Either that Rick or they end up in derelict houses or playgrounds with needles in their arms and bottles of alcohol
Naahh... Those sticking needles into their own arm are the gutless ones. The ones with guts stick needles (and other things) into other's arms, and alcohol (bottle only) on others head.
Seriously, my point is that life is risky. Taking away the see-saw and merry-go-round is nutty. Unless kids are exposed to some risk, they are not aware of the concept that everything in life has some risk. My
opinion is that as a consequent, kids are less equipped to balance risk vs benefit and thus make
poor risk-benefit judgement into adulthood.
Kids in car child-seats makes sense. But then after arriving the zoo safely, you dangle the kid 10 feet over the cheetah pit for a better view! That is nutty! Yet it happened (April 12 2015, Cleveland Metroparks zoo. The kid fell 10 feet into the cheetah pit.) This shows a total lack of concept of risk-vs-benefit. In my view, this parent probably grow up without adequate concept of risk.
In 2012, it happened in Pittsburgh zoo for a 2 year old with the Wild African Dogs exhibit. Boy felt from seating on the railing and killed by the dogs. The boy’s parents sued the zoo, saying it had been warned about other parents who routinely lifted children on to the railing.
Now, that leads us right back to relating back to the original post - Law suit. If the train station openly allow such plug in, say there is a posted sign "charge up to 10 minutes only" which would constitute a tacit approval; such approval would open the train station to law suit if say he or anyone else tripped over the wire. So the station at the very least has to show some objection. It is not a bad idea to issue a citation of some sort every now and again to set an example. It is just awful if you happened to be the instrument of such example setting.
If I am caught with my phone plugged in... Sorry for the confusion, officer, I am not charging my phone. I am doing a public service checking if the power level is proper before I or anyone else get on the train...