The story itself is bizarre. Students desecrate school bathrooms. Principal overreacts. Locks all bathrooms save for one. Two thousand students are forced to use the same bathroom -- meaning some wait up to 20 minutes for relief. Or, they take to peeing in bushes and bottles. Sorry. Sad. Disgusting. Principal should unlock the doors.
The story gets better, however, when a local news station investigates. I've watched this video a few times now, and I still can't tell whether the reporter is using a tongue-in-cheek tone or whether he thinks he is that. freaking. good.
From the opening line -- "They attend 'Freedom' High School, but students here say 'freedom' ... is in short supply." -- to the interviews with giddy students, I almost believed I was watching a Daily Show fake news story -- not a real-life inquiry into a sad situation. The principal has defended the locked doors, and I'm beginning to hope this standoff continues -- just so I can watch more.
