Why the question "How ya feeling?" Is a bad question to ask a cop
Like most cops I'm pretty guarded. I was like that before getting on the job and it isn't about to change now, and if anything I'm even more so. Working as a cop we see a bit more of the sadness, despair, and destruction that people cause to each other. Our fellow first responders on the fire and EMS side also do and can relate. So why is it a bad idea to ask a cop "How ya feeling?" or even "How ya doing?"? It's a pretty normal thing to ask someone right? I mean we all ask each at the station when processing an arrest or during the few minute lull before the bosses walk in at roll call. But why is it a bad question? Because every cop has an answer. "Fine." Now, outside of law enforcement it's a standard, and probably correct, answer. But to a cop it can carry a different meaning. A "fine" can mean "eh, I'm tired but it's my Friday" or "my wife and kids are pissing me off" or "I jus