An interesting thing happened yesterday.  I was up visiting a friend’s cottage at Sherkston in Canada.  We were on the beach and packing up our things for the afternoon.

Two Canadian police (not Sherkston security) on ATVs slowed as they drove by us.  One of them was looking at me and I turned to my friend to ask “what is he looking at?”  Then he got off of his ATV and walked over to a couple of people that were in our party.

Next to his cooler, Bob, had an empty beer can and a full, unopened beer can in a holder (completely covered).  The cop said that it’s a public beach and there is no alcohol consumption on the beach.  He proceeded to write Bob a ticket for having the beer…for $120 (Canadian).

When asked why the public has to pay $100 to come to a ‘public beach’, the cop snarked that we’d have to ask Sherkston why that is…I’m assuming that it’s because you have to go through Sherkston’s property to get to the beach.  The cops were rather prickly, as they can be, but eventually rode off after writing the ticket.

Bob and the rest of our group had been sitting there, doing absolutely nothing…just relaxing and enjoying the weather.  The cops seemed to be out to get someone and they did.  One Canadian guy walked over after the cops left and apologized to Bob…

I understand that they were ‘just doing their jobs’, but the very least they could have done was be courteous…

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