As I expected, my party crashing yesterday was acceptible. Not only that, but more of it was encouraged! I volunteered for Seattle Park and Recreation doing restoration work at Colman Park. Here's the back story, as it was told to me:
- A judge buys a house on a hill overlooking Colman Park.
- Judge starts draining his sewage down the hill into the park.
- City figures this out and tells him to fix it.
- Judge realizes he would have a great view of Lake Washington if only those darned park trees weren't in the way.
- Judge tells his gardener to cut down the trees.
- Gardener starts chopping trees down.
- City comes back to make sure the judge isn't still draining his sewage into the park and sees the gardener out there doing his thing.
- City sues judge.
- Judge agrees to pay $500,000 to restore the park.
- Judge tries to get his homeowners insurance to cover the cost, going as far as suing the insurance company after they rejected his claim. (Not sure how that all played out. Hopefully he didn't win.)
The audacity!
Anyway, it felt good to get out there and help. I plan on doing a lot more volunteering this year.
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