The Things I Learn

Yesterday I took a girl to the Skate Park in Orem as a reward for good behavior. See? Sometimes my job is lots of fun.

Having never been to the skate park, it was an interesting experience. The population consisted of:

15 Males

14 Big Gulps

13 longer-than average hairdos

12 empty Big Gulps (litter)

11 times this teeny blonde tried to grind a rail - and got too scared to jump up (I don't blame him)

10 skateboards

9 nice-looking boys that probably pass the sacrament on Sundays

8 shirted males

7 shirtless males

6 tattoos on Old Man (see #1)

5-year old son of the Old Man kept saying 'Daddy! Daddy!' and getting ignored

4 cell phones sitting alone, in plain open sight, begging to be stolen
4 times Old Man biffed it

3 scooters
3 bikes
3 ipods sitting next to afore-mentioned cell phones

2 females (me, and my client)

1 old man - well, at 32 you stick out like a sore thumb. The next closest age was 14.
1 camera - some kid taping his friend doing tricks

0 helmets or protective gear
0 mothers
0 responsible adults

Someday my kids will want to hang out in 'cool' places like this and I decided maybe it's not the haven of filth and debauchery I pictured it. And that I have to lighten up. But they'll still get their chores done first . But perhaps only in daylight hours.