(From the SWLondonMums forum)

TequilaGal                                                                  Thursday 2^nd of March 2006

So, we live two streets down from Berrylands University, which leads to some… interesting interactions with the local students.  Picture the scene: it’s around eight yesterday evening, I’m taking the Littlun back from Brownies, and we’ve been stuck in traffic for an age.  All of a sudden, a young man runs out of a nearby pub.  As we watch in horror, he runs across the street, runs into a garden wall, and throws up extravagantly into some poor family’s front drive!

Luckily the traffic eased up and we were able to drive away before I said anything I might have regretted.  A few streets on, we stopped again, and I turned to my daughter and said, “I want you to remember something.  No matter what happens in life, it’s never OK to disrespect people’s property like that.  Life’s hard enough without people creating problems for each other, and a little consideration goes a long way.”

Say what you want about students, but they don’t half make useful object lessons!