"Research Student Gets Arrested"

This unfortunate incident had occured some years back to a research student in the Health Science department.

Having received the instructions of a research assignment that determines the percentage of drivers who come to a complete stop at a stop sign when they are driving alone or with passenger, this research student was concerned that standing next to a stop sign with a clipboard in his hand will bias his findings. So he looked for a a stop sign located near a bushy area near the road.

Having found such a stop sign, he crawled behind the bush with his clipboard, pen and a pair of binoculars (to make sure there there is or is not any passengers in the car). After about 15 minutes of research police arrived on the scene and arrested the youth, refusing to believe that he was conducting a research.

Temporarily behind bars, the research student made a phone call to one of his professors, who had to come down to the police station and bail him out.

What had happened? Who informed the police? And why was he arrested for conducting a harmless research?

It so happens that across the street from the stop sign was a bathroom window. It was indeed the house owner who made the call to the police when noticing a young male crawling into a bush with a pair of binoculars and looking in the direction of the bathroom window, while his/her 15-year-old daughter was taking a shower. Now, it is oh-so-very-much hoped that the research student was completely oblivious to that fact.


AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Tell me you laughed!


This story was told by my DHR professor to point out to us that "Be careful when you're doing research that you don't get arrested." The humour continues. After he told us this, a guy from the class asked in a serious voice, "So do we call you if we happen to get arrested?", followed by snickers all around the class. Lesson learnt. EVERYONE took something away from that tutorial.