Mall cops suck.

Cho Chang and I decided to go to the mall together. We did a little shopping and then had the idea to go sit in the elevator. Just to be silly. We weren't bothering anybody, although we did say hello and politely converse with a few people who got on. We simply sat on the floor together and talked. After a bit a few guys came in and joined us, making it more fun, because we now had people to talk to. But soon the mall cops came. We were at first confused. They told us to get up and go home. They also said that if we didn't leave after they warned us, they'd arrest us for trespassing after warning. We left, but it made us think. We weren't doing anything wrong by sitting in the elevator. We weren't bothering people, and there wasn't a sign that said "No Loitering", and yet, they threw us out. Probably someone complained. But what would they have to complain about? Us being weird by sitting on the floor in a public place? Well what about homeless people who sit on subways and buses? Do cops throw them out too? It just didn't make sense to us. Cho then suggested that maybe someone had complained because we're gay. This is possible, because, not that we were kissing, but we're two rainbow-clad girls who're sitting close and holding hands while sitting on an elevator. It was weird, and it wasn't like we were trying to hide the fact that we're lesbian.

Anyway, I guess what I'm getting at here is that I owe the mall cops a thickly sarcastic apology. I am sorry if Cho Chang and I disturbed your wonderful peaceful view of the world by doing something so strange as to sit on the floor of an elevator in a public place. You scared the crap out of two defenseless teenage girls with the threat of jail and you should feel proud of yourselves.

But I must wonder, if we had been so witty as to say that we were acting on our right to peaceful protest, saying that we were protesting the use of stairs and escalators because they're dangerous and not useful to the handicapped . . . what would have happened? And if they'd have tried to throw us out then, we would have had reason to sue them. Of course, we would have won that case, and then WE, not the mall cops, would be the ones to be proud of ourselves. But alas, that isn't what happened. Instead, we called my mom, and got a ride home early, and the mall cops probably went home feeling good about themselves because they evaded the usual boring day of work by punishing some strange teenage girls for doing something that isn't really against the rules, but rather, it was just too weird for it to be going on in their mall. (Which isn't really THEIR mall, they just work there)

Have any strange stories about weird things you've done with friends in public places to "disturb the peace"? Send them to me at crazybrownie72@hotmail.com and I might post it on here or in a YouTube video. As always, thanks for reading.

~Rain