Leaving the College tonight there was a group of young guys building a "ramp" at the top of the stairs from the parking lot to the street below. They were all lined up with skiis and snowboards to take a few jumps. The problem was that there is not enough snow at the bottom of the stairs to safely land. I called 911 only to be advised that I should be calling the detachment line not emergency. Ok - so I don't have that number in my cell phone. I will definitely get it there.
They did agree to send someone over, but since it is not posted that there is no skiing or skateboarding allowed, then the kids are not breaking any bylaws. Just being stupid isn't enough, I guess.
I ended up calling the Director of the College and she said they had done something like this before. She is going to call the janitor to go out and make sure all is well. I can't believe that the risk of a teenager doing serious damage to themselves on the College grounds is worth the good will of letting them do whatever they want there. I know the College is working on an open campus concept where the community needs to feel welcome, but is it really ok? Wow, I didn't feel good leaving the kids there making stupid plans to try to break their necks going down 8 cement stairs (each one is double wide as well) and landing on less than 1/2" of snow/slush on the cement road 6 feet down. Idiots!
The mother in me was screaming to get them to not jump, but I calmly drove away and let the authorities take that responsibility for me.
Coward? Probably.
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