Industrial Units
I’m a police officer.
I was doing patrols around local industrial units one night. We’ve had lots of break-ins at tool hire and DIY stores that are in these various industrial units.
So far the night has been boring, nothing exciting bar the usual trucks parked up and cars belonging to companies left in the street till the workers return in the morning. The area is also know for substance use by hardcore users and in the late evening by kids trying to hide it from their parents.
We pull into the last of the streets on my list of ones to check. As I pull in I see there’s a car parked up with rear lights on. Already suspect as all we’ve seen all night were taxis and empty cars.
It also is unusual as I’ve never in the years of working there seen any cars at the time of night in the street. Pulling a bit closer I can see the driver seems to be shuffling around with something inside the car, apparently unaware we’re approaching.
A little closer and I pull up behind the car to run the plates through. In the mean time I send my probationer who’s only got a few weeks in the job out to get some ID and establish who we’re dealing with.
My probationer returns to the car a few moments later with the guys ID and his story.
Their response will remain with me forever
“It’s a man in drag, he’s been out to a club and is taking off all his outfit and make up before he goes home in the estate to his wife and kids who do not know.”
All the while the probationer has lips pursed and trying in vain to hold back fits of laughter, not at what he’s doing, just the fact that for this quiet town, this was the last thing we could have listed as to expect this check was going to yield.
I decide that I’d rather not cause more embarrassment and that I was satisfied he lived around the corner.
As we return the licence to the driver and get back in the car my co-pilot tells me, “Yeah, he was removing his dress as I got to the window, I’m not sure who was more shocked, him or me”.
Turning around to exit the cul-de-sac I confirmed it was a man in drag, now hurriedly trying to change out of his outfit and makeup to get away. Story credit: Reddit / Astec123