Damsel in Distress

Freshman at Ohio University are not allowed to have their cars, but I found a way I could! Right in the middle of South Green, there is a Church (New Life) that sells parking spots to whoever is willing to pay $100. My personal spot is #164, which is located in the back parking lot.

Well one day last week, I went to my car (ready to go home and play halo!) and I had left my dome light on... so my car battery was dead. :( After trying to think of someone I knew with a car for 10 minutes, I figured I would just call the campus police to come help get me started. So I called my grandma and had her look up the number; then I called. A woman picks up the phone "Hello, OU police dept.".

-me: "Hi, yea umm I go to school here and I was just wondering if you guys jump cars?"

-dispatcher: " Yes, we do. Where are you located?"

-me: (Super relieved) Im parked behind the New Life Church on South Green, by the soccer field."

-dispatcher: "Ohhh.. Thats not University property? We cant help you.. Call a towing company."

Then she hung up.

I Literally freaked out.

Sure!!! I would love to call a towing company and pay them just to take a trip over here to jump my car.. when your stupid cruisers sit right outside this lot 70% of the time?! The church is surrounded by university property, making this situation so unnecessary.

This created a conflict between me and OU Police. This instance is an expample of Conflict Theory, which we talked about in week 4.

I ended up having to call my friend Kelli, who is a sophmore with a car on campus. Us two girls, who know nothing about how to jump a car, attempted to do this without help. The only thing we knew was to not touch the two cables together. So we connect them to each battery.. actually successfully. Then Kelli had to rev her car to get mine charging and at this point we are both fearing for our lives and picturing both cars blowing up! Thank god that didn't happen.. So in the end it all worked out, but if it wasnt for the conflict between OU pd and private owners, I would've been out of there alot faster and safer.