Man Confesses To His Therapist That His Issues With Authority All Stems From Getting Stung With No-Hat-No-Play

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A local man has traced his lifelong resentment of authority back to a primary school teacher who made him sit under the COLA because he forgot his hat.

During a breakthrough in his Thursday therapy session, Daniel Walsh (32), revealed that his problems with bosses, police and parking inspectors all stemmed from being denied access to lunchtime handball in Year Three.

“I understood the policy. I wasn't against sun safety,” he told his therapist.

“But I couldn't help but feel a little targeted compared to the other boys who forgot their hat.”

Walsh says he had assumed his distrust of institutions developed during his teenage years, before remembering the feeling of watching his mates start a game without him.

“I offered to stay in the shade. I offered to put my jumper over my head. There was no room for negotiation.”

“That's when I realised these people weren't interested in outcomes. They just wanted compliance.”

The 32 year old sparkie says the incident established a pattern that continues today, particularly when a person of authority asks him to complete a task he was already about to do.

Although his therapist suggested the teacher was simply enforcing a reasonable school rule, Daniel maintained that this was exactly the kind of response he had come to expect.

“She asked whether I could see it from Mrs Henderson's perspective.”

“I said sure, let's spend another hundred and eighty dollars hearing her side.”

He then stormed out of the room and never returned.