The rookie Groupchat

Make-A-Dream

Wade Grey: Why am I getting a very enthusiastic email from the Make-A-Dream Foundation thanking me for volunteering "one of our finest officers"?

Tim Bradford: What.

Lucy Chen: I may or may not have signed you up for the Make-A-Dream Program.

Tim Bradford: AGAIN?

John Nolan: Wait, what do you mean AGAIN?

Lucy Chen: Okay, so maybe I've done this before...

Tim Bradford: THREE TIMES, LUCY. THREE.

Angela Lopez: I'm sorry, what is happening right now?

Aaron Thorsen: Lucy keeps volunteering Tim to spend time with sick kids who want to see what police work is like.

Bailey Nune: That's actually really sweet!

Tim Bradford: It's NOT sweet when I find out about it when a 12-year-old shows up at the station asking for "Sergeant Grumpy."

Celina Juarez: SERGEANT GRUMPY?

Lucy Chen: That was ONE TIME and he earned that nickname fair and square.

Nyla Harper: I need the full story. Now.

Lucy Chen: Look, the first time was an accident! I thought I was signing up for community outreach.

Tim Bradford: You literally checked a box that said "Officer willing to mentor terminally ill children."

Lucy Chen: The print was very small!

John Nolan: What about the second time?

Lucy Chen: ...That one was on purpose.

Tim Bradford: SHE TOLD THEM I SPECIALIZED IN "TACTICAL HUGS."

Angela Lopez: I'M SORRY, WHAT?

Aaron Thorsen: TACTICAL HUGS?

Bailey Nune: That's the cutest thing I've ever heard!

Tim Bradford: A nine-year-old asked me to demonstrate my "tactical hug technique" in front of his entire family.

Celina Juarez: And did you?

Tim Bradford: ...

Lucy Chen: HE DID AND IT WAS ADORABLE.

Tim Bradford: I hate you so much.

Wade Grey: Okay, but what's this third time about?

Lucy Chen: Well, there's this kid named Marcus who wants to do a ride-along, and—

Tim Bradford: Lucy, I swear to God—

Lucy Chen: And I may have told them you were our "resident teddy bear."

John Nolan: RESIDENT TEDDY BEAR?

Nyla Harper: I am LIVING for this.

Tim Bradford: I'M GOING TO KILL HER.

Angela Lopez: Wait, Tim, you know you could just say no to these things, right?

Tim Bradford: ...

Aaron Thorsen: He can't say no to sick kids, can he?