CAMP COUNSELOR
Jan 29th, 2008 by admin
Several years ago I was a staff-in-training counselor at one of America’s largest overnight camps. Along with two other male counselors and four female counselors, we were in charge of almost one hundred campers. One night, me and the two other male counselors got back from a meeting a heard a commotion going on in the bathhouse. We walked over to see what all the fuss was about. When we walked in, we realized that the guys had gotten their hands on Chicago hair removal cream. A handful of guys had decided that in order to impress the ladies they would get rid of all their unsightly chest, back, and armpit hair. Let me tell you, we just about lost it when we saw the look on those guys’ faces when we walked in. Talk about deer in the headlights. They were so shocked and embarrassed for us to see them. I guess it might not seem as funny of a story to somebody that does not understand my camp, or know those kids, but it was hilarious to us. It is little events like that which stick in your mind and makes you laugh years down the road, even if it does not make sense to anybody else.