Corruption of Youth - Hemlock, Anyone?

There’s this little passageway between Chris’s townhouse and the much coveted fresh brewed coffee at 7-11 that only takes one about 8 minutes to tread there and back. Having only slept for 5 and ½ hours the night before, I heeded the siren’s call and took the road less traveled, only to emerge from the store 15 minutes later with a 20oz cup of French roast. Eager to dash back to catch the series finale of “Friends,” I looked around to make sure that no formal authorities were around and jaywalked across the street. And as I marveled at the 20 seconds that I saved, my eyes met these two young, impressionable kids looking at me, and in a split second they too, decided to ignore the traffic signals and jaywalked. Good Lord! Did I just corrupt the youth? Did they break the law because I did it first? Was I the bad example? I shuddered at the thought of the responsibility of being a role model and proceeded to feel really, really bad. So I guess the moral of the story is, next time when you’re thinking about jaywalking, look to see if there are cops AND/OR kids around first before making your move…