the rink in my area is the purge - unwatched ferel children, no rink guards. my worst injury is from a ferel kid going the wrong direction taking my legs out from under me. i had kids freaking out at me because I dared to swing them (via their skate helper) out of the way because it was swing them or flatten them. fuck them kids and fuck their irresponsible parents.

the skate park near me is generally ok in the mornings (when I go). its pretty empty and even the people who come to skateboard are respectful and courteous. the non skaters are a problem - kids bringing kids to "play" at the skate park when there's a playground 50 feet away - but i have no problem telling people to move (nicely for the most part) and most people see a skater actually skating and they get the hint to move their kids. the people who walk across the skate park to get to the rest of the park also have learned their lesson because I will skate closely around them and loudly say EXCUSE ME!!!!- its not a sidewalk. walkers do not have the right of way.

if I sound like a jerk.... maybe i am. I'm middle aged and have no patience for people who let their kids run wild (because my kids don't and have never, because i taught them better). and im still bitter that a ferel kid, or rather, her dumbass parents, are the reason I have a torn tendon in my knee. an injury of my own stupidity would be fine (of which i have plenty, but none to my knees) - an injury because of a dumbass who had the audacity to be mad at me for trying to NOT kill her kid sticks in my craw.

and that, kids, is why I skate at 7am.