I'M HUNGOVER AND CRANKY

You know what shits me? People.

Specifically, at this point in time, people who say things like, "Crime is so bad. Why would you report anything to the police, though? They never do anything!"

You know WHY, dickhead? Because you don't report it. And oddly, whatever else they may be accused of, the police aren't psychic. They can't even start to fix stuff if they don't know about it.

Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before...blah blah "corrupt" blahh blah "revenue raising" blah blah "go catch the real crooks". You're BORING. Just don't break the law, it's not hard. We don't live in a terrible place. The rules are not overly restrictive, and whilst you may not agree with them all, they are the price we pay for a relatively ordered society. It's called the social contract theory. Go look it up.

You know what else helps? When people like Miranda Devine write ill informed pieces like this.

No. That's fine, you pompous bitch. Police are putting their emotional, physical and spiritual well-being on the line every single day for ingrates like you, and you have the hide to spew out dross like this. Because YOU'D have the slightest idea what it's like to work in an underfunded, understaffed, under-appreciated, but utterly essential organisation which comes under constant criticism from people with no fucking clue, wouldn't you? Everyone's an armchair expert.

Easy to criticise when you don't have to go out and actually do the job, isn't it?

Grrrr.

Rant concluded.