"Put both of your hands on the steering wheel!" He angrily shouted. My heart raced as I nervously replied "Yes sir" and obediently placed both of my shaking hands against the steering wheel of my 2008 Nissan Altima. The officer flashed his flashlight in my face through my rolled down window and proceeded to shout at me. "Step out of the car, and place your hands behind your back, you 're being arrested." My heart sank and the only word I could manage to make sense of in my mind at that moment was "Shit..."
My summer mornings usually consist of me sleeping in until noon, this Wednesday morning was no different. So after I had woken up and managed to convince myself to get out of bed. I hopped into the shower and proceeded with my normal morning …show more content…
So after a short work day of piercing and suggestive selling I ran to my car and prepared myself for the drive up to Missouri. I connected my phone into the the aux cord and listened to my favorite station on pandora. Now, I don 't know if you 've ever heard of Frieden 's Iceberg theory. His theory represents our minds like a an iceberg. This metaphorical iceberg is split into three different sections the tip of the iceberg being Consciousness the middle being present and the large portion submerged underwater representing subconsciousness. Unfortunately we spend most of our time in our subconscious state of mind. This theory explains why sometimes when we are driving our minds wander and we can 't explain in detail exactly how we got from point A to point …show more content…
So I sat there in silence and waited for the officer to return and tell me what would happen to me next. Moments later He opened the passenger side door placed my cell phone and purse on the seat and then leaned over the door frame to took a good look at me under the dim car lights.
"You 're just a baby.. What were you doing?"
I looked him in the eyes for a second and then shamefully stared down at my shaking hands.
"I was trying to make it home before curfew."
"Ohhh, I see" he chuckled
"You know this situation could have ended up a lot worse right? I could be calling your parents right now to let them know you were in a fatal crash or you could have severely injured or killed someone else."
"I realize that officer, to be honest I wasn 't thinking." I told him the truth there was no point in lying.
He chuckled again and said " you know I thought you were going to be a lot bigger and hairier when I walked over to your car."
I nervously laughed.
He gave me a curious look and said "how old are you is this the first time getting pulled over?"
"I 'm 18, and yes sir this is my first
My summer mornings usually consist of me sleeping in until noon, this Wednesday morning was no different. So after I had woken up and managed to convince myself to get out of bed. I hopped into the shower and proceeded with my normal morning …show more content…
So after a short work day of piercing and suggestive selling I ran to my car and prepared myself for the drive up to Missouri. I connected my phone into the the aux cord and listened to my favorite station on pandora. Now, I don 't know if you 've ever heard of Frieden 's Iceberg theory. His theory represents our minds like a an iceberg. This metaphorical iceberg is split into three different sections the tip of the iceberg being Consciousness the middle being present and the large portion submerged underwater representing subconsciousness. Unfortunately we spend most of our time in our subconscious state of mind. This theory explains why sometimes when we are driving our minds wander and we can 't explain in detail exactly how we got from point A to point …show more content…
So I sat there in silence and waited for the officer to return and tell me what would happen to me next. Moments later He opened the passenger side door placed my cell phone and purse on the seat and then leaned over the door frame to took a good look at me under the dim car lights.
"You 're just a baby.. What were you doing?"
I looked him in the eyes for a second and then shamefully stared down at my shaking hands.
"I was trying to make it home before curfew."
"Ohhh, I see" he chuckled
"You know this situation could have ended up a lot worse right? I could be calling your parents right now to let them know you were in a fatal crash or you could have severely injured or killed someone else."
"I realize that officer, to be honest I wasn 't thinking." I told him the truth there was no point in lying.
He chuckled again and said " you know I thought you were going to be a lot bigger and hairier when I walked over to your car."
I nervously laughed.
He gave me a curious look and said "how old are you is this the first time getting pulled over?"
"I 'm 18, and yes sir this is my first