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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1310997" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>The problem with pranks of this sort, and claiming 'no harm/no foul' is the foul part is known ahead of time--you know/knew beforehand (or should have known) it is unprofessional and potentially dangerous. </p><p>I've seen kids, in pickups with aftermarket air horns do the same thing--pull right up behind someone at a red light and lay on that air horn, scaring the begezzus out of the driver of the car in front of them, and sometimes cause them to pull out into traffic thinking they were about to be rear-ended by a big truck. Or do it to a pedestrian or bicyclist on the side of the road. I'm sure the driver got a big kick out of the reaction, but it's not something I would expect an adult to do and certainly not from a civil servant type of professional.</p><p></p><p>The 'no harm' part tho, is not revealed until after the fact. There's a very long list of 'harmless' pranks that have gone awry due to adverse reactions from the 'target' of the prank, sometimes ending tragically. This time, it did not, but you never know that until after the deed is done and over.</p><p></p><p>Most of us have participated in such foolish behavior in our mis-spent youth, but learned not to as an adult.</p><p></p><p><em>When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became [an adult], I put away childish things.</em></p><p></p><p>Stop being defensive and rationalizing it and just learn from it going forward.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1310997, member: 18945"] The problem with pranks of this sort, and claiming 'no harm/no foul' is the foul part is known ahead of time--you know/knew beforehand (or should have known) it is unprofessional and potentially dangerous. I've seen kids, in pickups with aftermarket air horns do the same thing--pull right up behind someone at a red light and lay on that air horn, scaring the begezzus out of the driver of the car in front of them, and sometimes cause them to pull out into traffic thinking they were about to be rear-ended by a big truck. Or do it to a pedestrian or bicyclist on the side of the road. I'm sure the driver got a big kick out of the reaction, but it's not something I would expect an adult to do and certainly not from a civil servant type of professional. The 'no harm' part tho, is not revealed until after the fact. There's a very long list of 'harmless' pranks that have gone awry due to adverse reactions from the 'target' of the prank, sometimes ending tragically. This time, it did not, but you never know that until after the deed is done and over. Most of us have participated in such foolish behavior in our mis-spent youth, but learned not to as an adult. [i]When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child: but when I became [an adult], I put away childish things.[/i] Stop being defensive and rationalizing it and just learn from it going forward. [/QUOTE]
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