Drunk man seeks job as a trooper

ORCHARDS, Wash. (AP) -- A man who stopped by Washington State Patrol headquarters to ask about getting a job as a lawman found himself on the other side of the law.
Robert Gulley, an unemployed radio technician, was ticketed for possible drunken driving as he drove away from the patrol office in this city near Vancouver. He had asked for a job application.
"I guess it was a bad time to go there," Gulley, 25.
When Gulley walked into patrol headquarters Wednesday afternoon, he was slurring his words, had glassy eyes and his breath smelled of alcohol, Trooper Maureen Crandall said.
Gulley denied drinking, so Trooper Rich Bettger offered to measure Gulley's blood-alcohol level with a hand-held breath tester.
Gulley blew a 0.095, above the state's legal limit for driving of 0.08, March said. Gulley said he had only had one drink -- a Long Island iced tea -- and that it likely caused a high alcohol reading because he hadn't eaten in more than a day.
After leaving the office and pacing back and forth on a nearby side street for 10 minutes, Gulley got into his car and drove away, troopers said. He was promptly pulled over and ticketed.