I arrived back from class on Wednesday afternoon to find a sickly yellow piece of paper on my unmade bed. It was a lovely notice from Campus Fire Safety, which had conducted an inspection of my house while I was in class.
The pus-colored sheet informed me that Fire Safety inspectors had found something illegal in my room, and had confiscated it. Luckily, though they stole my sparklers, I only received a warning for the violation, rather than the $500 fine that I’ll presumably get the next time they find such “incendiary devices” or “fireworks” in my room.
Anyway, I think I’m going to petition to get them back, and make sure that they stay out of plain view in the future. This is not a matter on which I’m content to let The Man win, even if the sparklers only cost around $5.
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By petitioning, is there any possibility that you’ll end up worse off, like getting stuck with a $500 fine? If so, it’s totally not worth it. If not…damn the man, save the sparklers!
I doubt it; I think the most they could say is that they won’t return them. However, even the Fire Safety page alludes to a process whereby items will be returned, with the exception of candles and incense.
I just emailed them now to find out what I have to do. If they try to impose any harsher penalty or refuse to return the sparklers, I’ll bring it before the appropriate WSA officials.