Want to feel better about your life?

[+ friendofsheila]

Spend some time in the after-hours lobby at the police station.

 

I felt better about myself after overhearing

 

--someone being interrogated in a closed room ("Have you ever been arrested before???")

 

--A woman waiting to pick up her grandson, who was either arrested for burglary or robbery

 

--The guy who came to the wrong city to pick up his impounded car

[+ friendofsheila]

(And if you want to know why "little-me" was there, it was to turn in a lost item. I'm sure glad I don't have reason for the police to come looking for me! :\ )

[+ poolboy48220]

I picked up a friend who'd been jailed for a week, they let him out at midnight (which turned into 2:30AM). So I spent about 3-4 hours there, got there early because they told me that "they will bring people out in the order that their rides arrive", which turned out not to be the case. The others there picking up people were, for the most part, a depressing crowd.