Lessons from a Big Brother

An older sibling can teach you many things. They might tell you how to handle upcoming classes or help you with homework. They might teach you how to do some kind of hobby, like playing a game, hunting, or fishing - as was the case with me many times, actually. They might even teach you how to play a sport. 
If I thought about it hard enough, I could probably tell you about several different lessons Jordan taught me. Maybe I'll write posts about them later, as I remember them. 
But one of the first things that comes to mind is the port-a-potties. (I'm not sure I'm spelling that right. I think that's how you'd write it?) I'm not sure how Jordan figured it out, but at some point, he learned how to lock those portable Johns from the outside. 
One summer, while we were out camping with our grandparents up at a campground on Lake Vermilion, Jordan told me he would impart this precious secret with me for seemingly no reason. He took me to the ring of portable Johns in the middle of the campground and demonstrated on one. 
It was pretty simple. I learned it quickly, and I put the knowledge to use. Right before we left the campground, he and I locked every portable John from the outside. 
I'm not sure how anyone discovered what we did or what happened. I imagine lines probably formed outside of them, and when no one ever came out of any of the bathrooms, someone probably reported it to the campground administration. 
Sometime later when we came back, I found that all the portable Johns had levers on the inside that made it extra-difficult to lock them from the outside, so we didn't bother with that again.
However, every once in awhile, to this day, I remember what he taught me when I see a portable John. And I get tempted to lock it from the outside.
It's a dumb thing to remember, but it's one thing I think he'd be proud of.
​-Amanda J. Tucker

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