However, things didn’t end there. According to Tom, he called the waiter about an hour later to ask how it went. “He said they all went nuts, screaming and [expletive] and even called the police,” Tom relayed, adding as a bonus that the cops came but found no damage to the car. “However, officers did take notice that the girls were too intoxicated to drive, so they watched and waited.
Cops left in circle back and watched the car. Girls come out, get in the car, start the car, and the parking lot explodes in blue light, busted DUIs, and PDs for all,” Tom said, referring to public drunkenness citations. “Where I am from, the key just has to be in the ignition for a DUI, the car doesn’t even have to be running. Cops here have a lot of leeway and only need to detect alcohol on the breath to arrest you on that charge.
I suspect the girls were all ugly to cops so they got PD,” Tom furthered. “I did not know about the bonus until a week later when I went back for a few beers. The waiter recognized me and told me the bonus story, laughing the whole time. Another $120 to the waiter, best $140 I ever spent.”
Some have criticized Tom for potentially ruining the young girls’ lives with a DUI, but at least he didn’t go all “Kathy Bates” and “Fried Green Tomatoes” on them. For those who are unfamiliar with the reference, in “Fried Green Tomatoes,” Kathy Bates’s character waited for a parking space, and a group of girls cut her off, hopped out of the car, and told her that they were younger and faster. Cathy’s character plowed into the young girls’ car and said, “Face it, girls, I’m older, and I have more insurance.” Classic. But I digress.
As many readers pointed out, perhaps more important than the revenge, this dad inadvertently kept a drunk driver off the streets and likely prevented something terrible from happening. He might have even saved these girls’ lives, as well as the lives of anyone else unfortunate enough to cross their paths. A DUI was really the least of their worries. Of course, some question the validity of the story.
While the story can’t be confirmed since names weren’t provided, and it could just be an urban legend, it makes a point that we should never forget: karma never fails, and you shouldn’t mess with older people because they are likely much smarter than you. Life experience has a way of doing that.