Glad That Wasn't My Date

A few days ago, I was chillin'with The Boss at his place when we caught some live entertainment. And this time it was not the people in the Penthouse across the street who have no curtains...

Some of you may have heard the news that the next season of Cops! is going to be filmed in Omaha. Well, we caught the live show of that.

While standing by the balcony enjoying this unusually cool July breeze, The Boss and I spotted a couple walking down the sidewalk directly across the street from us. They were arguing loud enough that we could hear the gist of their disagreement seven floors up! Something about the woman walking away and something involving a daughter they have. As the woman kept trying to walk away from the man, he kept blocking her and eventually shoved her against a brick retaining wall. That's when The Boss called 911 to report the domestic disturbance. 

We watched the couple continue to argue and shove at each other as we silently prayed the cops would arrive quickly.  What seemed like ages later (but was probably five minutes), two officers came bounding over on foot from the nearby park where a live music event was happening.

 

They separated the couple and questioned them individually. In another moment a squad car pulled up. Then another squad car arrived. Then a fire truck, and eventually an ambulance appeared. The man was shackled in the back of the first squad car, and the woman was encircled by no less than 10 civil servants! She clearly was enjoying all the attention as she showed off her bruises to all the officers, firemen, and EMT's.

The Boss turned to me and said "There's your Omaha tax dollars at work! In Chicago you only get this kind of turn out for a shooting!"

We tore ourselves from gawking and decided to go enjoy a local Nebraska delicacy, Runza! Too bad we gawked so long that Runza closed for the night.

So on The Boss's Omaha bucket list we checked off "call local police" and "witness domestic disturbance." So we're probably just down to seeing the Henry Doorly Zoo and Runza before he heads back to Chi-Town. 

Moral Of Today's Story:  I'm so relieved that in all my "good lunch stories" nothing violent has ever happened to me. Real men don't hit. End of story. If they do, kick 'em in the junk and run away. 

Secondly, Runza closes earlier than other fast food places. So when you want to go on a Runza date, don't waste all night gawking at scene makers!