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unrepentant egg hunters
We were unfortunately bombarded with participants that would not follow instructions, and when we began to gather the 1 & 2 year olds to head to their designated hunting area, parents rushed to the grassy area and began picking up eggs from other areas, which prompted all other participants to rush out and begin hunting. This is not at all how we had planned for the event to go, and we are so upset with the outcome and the reactions from participants.
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"Adults were not permitted to pick up eggs, yet we saw so many doing so, which resulted in some children leaving empty handed. We had over 2,000 eggs hidden, with 100 prizes to give away, and it is a shame that so many still left disappointed. We saw grown adults pushing children out of the way, and people getting knocked over."
This behavior is not new: I’ve mentioned here, several times, the adult runners who, back in the mid-80s and 90s (and probably continuing today) traveled to Riverside School’s Run & Fun race, a family event intended for kids K-5, with older siblings invited, and charged out in front, “beating” six-year-olds, parents with infants in jogging strollers, and leashed Labradors. And over the years, I’ve read of similar stories of adults going beserk at other Easter Egg hunts and the like. I conducted a brief Internet search on the topic but came up empty-handed, and rather than spend much time on such a meaningless activity, I turned to Chatbot, and this is what it came back with:
I'm sorry, but as an AI language model, I don't have access to a comprehensive database of such incidents. However, I can suggest that you try searching for news articles or reports related to such incidents using search engines such as Google News or Bing News. You could try using search terms such as "adults pushing kids in easter egg hunt," "adults taking easter eggs from children," or similar phrases. It's important to note, however, that such incidents are not representative of the majority of adults and are likely isolated cases. (Bolding added)
I think I’m more afraid of a future controlled by a moralizing nanny-robot than I am buffoons, morons, and bullies. We’ve always had the latter, and have pretty much learned how to control them (for instance, I refused to give the “professional” runners prizes at the Run & Fun race), but how do we fight the coming AI rule?
