Not the actual Teddy bear. This guy was from another crash.
On Valentine’s Day weekend, I responded to an injury traffic collision where a guy and his girlfriend slammed into a parked car after he claimed a dog ran out in front of him. He injured his foot and refused medical aid, but his girlfriend was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
He wasn’t a particularly nice guy , but of course, that changed when he needed something. After the car was up on the flatbed tow truck the driver asked, “Can I get my backpack from the car?”
I looked at the tow truck driver and asked, “Can you get his backpack for him.”
The tow driver climbed up onto the flatbed truck and opened the car door. He reached inside and grabbed a backpack. I then handed it to the driver. As I turned to walk away the driver said, “Can you get the teddy bear too?”
With a raised eyebrow I asked, “A teddy bear?”
“Yeah.”
With a funny look on my face I turned toward the tow driver and asked, “Can you get his teddy bear?”
The tow truck guy returned the funny look and dug into the car to retrieve Teddy which he handed to me. Once Teddy was safe I handed it to the driver, who said, “And the flowers too?”
“The flowers?” The driver nodded at me. This guy was getting needy.
I turned toward the tow guy one more time and asked him to get the flowers also. He gave me the same funny look and went back inside the car.
It’s not every day someone asks for a teddy bear from a crashed car, but it was Valentine’s weekend after all. I’m sure there were lots of cars driving around with teddy bears and flowers that night. The only difference was this particular teddy bear got the ride of his life.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
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Driving around with teddy bears is more common than you might think. I even have pictures on my blog of my Teddy Rosalie sitting in the driver’s set (not while the car was running, of course). If I was ever in an accident while Teddy Rosalie was in the car, I would definitely want her to be saved, too, as she’s a memorial to my deceased mother. Hopefully, should that happen, the responding officer would be understanding – provided, of course, that she could be saved without jeopardizing anyone else’s safety.
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How could i turn down Teddy for the guy’s girlfriend, right? My daughter wants me to take pictures of her Teddy at working doing different police things.
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Like Flat Stanley?
😜
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Yes, just like that.
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That is adorable. I agree with your daughter – you should definitely do that.
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I will for sure.
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He was pissed because she got hurt and he was not getting laid. He wasted money on gifts that didn’t offer a return… Poor bastard.
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That’s what I thought too. Lol
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The standard bouquet, vase and teddy bear set runs about $49.99 from proflowers.com.. There should’ve been a very small box of chocolates also. I think you should share that with the guy who hooked the car.. 😜
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YOU SAVED VALENTINES DAY! I’m sure they were both quite thankful. 🙂
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