Did I Tell You ‘Bout… The Day I Stopped the State Trooper

One day, some of the McDonald’s supervisors and managers had just left for a meeting in Northern Virginia, when one of the managers called the office. He just realized his store manager had taken the freezer keys with him. They couldn’t get into the freezer to get meat, fries and other needed items for lunch.

Dad decided, since they had only been gone a little while, he’d try to head up I-95, to see if he could catch them. He was speeding up I-95, when a State trooper came down the ramp onto the interstate; he apparently was sitting up there with radar and was going to stop Dad for speeding (he thinks he was going 75 - 80 mph). The trooper quickly caught up to him and was tailgating him when Dad looked in the mirror and, with his thumb, motioned the trooper to the side of the road. Dad told him about the dilemma of trying to catch up to the managers and asked him to radio ahead. The trooper said he couldn’t do that if there was no reason to stop them. Then, the trooper got in his car and headed up the road. Dad proceeded northbound on I-95, behind him. The trooper sped ahead and was soon out of sight. Dad really appreciated shortly seeing the trooper having pulled someone else on the side of the road…which Dad interpreted as “full speed ahead”. He soon caught up with the managers and signaled them over, got the keys and rushed back to Richmond. Freezer open, supplies out in time for lunch... Once again, the day was saved!!