Worst Idea...

Bad idea- piercing your ears with a safety pin while getting ready for bed in the camp bathroom.

Worse idea- lying to the Camp Director when she asks you about it.

Worst idea yet- while said Camp Director is standing in the bathroom watching you carefully braid your hair to cover your ears, whisper to your friends, "did you snitch?"

Here are my questions-

A- Did you think I was going to believe you, or trust the Junior Counselor who you asked to go get you ice because your ear hurt?

B- When you lied and I didn't leave, did you think you had really pulled it off?

C- Did you really think you were playing it cool with that hairstyle and the whispering? Follow up question to that- do you know that whispering is supposed to be MUCH quieter than out loud?

D- Safety pin... SERIOUSLY???

And it wasn't just one camper who did this. Two 14 year old girls thought that would be a great before bed activity.

I told them I knew they'd pierced their ears and I knew they lied to me when I asked them if they had. I told them lying was a worse choice than piercing their ears. They looked like they might cry (I'm not sure what they thought I was going to do, it was 9:30pm and they leave tomorrow morning, but I'm glad I have that kind of power).

I made them take the earrings out. I told them that since they jabbed them into their ears today, they could easily do it again tomorrow when I wasn't responsible for them, but until then, their ears belong to me. They looked at me with angst and annoyance and looked like they might roll their eyes, but luckily had enough sense not to. Tomorrow I will call their mothers to let them know they need to pick up some cotton swabs and peroxide and that they need to have a conversation about good choices and bad choices with their lovely daughters.

Seriously, a safety pin?!?!