On "conventions". I went to a young life convention in Ocean City. In the meetings you had to stay in the convention room,no shit,they posted staff to make sure you didn't leave,we all sat on the floor for 3 or 4 hours a pop..Well I had to pee and had been in that room 3 hours trying to keep my legs from going numb.I went to the door told them I had to pee,they escorted me back to my spot on the floor.I sat down,waited until the staff were distracted. I stood up and yelled Young life is a fucking cult GET OUT they are forcing people to stay in this room you have a right to go to the bathroom or get water so go!
And immediately staff came running twords me. People who had to pee also began getting up and they had the effect of tripping the staff going after me.The speaker was trying to restore order and I got out but before I left I yelled anybody who thinks it's wrong to be forced to stay in this room until you pee your pants GO! Wait until tomorrow,lunch.and I took the stairs ran out of the hotel and took a whiz in a restaurant. I wandered around Ocean city.Met up with several others who were pissed off at the long meetings and being forced to go and I told them the plan for lunch.we walked around until that meeting ended,at 4 hours.
We came back for lunch as not much is open in November at ocean city.There was time to spread the word. The signal we agreed on was to flick a soft butter pat onto the ceiling.I carefully wrote in ketchup on the wall young life keeps us captive in the meetings... I waited until staff sorta sat away together not standing over us as we ate.Then I flicked the pat.And we all instigated a riot.I tossed a few things and disappeared with the main instigators before staff came in.Nobody told who started it.Later on I heard it was so crazy,people threw patio furniture in the pool,whipped cream, butter pats& food covered everything. Tables and chairs moved all over the hotel....Then of course next mandatory meeting young life tried to make people feel bad and when the guilt trip began everyone got up pushed past the staff at the door yelling fuck you as planned after 2 hours.
That night we were told to go to sleep at 9 pm we had a full day ahead.Well people didn't sleep,some messed their rooms, set up pranks to get staff,some covered stairwells in whipped cream and greased the elevator buttons and stair rails. It was chaos,but no one really damaged the hotel,or busted /stole anyone's stuff as planned..I went to the beach at 5 am and watched the sun rise and slept until breakfast.I was amazed how much butter was on the ceiling.. Went to next meeting,and my they cut the meeting short,there was to be two activities one game and the other was a game out by the ocean where some people would get tape on their heads vertical or horizontal. Of course staff joined in.I and one of my new found friends were the tapers Some got horizontal others vertical and staff got asterisks. Our secret score was throw a staff in the ocean it's 20 points. The staff got a mighty dunking and when you're wet on a beach in November it's really cold. a half hour later after everyone changed we went home,and young life was barred from that hotel and was put a good chunk of change in damages.Their prominence and popularity in my school was greatly diminished.
I hate authoritarians.
Funny when we met at young life houses it seemed so not authoritarian. I am so glad I didn't get roped into their 7 day Colorado trip. I was 14 years old.
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