to consider their pensioner dinner lady might be dealing drugs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shattering experience!
ReplyDeleteLaw-enforcement breaking in to get a good cuppa. What's next? Tea-totaling police falling off the wagon?
ReplyDeleteLoved the comments that came before me. ;-)
Sounds like they need a crash course in drug raids....
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