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| Student theft creates headaches for women |
Leslie Rasimas
Staff Writer
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There has been
a desperate perpetrator of the tampon machines in all of the
women’s restrooms in Plemmons Student Union.
A “Due to continued theft we are no longer able to provide
this service. We apologize for the inconvenience,” sign
has been posted on each silver dispenser of tampons and sanitary
napkins.
The machines were broken into and could not be continually
repaired.
Scott Cato, day manager of the student union, said an unknown
person damaged the dispensers trying to obtain approximately
one dollar in quarters from each machine. Apparently, this
person was not interested in the contents, just the junk change,
enough to buy a soda or two from another machine.
This person picked one of the busiest buildings on campus
and was never caught.
Why did they choose the student union? Perhaps the rush one
gets from the fear of being caught was enough of a reason
to commit the senseless act.
Who is so desperate? Who is willing to risk their chance at
education for a handful of quarters? Who is the person that
has ruined this service for the girls that find themselves
in an emergency between classes?
It is hard work to break into any locked machine. After the
first theft, one would think the thief would quit when the
reward was so little. However, our criminal broke into approximately
eight or nine machines.
At $2, at the most, per machine, this is a grand total of
$18! Seems to me like it would really be worth the time and
effort.
For all those females caught unprepared, Cato said the student
union hopes to have the machines stocked and secured by fall
semester. I am not sure what additional measures can be made
to lock down these machines any more than they already are.
One needs a crow bar just to get the tampon out once it is
paid for.
This is one more issue the university should not have to waste
time correcting. The custodians should not spend time repairing
dispensers, the school should not be spending the money to
repair the dispensers and I should not be venting my anger
about another injustice.
I am a strong believer in what goes around, comes around.
If this was a male perpetrator, I would like to know how he
sneaked in and out of the bathrooms without being caught,
and one day he will be caught for another petty crime.
If this was the work of a female, someday I hope to see her
walking on campus with a big stain on the back of her pants.
I think that would be true justice.
For those that choose stupidity, you will look stupid whether
or not you are caught.
However, the students that respect their fellow peers are
rewarded with relationships, health and prosperity.
It is not my job to lecture the student body and baby-sit
the immature ones. Take responsibility for yourself and your
friends.
If you happen to know who needed the extra change, please
tell him or her to respect their school, not engage in pathetic
acts of desperation and how it is not funny or cool to leave
the ladies without supplies.
That is all I have to say about that.
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