Halls of the Dark Muse

The security guards at my school really bug me. I have not had many encounters with them really but the few that I have had were quite annoying. I suppose in their own way they mean well and are trying to be helpful but it is like once they get an idea in their head they will not leave you alone. If they give you a piece of advice of what they think you should do, they will then try to force you into doing it and will not leave you alone unless you do what they determined you should do.

The first thing that happened. There is this little lawn area I used to always like to stand on while I waited for my ride and one evening I was standing there waiting when one of the guards came up to me and was like "You know we do have rattlesnakes here and it might be a good idea to move off the lawn" So I was like oh ok but I did not really have any intention of leaving the lawn because I did not feel I was in any real danger. For one thing I was just standing there in place, and it is not very likely a rattlesnake is going to come up to me and just bite me for no reason. A rattlesnake is going to avoid me whenever possible, and for two it was night, and the temperature was on the cold side, so it was highly unlikely that a rattlesnake was going to be active at the time. But the guy just kept standing there staring at me and was not going to leave until I got off the lawn. It is not as if the school has a police against being on the lawn I have stood on that lawn many times before, but he decided that it was in my best interest not to be on the lawn so he was going to make sure I got off it no matter what I thought or wanted.

So today I was standing out waiting for my ride and I knew they would not be very long when one of the guards comes up and asks me how long my ride was going to be and I told him not very long and this is what progressed:

Guard:You know what you could do, you could go into the computer lab and wait"

Me: Ok but I am fine, it will not be long

Guard: Do you have a cell phone

Me: Yes

Guard: You could have them call you on the phone when they get here while you go and wait for them.

Me:Really they won't be long, I am fine.

But he would not let it go and just leave me alone

Guard: You see what I am trying to do is keep you warm

And well you know me, I do not get cold, not very easily, I generally enjoy the cold so I really was quite fine, and I told him that I was not cold and that I was comfortable, and he still stood there looking at me for a moment as if he did not believe me and he was about to leave when he stopped and turned back to me and said "I am wearing this big heavy coat and I am cold right now" So I just told him well I have a high tolerance for cold and I don't get cold easily, so I am really fine. Finally he walked off but he still seemed as if he did not completely believe me.

But the way I see it, even if I was freezing my *** off (which I wasn't) if for whatever reason I wanted to just stand there and be cold that should be my business. After he made the offer and I acknowledged it then it should be up to me what I decide I do or do not want to do from that point.