Honest Appreciation

I don't know what got into me but on my way to work today, I spotted a lone traffic cop trying his darndest to cope with what seemed to me an overwhelmingly difficult traffic situation at the Paud Phata junction. I crossed the junction, stopped my bike on the side of the road, and waited for the traffic to ease a bit. As soon as I noticed a half lull in the traffic, I strode across to the cop, grabbed his unsuspecting hand and told him how much I appreciated the work that he was doing, and how I realized what a thankless job his was and how I wished I could do more to ease things for him and his ilk. He didn't show too many emotions on his countenance but I dare say, he must have spent a second wondering what kind of a looney I was. Finally, hazarding a guess that I wasn't a looney of a dangerous variety, he mumbled what sounded like an expression of gratitude. Before he could follow that up with the inevitable questions, I turned around and continued on my merry way, certain in my knowledge that even if I haven't made his day, at least I have given him a story with which he could entertain his guests, should the need arise.