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From 1989-2001 I worked p/t for a well-known pizza delivery company (sorry, no commercial). Periodically I'd be asked to deliver 'zas to the local Christian college on the north end of our delivery area.
Most of the deliveries were made to guys in dorms or the graduate apts., but there were frequent orders from the largest dorm on campus: a women's hall that housed 300+.
The majority of the time the ladies wanted me to bring the order to their room because they didn't want to schlep downstairs to the lobby. However, I asked if they'd make the trip anyway.
Why make a coed come downstairs? It's simple: even though the women attending this school were "born again Christians", I didn't think it would be wise for a lone male to be roaming the halls.
Yes, I was old enough to be their dad, but all it would take is for one woman who's pissed off @ her parents/boyfriend/profs/etc. to scream that "R" word after I'd passed her doorway. I didn't feel the possibility, no matter how small, was worth it.
During that entire 12 year period I only went into the sleeping areas one time; this was to deliver an order to a customer who'd ordered frequently, so I felt comfortable in walking to her room (3 doors off the lobby). Most of the other delivery guys thought I was nuts, but I never felt the need to utilize my umbrella liability policy.
In light of what happened @ UT-C & the problems other LCA chapters have had (e.g. Arizona State), I still maintain I'd rather be in a well-lit, public area. That way, in case anything bizarro did happen, I'd have witnesses.
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Bill Foltz, B-O 130
Illinois State '77
"People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."
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