In Juno tower, on August 9th, two of the best friends I've ever had were married. The ceremony was beautiful. The dance between husband and wife was wonderful, and brought tears to our eyes. The staff was friendly and fun. We had a great time celebrating the love of two people we all appreciate. Then, around 11:30pm, we began to call it a night, and started to head home. It was around that time, when one of the security guards decided he needed more respect. What do I mean by that? The celebration itself was in Juno tower. After the celebrations, I headed down with the groom's father and daughter for a ride home. We began to head for the southern exit onto Gottingen. There was a cab entering the main entrance, so it was a bit hard to see with his headlights on. Well, one of the security guards stopped us as we headed for the exit and asked the driver, the groom's father, if he'd been drinking. It was hard to tell if that's what he said at first, because all of his sentences came out as one word: "Haveyoubeendrinkingtonight?". I had to decode what he'd said before it registered. The answer was no, either way. The guard was, in tone and posture, incredibly rude. I'm not exaggerating when I say that he was difficult to understand - every sentence came out as if it was just one individual word. So this security guy asked if we knew that admiral's way was a one way street (despite it being dark with a cab's light in our eyes). No, we hadn't realized that. License and registration please. Well, it was in the car that left before us because we all left in separate vehicles. So we had to have a car come back to bring us this his license, and well after showing it to the MP in question he decided to have a 20-odd minute conversation with another MP right in front of us while sitting in his car, leaving us to wait. Later, he came back with a $176 dollar ticket for going, what, 7 meters up a street that we couldn't see the signs for? He wasn't willing to discuss it at all, and when asked why he would do this he didn't answer, he just rolled over us with "Under article so-and-so of the blah-blah". I would say that this was the law, and the man was in the right, but it wasn't about him, and we weren't doing a mote of harm. When the license was shown to the MP, his exact sentence, and I repeat "exact" was "There you go sir, you did it", referring to having his wife bring his license from the other car after leaving the wedding. His tone, the entire time, was downright superior and nasty. We had done nothing wrong, the driver had not been drinking, and we'd gone a small ways up an empty street. So for this, we are held back, charged a large amount of money, and had to be polite to an *extremely* rude MP. To the MP in question - who's name I intentionally memorized and will not reveal - my question is: why? Why would you stop people enjoying one of the most beautiful moments of their lives for this? Why would, upon a lovely 20 year old woman leaving the car to ask you why we were being held, tell her that she should remain in the car "For her own safety" (implying that *you* would harm her?). Is this how Stadcona wants to present itself? I have never, in my life, encountered something like this. Expect phone calls and emails from quite a few of us tomorrow. Your behaviour and attitude makes me sick. —Victims of Your Poor Self Esteem