#23: A Sticky Situation
Here’s another example of a teenager doing something dumb and suffering very serious consequences. A member of this storyteller’s track team tried to play a prank that escalated into some real damage. While on a bus ride to a track meet, this kid wrapped a pebble in a piece of gum and threw it out the window. He thought the gum would stick to the windshield of the car behind them, and everyone would laugh. That did not happen.
Instead, the speed of the pebble gumball ended up shattering the windshield of the car behind them. Whoops. The angry driver followed the bus all the way to the track meet and even called the cops! This kid confessed to the stupid prank and got banned from the track team. We’re not sure if he had to pay for the damages, but we wouldn’t be surprised.