Chalk That One Up To Teenage Rebellion

Every so often, people at my university used to chalk up the concourse to advertise upcoming events. Since this is against the university code to write on the concourse, everyone does it late at night. The city police normally run a couple of bike cops, who tend to be douches, through campus to make sure everything is kept neat and tidy.

A friend of mine was writing on the concourse one night and got caught by a couple of bike cops.

They stopped him, and one of them asked him:

Officer: “What are you doing out here with sidewalk chalk? Does mommy not trust you with paint?”

Friend: “What are you doing on bikes? Does your chief not trust you with a car?”

Was that a wise thing to say? No. Does my friend regret it years later? Also no.