Carlos Hathcock
.450/400 Nitro Ex
So i get picked to Chaperone my son's school camping outing (2 days, 1 overnight) and I end up with 4 other fathers and about 10-12 boys in a "lodge" which is really just a huge pavilion type building. Typical 10-11 year old boy shenanigans but now it's getting late and we're all ready for shut eye.
First round is flashlights. 3-4 orders to turn em off. No effect. Get up, stomp over to the offenders, "flashlights, NOW! Think this is funny (as a couple giggle) keep going and see what happens." Lights out. Done.
Round two.15 minutes later. Two of them don't get the message. Yelling out, farting, burping, laughing, rustling around. Now it's about 11:30 and I had just about fallen asleep. (Id been up since 4 this morning btw so I'm well past my bedtime. I leap across my sleeping son, grab the little SOB' s sleeping back, pull him within an inch of my face, and warn him. Knock the shit off and go to sleep of I'm gonna drag you, and your mattress across the room and you can sleep by the shoes. Warn him not to F with me again and go to sleep.
Round 3. Wake up at about 1:00 and they're at it again. Listen to it escalate for 10-15 minutes (giving them a a chance to wrap it up), just gets louder. I get up, again, kick their duffle bags out of the way and calmly say.m "that's it. Get your mattress, pillow, and blanket and move it." Oh we were sleeping, we weren't doing anything, it was him, not me, excuses excuses". I tell them "last chance. This is gonna happen one of two ways. You're going to move yourself or I'll move you. I suggest you take option A." Start gathering up their shit and dragging it across the floor. Room goes finally silent, all get some rest.
Fast forward to the following morning. Principal pulls me aside after breakfast, quick my side of the story, pulls me aside during first activity. I get to leave my son at camp and go home. Unruly, troublemaking, undisciplined brats.....still there enjoying their trip. Gotta love it.
First round is flashlights. 3-4 orders to turn em off. No effect. Get up, stomp over to the offenders, "flashlights, NOW! Think this is funny (as a couple giggle) keep going and see what happens." Lights out. Done.
Round two.15 minutes later. Two of them don't get the message. Yelling out, farting, burping, laughing, rustling around. Now it's about 11:30 and I had just about fallen asleep. (Id been up since 4 this morning btw so I'm well past my bedtime. I leap across my sleeping son, grab the little SOB' s sleeping back, pull him within an inch of my face, and warn him. Knock the shit off and go to sleep of I'm gonna drag you, and your mattress across the room and you can sleep by the shoes. Warn him not to F with me again and go to sleep.
Round 3. Wake up at about 1:00 and they're at it again. Listen to it escalate for 10-15 minutes (giving them a a chance to wrap it up), just gets louder. I get up, again, kick their duffle bags out of the way and calmly say.m "that's it. Get your mattress, pillow, and blanket and move it." Oh we were sleeping, we weren't doing anything, it was him, not me, excuses excuses". I tell them "last chance. This is gonna happen one of two ways. You're going to move yourself or I'll move you. I suggest you take option A." Start gathering up their shit and dragging it across the floor. Room goes finally silent, all get some rest.
Fast forward to the following morning. Principal pulls me aside after breakfast, quick my side of the story, pulls me aside during first activity. I get to leave my son at camp and go home. Unruly, troublemaking, undisciplined brats.....still there enjoying their trip. Gotta love it.
