The rink police were out of control last night.
I sat in Section O (sucks). Before the game, a woman with some small children, including a very little girl on her shoulder, came by with some stuffed toys to throw over the rink. The little girl could barely drop the toys over the rink. When she dropped the toys on the floor, someone would pick them up and hand them to her and eventually this girl was able to place maybe four or five stuffed animals on the ice. It was exactly the touching kid-friendly Hallmark moment that this toy drive was doubtless designed to create.
As this little toddler was trying to place toys on the ice, a nasty old rink official came by and yelled -- yelled -- at the woman and her child, threatening to throw them out if they threw anything out on the ice during the game. It was horrible.
Later in the game, a police officer came by and told three girls sitting in front of me to cover up their shirts or leave. The shirts read "Fuck Harvard." Now, granted, these shirts are inappropriate in a kindergarden and may even be in poor taste, but this is still a university campus. To his credit, this cop was nice about it.
The authorities definitely had an itchy finger on the eject button. Some of these guys have probably not removed the buckles from their hats and don't belong in a hockey game. After the game they probably went around area pre-schools telling kids there's no santa clause and candy is bad for them.
Overall, the toy thing was lame. Bring back the fish.
I sat in Section O (sucks). Before the game, a woman with some small children, including a very little girl on her shoulder, came by with some stuffed toys to throw over the rink. The little girl could barely drop the toys over the rink. When she dropped the toys on the floor, someone would pick them up and hand them to her and eventually this girl was able to place maybe four or five stuffed animals on the ice. It was exactly the touching kid-friendly Hallmark moment that this toy drive was doubtless designed to create.
As this little toddler was trying to place toys on the ice, a nasty old rink official came by and yelled -- yelled -- at the woman and her child, threatening to throw them out if they threw anything out on the ice during the game. It was horrible.
Later in the game, a police officer came by and told three girls sitting in front of me to cover up their shirts or leave. The shirts read "Fuck Harvard." Now, granted, these shirts are inappropriate in a kindergarden and may even be in poor taste, but this is still a university campus. To his credit, this cop was nice about it.
The authorities definitely had an itchy finger on the eject button. Some of these guys have probably not removed the buckles from their hats and don't belong in a hockey game. After the game they probably went around area pre-schools telling kids there's no santa clause and candy is bad for them.
Overall, the toy thing was lame. Bring back the fish.
