Citizens Arrest!!

I'm sitting in Murfreesboro traffic on one of the busiest streets during Friday afternoon crazy time but really not worried a bit b/c you see I have no kids in my van. No, I was all alone...and headed to shop...for the next 3 hours! I left Elizabeth asleep with daddy at home and dropped the boys off at their last day of "writing camp" (yeah...that sounds fun doesn't it? But hey! It actually was and they learned a lot so quit laughing at me!)
Anyway...I was headed to Hobby Lobby with dreams of paint and pots floating in my head when all of a sudden I watched a giant white truck's driver side door open (we were at a stop light and he was about 2 lanes over from me) and the driver, a real good ol' boy with an American flag bandanna wrapped around his head, ever so gently lay (not throw) but carefully lay his finished fast food lunch out onto the road. I was dumbfounded and began looking around at all the cars beside me to see if I was the only one catching littering in the act! But I wasn't. The car behind the truck even pulled into the lane beside him and I could tell the woman was yelling at the guy but through his good old boy tented windows I couldn't tell that he was paying a bit of attention to her so she drove off.

But me on the other hand...I got to thinking "what would Barney Fife do?" It was at this time that I noticed the Bubba truck was advertising on two giant magnetic posters on both the front and back of his truck his business "American Services" (yeah I thought it too...what service are you doing America buddy?) and the phone number. So quickly I called the number on my cell phone.

What was I going to say you wonder? Well, I didn't really know. I was hoping it would be an office and I could report his truck but no...a good ol' boy answered "hello???" (and I just knew)...Me: "are you driving a big white truck right now?" man: "yes". Me: "Well...I just saw you put your trash out onto the road. And do you know that is littering and it is against the law and you could be fined for that?" Man: "I'm sorry ma'm". Me: "Well, here you are advertising your company on your truck and you go and litter...how is that representing your company for everyone to see? And now I have your number! Shame on you!" And I hung up! Yes, I hung up b/c I was scared he would come to his senses and start cussing me...and I do hate to be cussed at by redneck men who litter and wear the American flag on their heads!

I was so proud and so scared after that I had to call my husband and tell him what I had done as if I had just made a citizens arrest! And you know what he asked me? "Did he see which car you were calling from?" I guess he was thinking of my safety and all. Of course then all afternoon I was terrified that he would start prank calling my phone since now he had my cell phone number in his. He actually did call when I was picking up the boys (I memorized the number just in case) and I answered it before I thought about it but he kept asking for "Teressa?" and I told him "YOU HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER!" (I should have said "litter bug!" and then hung up on him again)

I'm ruthless huh? But I do take littering serious...so watch out the next time your kid finishes his McDonald's happy meal and you think about throwing it out your window, I might just be watching you...and who knows maybe next time I'll go tap on your window right in the middle of rush hour!