OK, I have another story, and it goes back over a decade. This wasn't a letdown for me, but it was a number of young men, and I was the cause of their disappointment.
One day at the beginning of the lunch period, I was on my way to the school cafeteria to purchase my lunch. I see two girls (10th or 11th graders) nose to nose in the Quad area and a small crowd of mostly boys beginning to form around them. No doubt a fight is imminent. As an adult and a professional, it is my duty to stop this before it gets started. So I stealth my way through the burgeoning crowd and step in between the two girls. I put my right arm around one girl and my left arm around the other and whisper, "Look ladies, I really don't think that you want to put on a big show for these guys. In the end you're both going to be embarrassed. So, let's walk into the office and talk this out." Both girls quite willingly turn toward the office and begin to walk with me. At that point the guys cut loose with a chorus of "Boos" as I walk away with the two combatants. As we near the office, the principal comes running outside yelling, "Where's the fight?" Apparently someone had alerted him that something was up. (BTW, he was total idiot.) I told him that there was no fight and that these two young ladies should talk things out in his office. They left with him, and I did an about-face and headed back to the cafeteria. After all, I was hungry. As I made my way back through the Quad I was once again lustily booed by the guys. I saluted them as I walked by, made it into the cafeteria and had a nice lunch.
And no, I didn't feel the least bit guilty.
