Today, on the way to recreation, I was talking with the guy in front of me about traveling to Africa and the malaria medication I had to take. As I passed one of the sergeants, he (the guard) asked me to come back to him. When I went closer to him he told me "Bye."
I didn't know why he wanted me to go back to my dorm so I asked him.
"You can't talk in the hallway. I've been telling you guys the past three days. Bye," he responded.
I hadn't been to recreation since he started and had never been told to stop talking in the hallway. But this sergeant, of all the sergeants, will not allow you to talk with him, and he yells at you if you try. I decided to just return to the dorm and not press the issue.
When I got to the dorm I found that the rules state "offenders will not talk loudly or engage in horseplay" while in the halls. I had been talking in a normal conversational voice and not engaging in horseplay. If the rule was changed, they are required to post the changes in the dorm. No such notice was to be found. So I wrote another grievance.
I don't like people who abuse their authority and this is just one minor example of many instances where abuse has occurred. I just hope that the grievances get something done instead of exacerbating the problem.
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