Quite recently my brother became a target of what one may have considered a funny prank. Something had landed on his head. Something gross. It had been delivered intentionally. He had a nagging feeling to share with his manager what had taken place figuring that nothing could be done. He’d forgotten about the video cameras that surrounded the area.
Security was called and the culprit
was caught. The culprit had known he was
wrong for his act of disgust. Before he “delivered”
his “gift” he had looked around to make certain that no one was watching. Evidently he had no taken the cameras into
consideration either. Corey had the
option to press charges but declined and never met his offender. His boss had given him the option of going
home to recuperate – which he did eventually.
It wasn’t just the actions of having
something gross land on his head at work that had bothered him. It was so many experiences of his time in
junior high (which he unfondly refers to as four years of hell; his experience started in sixth grade and
ended in 9th) when he felt tormented and bullied by others. Back in a day before personal computers and
laptops and smartphones. Back in a day
when there was no other options offered for education such as doing school
online. Corey would have been quite
comfortable with that.
Today people capture moments with
their cell phones or some other recording device to upload on YouTube. No
longer just a security footage but public spectacle. One may laugh at the perfect aim planted to
Corey’s head while others may snark at those who find it funny. How many perpetrators have been caught when
their actions go viral?
It’s a different world now. Why don’t we all make the best of it? Live each moment as if we were on hidden camera.
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