I got stuck in traffic on my way from Flushing to Yankee Stadium today. The Triboro (I mean, cough, RFK bridge – horrible idea renaming that one by the way) – anyway the Formerly Triboro had a lot of traffic and I knew I was going to be late for the Yankee game.
So I flagged down an officer and told him my predicament. He turned on his siren and escorted me to the stadium. I was comfortably in my seats by game time.
Now some of you may not believe me, but this is a new service available to all citizens that the NYPD has started offering. Since all men are created equal, and there is no caste system in the United States, nor would the NYPD ever provide special treatment for one particular citizen (oh say, Alex Rodriguez), the next time you find yourself late to a ballgame pull over a cop car and yell “Hey buddy, how about an escort?”
