Camp rules can sound simple enough until someone follows the wording more carefully than the person who wrote them.

One counselor is told the water park is completely off-limits, so when the kids want to cool down, would you argue or find another approved option?

Instead of breaking the rule, the group discovers a loophole that keeps everyone technically compliant and very thoroughly soaked.

Let’s see how they got around this one.

The Water Park is Off Limits. Okay.

Every year, my High School would organize a school trip to an amusement park just outside of town.

In order to go on the trip, you had to fork over $10 and fill out a form (if you were under 16, your parent had to sign the form). Standard stuff.

But there was one teacher in charge who made it a point to remind us constantly that we weren’t allowed to enter the Water Park; otherwise, we were allowed to do what we wanted so long as we didn’t get in trouble or do anything that reflected poorly on the school.

Fair enough.

Then, they saw it.

Now,  this malicious compliance wasn’t intentional, but suffice it to say we arrived at the bus about fifteen minutes before it was scheduled to return to town, soaked to the bone.

If looks could kill, we would’ve been dusted right then and there. So he demanded to know what had happened, and we told him.

You see, there’s a ride at this park that is kind of a simple-looking roller coaster.

It’s not very high, and only has one drop, but the caveat is that the track is actually a slide with water, and the drop is over a body of water that causes a kind of wave that splashes both the rider and whoever is standing on the bridge across from the drop.

When they got on the bus, the teacher was furious.

We all stumbled across this ride while we were wandering the park, and debated whether or not we should go on it.

We decided, unanimously even, that technically this ride wasn’t in the Water Park, so riding it wasn’t actually against the rules.

We rode it twice.

By the time we finished explaining, he was glaring daggers at each one of us and after a pause, he just pointed behind him and said “Get on the bus.”

Everyone on the bus stared at us while we boarded, either thinking we were heroes or rebels. Whatever the case, I still laugh about this story whenever I tell it.

Wow! That sure sounds like a good time, even if they did get in trouble.

Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think about it.

It’s easy to see why they thought this.

Hard to tell if this is sarcasm or not.

Yes, most of them do.

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Here’s someone who would’ve done the same.

The staff made the water park forbidden, and the counselor followed that instruction exactly instead of pushing back.

A nearby splash area still fit the rules, so the kids got their fun without anyone technically stepping into prohibited territory.

Management could have avoided the whole loophole by writing a clearer rule instead of assuming everyone knew what they meant.

They banned the water park and accidentally approved the wettest technicality possible.