As I reminisce about skate boarders I remember how keenly
tuned my hearing was to the "whir-chock; whir-chock" of their wheels. I could
move pretty darned fast in response although I should have had the
non-emergency police number on speed dial.
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not only is there a problem
with the art work, there is an extreme liability
if the skate board flys up
and hits someone in the head hurting or killing
one of your other
patrons.
you will have the time of your life when you are sued for 15
million for a
death of an innocent bystander.
don't coddle the little
bastards!
be more than firm. NO SKATEBOARDS!
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> Merri,
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> Here, here!
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Tim
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> Timothy S. Bottoms
> Museum Registrar
> Cape
Fear Museum
> 814 Market Street
> Wilmington, North Carolina
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skateboarders on
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property
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04/29/2002 09:09
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Please respond
to
>
Museum
discussion
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> I have read some of
the stories about the skateboarder problems. I
> understand that these
kids should have a place to skateboard, and that
some
> of the museum
employees who wrote about this problem wanted to find a
> peaceful
solution, but shouldn't this problem be handled more firmly,
> whereas you
give fair warning to the skateboarders to not use the museum
> facilities
as a playground, and if you disregard this rule, you will have
> to
face a punishment e.g. pay a fine, parents or children; or
do
community
> service), and if that doesn't work, then maybe the
authorities should talk
> to the parents of these
children.
>
> A business, especially a
museum with some of its artwork outside, must
> be firm in dealing with
these kids, and not have to cater to their every
> whim - especially when
not dealing with the educational purposes of the
> museum. As a former
teacher assistant and teacher, I know for a fact that
> if us adults don't
set boundaries, even to something like skateboarding on
> the museum's
grounds, then they won't learn to respect the museum as a
> special place
of education, not to be used as a stomping ground, or at
> least not
respect it as quickly.
>
> Unfortanately,
some of the children -not all of them- may not be
> getting the discipline
and boundaries that they need at home (another
close
> observation of a
teacher/assistant teacher), so the rest of the adult
> society have to
sometimes bear the brunt. Well, I must be going.
>
>
Sincerely,
>
> Merri
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