Retiree Wrecks Police Car with Crutch

[Champ]

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German pensioner angry at being stranded at a railway station smashed up a police car with his crutch when police refused to drive him home or get him a hotel room, authorities said Friday.



When police in the western town of Gronau told the man late Thursday his train only operated Saturday, he stormed off to the station car park and unleashed his fury on their car, shattering its lights and mirrors and denting the bodywork.


Police found the man sitting down with the broken remnants of his crutch by the vandalized vehicle.


"That's what you get, I've made a nice mess of it for you," the 63-year-old man shouted to the stunned officers, police in the nearby city of Muenster said in a statement.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&ncid=583&e=4&u=/nm/20041015/od_nm/odd_germany_pensioner_dc

[prole_for_peace]

1. Note to self:

Never piss off crutch weilding old German men.

[Aristus]

2. No, no NO!

Don't ever piss off the POLICE! The German Polezei are friendly, helpful and polite, but don't ever get them to lose their tempers. They're the lineal descendents of the Gestapo, after all.

[Kellanved]

3. FWIW: he was correct

In theory the Polizei is supposed to drive you home if you do not have any other means to get there (or rather they pay the cab).
Of course they will send you a bill later, but this regulation is sometimes the last resort for stranded hitchhikers .