{"id":75555,"date":"2024-08-05T09:41:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=75555"},"modified":"2024-08-05T09:41:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:41:20","slug":"woman-shames-officer-for-having-lunch-on-duty-so-he-tells-her-about-his-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/woman-shames-officer-for-having-lunch-on-duty-so-he-tells-her-about-his-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman shames officer for having lunch on duty, so he tells her about his day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the fact that they often put their lives on the line for the well-being of the members of their community, many people still have negative opinion about the work of police officers.\n

Andre Owen, a Police Constable, shared a story of how his day went by not assuming it would attract the attention of thousands of people.\n

He was working a 12 hour shift the day he stopped to grab some lunch at Burger King. He hadn\u2019t eaten in eight hours and didn\u2019t even have the time to go to the toilet as his day was very busy and he had a lot on his plate. However, once he entered the restaurant and placed his order, a female customer gave him a dirty look. She then turned to him and made a remark because he was having lunch while wearing his uniform.\n

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He didn\u2019t expect something like that to happen but he didn\u2019t want to answer back. Once he went home, he felt the urge to share the unpleasant incident on Twitter and explain what his day looked like before he even found the time to eat.\n

\u201cTo the lady that scorned me for buying food on duty,\u201d Officer Owen started his post. \u201cI\u2019ve not stopped since 07:05 this morning, not even for a toilet break. I\u2019m over 100 miles from my station and I\u2019m due off in 45 minutes\u2026with a two hour journey at least!!! #policearehumanstoo,\u201d he wrote alongside a photo of his meal.\n

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In no time, Owen\u2019s post had gone viral. This 25-year-old officer, who has been working with the Sussex Police for five years, received outpouring messages of support.\n

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UK Mirror\u00a0then got in touch with him. Speaking to them, he explained more about his day and said that it was around 2 pm and he was about to finish working at 3 pm, but he still had a hundred mile journey before he could arrive at the station. There, he needed to finish some paperwork before he could go home.\n

\u201cFive minutes after starting my shift, I was assigned to a serious job in Brighton. I dealt with that and then had yo drive non stop to Oxford as part of the same job, single crewed,\u201d Owen told\u00a0The Mirror.\u00a0\u201cHalf and hour into the return journey, I stopped a ta service station for my first toilet stop of the day! While there, I also got a double whooper meal, apple pie, Coke and a cappuccino.\u201d\n

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It was then that the unknown lady decided to make an assumption that he wasn\u2019t doing his job properly as she saw him having lunch while on duty.\n

He recalled her exact words were, \u201cWhile you\u2019re in here stuffing your face, there\u2019s criminals that need catching out there.\u201d He, however, just smiled and didn\u2019t say a single word.\n

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He then explained that his tweet in which he described what had happened wasn\u2019t intended for sympathy. Instead, he wanted more people to realize that what officers do each and every day isn\u2019t that easy.\n

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On the way to the station, he stumbled upon a broken car and stopped to make sure the family inside the vehicle get the help they needed. He finally finished his shift at 7 pm.\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s long, and the lady annoyed me at the time, I love my job and on the whole, wouldn\u2019t change it for the world,\u201d PC Andre Owen said.\n

We are very thankful to our police officers for everything they do on a daily basis. Without them, our communities won\u2019t feel like the safe places they are.\n\n\n\n

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