A Secret Vape, A Toxic Room, And A Toilet-Dipped Makeup Wipe—The Camp Story That Took A Wild Turn

Reddit user u/BigBagOfBeads, a 17-year-old attending a super prestigious statewide camp, thought she was in for ten days of bonding, brilliance, and maybe a little sleep deprivation. What she didn’t expect was a side of secret vaping and middle school–level chaos.

At the start of camp, leaders made it crystal clear: no substances, no vaping, no exceptions. Everyone nodded along like model citizens, and for the first week and a half, things ran smoothly.

Then one night, while one roommate was in the shower, the two older girls in the room casually pulled out their vapes and started puffing away. They told the OP not to snitch, she agreed, didn’t participate, and went straight to sleep, hoping that would be the end of it.

Spoiler alert: it was not. These same girls openly despised the shower roommate and even rubbed her face with a dirty makeup wipe dipped in the toilet after she fell asleep, which is less “prestigious camp behavior” and more “villain origin story.”

A few days later, someone accidentally left a vape out on the desk while another girl was visiting. When the shower roommate spotted it, and everyone denied ownership, the OP panicked.

Fearing they’d all be sent home during a room check, the OP and the shower roommate told their parents and requested a room change. Camp leaders searched the room, found nothing, and the vape squad has been icy ever since.

Now the OP is even considering reporting the 19-year-old, who works as a mentor at her school. So… was she wrong for speaking up, or just protecting herself from a very smoky situation?

Camp leaders searched the room, found nothing, and the vape squad has been icy ever since.

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Here's the original post by Reddit user u/BigBagOfBeads.

So to preface I (17F) am a part of a camp for an extracurricular activity that’s very prestigious and a high statewide honor. At the beginning of the camp they told us that all types of intoxication/substance use (including vaping) would not be tolerated. Anyways everything was going perfectly fine until on the tenth day, one of my roommates (16F) got in the shower, leaving me with the other two (18F and 19F).They whipped out vapes and started to use them, instructing me not to snitch. I promised I wouldn’t. I did not hit the vapes and went to sleep. My roommate got out of the shower snd they hid the vapes away. They don’t trust her because they literally hate her guts, like after she fell asleep they rubbed her face with a dirty makeup wipe that they dipped in the toilet. Weird ass behavior to say the least.A few more days passed. We were getting ready for our performance that night and another girl (17F) was in there with the four of us getting ready. She didn’t know about the vaping and neither did my roommate who was originally in the shower. Someone had left their vape on the desk. So shower roommate sees the vape sitting out on the desk and everyone denies it being theirs. I immediately panicked. Shower roommate and I called our parents and they agreed to let us get a new room.My mom suggested we tip off the leaders because if one of them found the vapes during room check, and everyone denied it, we’d all five get sent home. So we told them, they searched our room and found nothing. Obviously they hid the vapes well. But now they’re treating us terribly so... AITA?EDIT: We had to use the vaping incident to file for a room change. They wouldn’t have switched our room unless it was an emergency.EDIT 2: I am telling the 19F’s employer bc the 19F works for my school as a MENTOR in close contact with the 16F and I. So it makes sense for us to report her to the person over the department because otherwise, she will continue to abuse her power and tear down the children she claims to love and care for.

Let’s see how the Reddit community reacted.

Misfitincarnate

ESH.

notnothungover

This is horrible!

tiredandshort

YTA.

Hahafunnys3xnumber

NTA.

efrisbee

You did the right thing.

OtakuMaiden

I don’t blame you.

Kooky-Lawfulness3486

That’s disgusting!

EvovativeEnigma

They deserve what they get.

Deleted user

NTA… I think?

Deleted user

You were in a tough position.

notalltemplars

They’re not worth protecting.

hitbycars

They suck, but so do you.

Pups_the_Jew

In the end, the OP didn’t set out to cause drama—she just didn’t want to get sent home for something she didn’t even participate in. When the vibe shifted from rule-breaking to straight-up bullying, protecting her own reputation (and peace) suddenly felt less like snitching and more like common sense.

Now she’s stuck dealing with frosty roommates and lingering tension, but at least she knows she won’t be the one packing her bags early. So was she wrong for speaking up—or did she simply refuse to let someone else’s bad choices tank her hard-earned opportunity?