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Posted on 07/18/2008 11:52:17 AM PDT by traviskicks
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A demand for special coffee cost a police officer his job on Wednesday.
Lt. Major Garvin, a 15-year officer with the Daytona Beach Police Department, was fired, accused by police of intimidating Starbuck's employees.
A report from the Daytona Beach Police department said he went to the coffee shop in the Oceanwalk area up to six times a night while on duty demanding to get free specialty coffee or that area wouldn't be protected by police.
Police officers are able to get free coffee, but police said he demanded a special type.
The police department said Garvin denies it, but he failed a lie detector test.
In a separate incident, authorities said Lt. Craig Buth, also of the Daytona Beach Police Department, was suspended for one day in connection with an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate while on duty.
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Unclear on the concept.
He should get jail time for this.
Stupid flatfoot
Let’s see Two years free coffee- Fired
Having your rod serviced while on duty- one day suspension
Living in Florida-priceless
Living in Florida-Pointless
LOL!
He developed the G_d Syndrome, it’s been a problem for police departments since the first Centurions walked around Rome.
Thanks for your service.
If it ain’t about the donuts, then it’s about the coffee.
“Let’s see Two years free coffee- Fired
Having your rod serviced while on duty- one day suspension”
Hey, it’s just sex ;^)
I was Honored to have served. Thank you
He's probably got a flat head too.
You’re right - but still, there’s something about Florida cops...
I’m Muldoon. I don’t pay (wink).
/Obscure M*A*S*H reference
Same can be said for Detroit cops too. Look at what they have to contend with on a daily basis compared to other places and then factor in the type of person who would WANT to do that day after day.
Hard to get the cream of the crop to become cops when they know what they have to deal with and bring home every day.
A guy with Major as first name needs to be fired.
Reminds me of the guy named Major Major Major, with the rank of major, in "Catch 22".
;^)
DITTO I was thinking of that.
Too much coffee.
Sounds like attempted murder to me.
I knew a guy named Tom Majors. Then he got promoted to sergeant, so he became Sergeant Majors. And then their was an army troop name Glen Parts. He was a Private, of course.
“There were six people and a Scotch terrier inhabiting the remote farmhouse Major Major called home, and five of them and the Scotch terrier turned out to be agents for the
F.B.I. Soon they had enough derogatory information on Major Major to do whatever they wanted to with him. The only thing they could find to do with him, however, was take him into the Army as a private and make him a major four days later so that Congressmen with nothing else on their minds could HP trotting back and forth through the streets of Washington, D.C., chanting, “Who promoted Major Major? Who promoted Major Major?”
Actually, Major Major had been promoted by an I.B.M. machine with a sense of humor almost as keen as his father's.
“Major Major had been born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major
Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.
Major Major had three strikes on him from the beginning—his mother, his father and Henry Fonda, to whom he bore a sickly resemblance almost from the moment of his birth. Long
before he even suspected who Henry Fonda was, he found himself the subject of unflattering comparisons everywhere he went. Total strangers saw fit to deprecate him, with the result that he was stricken early with a guilty fear of people and an obsequious impulse to apologize to society for the fact that he was not Henry Fonda. It was not an easy task for him to go through life looking something like Henry Fonda, but he never once thought of quitting, having inherited his perseverance from his father, a lanky man with a good sense of humor.
Major Major's father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age. He was a long-limbed farmer, a God-fearing, freedom-loving, law-abiding rugged individualist who held that federal aid to anyone but farmers was creeping socialism. He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. His specialty was alfalfa, and he made a good thing out of not growing any. The government paid him well for every bushel of alfalfa he did not grow. The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn't earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Major Major's father worked without rest at not growing alfalfa. On long winter evenings he remained indoors and did not mend harness, and he sprang out of bed at the crack of noon every day just to make certain that the chores would not be
done. He invested in land wisely and soon was not growing more alfalfa than any other man in the county. Neighbors sought him out for advice on all subjects, for he had made much money and was therefore wise. “As ye sow, so shall ye reap,” he counseled one and all, and everyone said, “Amen.”
But those slow-moving barristas sure have the nerve to leave out a tip jar.
Roger that!
The ONLY counter tip jar I put money into - is the one on the counter of Togo's Sub Shop...on Camden Ave in San Jose....
The youngsters and adults who work THERE - appear to be the cream of the crop and POLITELY and EFFICIENTLY work their tails off serving customers and allowing every Sub to be a custom designed Sub to the desires of the CUSTOMER!
Imagine THAT!
It also explains why their tip jar is FULL OF CASH....
Two officers in my town who got their rods serviced in the back of the tactical van 6 mos. ago were recommended to be fired by the City Manger in my town today. Given the circus that is the local Police Dept. odds are better than 50/50 they won’t be fired.
http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/07/18/article/2_officers_fired_after_administrative_probe
“It also explains why their tip jar is FULL OF CASH....”
You realize that many shops fill the jar with their own singles to “prime the well” ;)
If you tip them, I’m sure they’re good.
I never give the coffee pourers (who gave themselves the fancy name to make them seem “trained” and “experienced) any tips. After waiting in line for 20 minutes behind the no-fat, double shot, half-caf latte fags, I just ain’t got it in me ;)
I don't doubt that for a moment....
But I've seen far too many folks shoving a buck or two in the jar. A typical bill for folks picking up a few medium sized Subs - runs about $20....with long lines of non complaining customers waiting to place their order, because they KNOW they will get the same deliberate and friendly service when it's their turn.
I hate standing in line to spend my money --- but I'll admit I don't mind it so much at this Togo's...
It is amazing that folks tip after standing in line to order, wait and pick up their own orders!
I suspect it has a lot to do with the attitude of the gals making the sandwich and all the choices she verbalizes while building it..... so MANY decisions!!!!
Obviously the son of “Fred Garvin, male prostitute.”
I concur... send this guy to jail for threat by intimidation under guise of official duty... or some such.
That's why we need to fire 90% of the LEO's in this country and disarm the rest.
Then, we might have some semblance of law and order.
Look again.
Around here, the decals read "Quality Service Always" or "In Touch With The Community".
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