The super high swinging pole plants while over exaggerating bobbing up and down always gets a chuckle
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The super high swinging pole plants while over exaggerating bobbing up and down always gets a chuckle
Here’s my buddy in a couloir after foggy’s been at it:
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That's ugly. Looks like an army sideslipped down that.
It's been determined here in the Jury thread that you can just blow it off. But it can be entertaining. Here's a repost of my "TR"Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
I was supposedly one of 200 yet only 30 showed. So much for coming up with a creative excuse - just don't show up!
I asked how many no-shows they get, and the answer was, "We don't know. We don't track that".
They needed 13 out of 30. Shit! This wasn't looking good. First person scratched broke down and cried when asked their first direct question. Serious wingnut, or academy award nominee. Either way, kudos. Next person gone with, "I'm her friend". Nicely played.
"Anyone here have any connection to the legal system?"
"I'm a border guard" Bzzt, Next! (thing is, he actually wanted to be picked)
"I'm a lawyer" What type of law? "Immigration" Not good enough, you're staying. " ...series of non sequiturs..." See ya! (funny thing here was that she was trying to plead her case for being on the jury, but too crazy and self-involved to stay in context)
"I've appeared before this judge before, and have an issue before him currently. Additionally, I have a previous conviction, but my rights have been restored" No problem, you're on the jury! What. in. the. fuck? Actually, I was kinda glad he made it because he was entertaining in the jury room.
"Who here really wants to be on a jury?"
Milton Waddams raises his hand. Civic duty, scales of justice, something in Klingon, 12-sided die, unintelligible muttering...
Thanks for playing! What's Milton's parting gift, Don?
"Who thinks this is a waste of time, and really doesn't want to do this?"
A few hands go up.
OK, you're excused.
You have got to be kidding me! I could've had a V8?! Facepalm.
"You thirteen be back after lunch. As for the rest of you, the Grand Ave Ale House is three blocks south."
Couloir du Lac?Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
I've never seen it that shitty.
Couloir Patou.
I don't like that traverse, so I haven't skied it that much, but again, never seen it that trenched out.
Not me, I usually go Banane
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Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
I find this kinda annoying.
Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.
Let them think that.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
Sounds like it annoyed them. Good, makes me not annoyed.
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Originally Posted by KQ
❄️❄️❄️ <- snowflake emoji, in case it doesn’t come thru.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
Generally in JH we have simple singles lanes and no one complains when ya wanna fill a chair...unless the maze is quiet or empty.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Then, assume peeps would rather ride alone unless politely asked if they'd like some company.
On a pow day, any empty slots are noticed and vocalized about.
Next summer is the scheduled new Sublette installation. You mags should look into buying a chair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Last week, for the first time evaaaaaaar, I said to myself, "damn this chair is slow".
JH liftops has embraced hiring from the bottom of the barrel since housing them is nigh impossible.Quote:
Originally Posted by toast2266
It's a laughable junkshow mostly. 1 in 15 hires has any ski sense. Many are FDB's or advanced intermedes.
I give very little quarter to lifties m'self. FFS, it's a simple job. One day's instruction on the hows and whys of the job and they should be home free.
Bump that fucking chair! On Sublette, you let it hit my knees at full speed and you're gonna hear about it.
HSQs have all but killed the art of the sliding bump.
Contrarily, I treat them proper in general and connect with the cool ones. That new little librarian girl on Casper doesn't look very ski-ish but dang she's grinning at me on every lap. Cute lil' button.
Djongo gets the protocol as usual. If its busy, all chairs are filled one way on the other. If you don't like the system there are only two options a. STFU b. Regulate. Its a fucking ski area, the lifties ain't line cops unless they want to be. Really there is just one rule, "just fuckin' go". If it's slow, it's good form to ask.
IMO, the lift vibe can kinda make or break the place all the way from the total goob to the hardend family man. You have to deal with them on every run. Winter Park has great lifties that love skiing. It's kinda the step of job above bowl patrol or F&B. They really make the place a lot more enjoyable.
Oh right. In the quiet Midwest I always ask. If somebody seems unsure or dithers I don’t press the issue. If somebody just generally seems uncomfortable or avoids eye contact I won’t bother. I usually leave kids and snowboarders alone unless they seem pretty competent. Etc. It’s a very friendly, Midwest-nice sort of vibe with most.
Nobody is telling anybody they can’t go up alone around here, even if it is busy, though as patrol I’ll often encourage singles to make friends if the line gets long.
I’m still floored by the whole thing. I’m of half a mind to send a note to the hill manager to make sure they don’t make that a policy, but worried I’ll just end up having them bake something stupid in.
Our recently upgraded 6pack lift is kinda funny. Awesome lift and super fast compared to the old three person fixed grip. But 6 is a weird number for people, and it is rare that the chairs are actually full with 6 people. It would be interesting if some kinda mathematician were to chart the real-world efficiency of a 6 person chair vs a 4 when this is taken into account. There is only one singles line, and the lift maze isn't set up for shit, so that is also a factor. Not annoying so much, just interesting I guess.
Careful. They'll put you on the list of malcontents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustonen
this past weekend at a quad chair, the singles line was on the left and all the lines stretched up the hill about 2-3x the length of the roped corral. I didnt want to wait in that shit show, so i just skied up the right side and begged into the closest group of 3 to the front (i didnt join 2s as those were common and easy to match up). Technically i guess i was cutting the singles line, but it made the lifty's life easier and ensured a full chair.
What annoys me is when you have RFID gates, your group gets called forward by the lifty and people dont spread out to go through the RFID gates as a group at the same time. When they dont do this, the group doesnt stay together and you get unfilled chairs.
Yeah, that'd be interesting - it's the same thing with our new 6 pack. Lots of chairs unfilled. It doesn't help that our singles line is laid out poorly at that lift and the lifties are fairly terrible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Name Redacted
It's all kind of moot for us though. Leitner-Poma screwed up the installation of the chair, so the thing never runs. It's always broken (which can also be filed under things that annoy me).
Maybe they think it indicates a thumb up their ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
Apparently they think proper capitalization and punctuation in texts is also aggressive.
Yeah, I think 6 packs are a waste of money because they don't seem to move 50% more than a quad.
Technically? You were cutting the singles line, plain and simple, no technicality about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
We had a lifty on a fixed grip 4 bitching at people for riding solo last season (on a day with no lift lines at all) because "Bumping chairs is hard work". Had to laugh and think "You had one job!".
Totally. Just fucking own it! Every lift/ski area has a bit of a twist to its accepted strategies but if you lift the corral rope, that's cutting. And I'm not against cutting necessarily but you are signing up for what comes next.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
I've been a punk at the ski area my whole life so I've got respect for those with a bit of grease to their style. Acting like you own the place is go to move.
The Jane: At the super gay, totally good as a single/small group to entered the main corral and move forward by asking groups ahead if you can join. It fucks the singles line but their is no requirement that singles go in the singles line. And the lifties occasionally just load 6 singles. I don't like that but it is their circus. You can continue to move up all the way until loading. This is part of the "just fuckin' go" protocol.
C Chair: You can join any single any time including ducking the rope. This is throwback to the old school "Single" yell met usually with a pole wave. Its also totally cool to Boston Merge the right side of the pre-corral shit show.
Any more than four people and it starts getting difficult to tell how many are in the group, so chairs go up that aren't full often. You really need someone acting as a traffic cop and specifically telling singles to join groups to reduce this and it seems pretty rare at most resorts to have the resources to do this very often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Really? All six person chairs have 6 starting gates with one spot for each person?
I'll put Winter Parks dumb fucks up against most ski areas dumb fucks and when busy, their chairs load full almost all the time.
I've had a "local" get real salty when I did this once... I didn't tell him to GFH, but only because my kid (was young) was with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
I’m kind of annoyed that I missed the opportunity to tell Buster that traverses annoy him.
#LakewoodLocal #IveGotaPlaceinFraser most likely. If you are gonna be grease, a kid is a great side kick.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Really, the limtus test is "Is the opportunity available to everyone". If the mouth breathers on the left would move right the line to each of the rows in the corral would equalize. In essence, there are 4 lines there so you should just choose the shortest. It's not a reverse merge of 1>4. I usually diffuse the situation by offering them the spot in front of me. As in "look, you can be in the shorter line also, lets go!"
the Pan de Rideau does not annoy me. It acts as a filter. I don't know if it would annoy Buster. Goofy foot snowboarders ("Swallow" if you prefer) have to go "switch techique extreme" which is impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Yes, but the singles line(s) merge in before that point. Groups tend to be pretty disorganized until they get right up to the gates in my experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
Well the singles gotta just want it more I guess? They are not following the "just fucking go" system.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-6V2Z2-8dw
Occasionally scary but never annoying
This guy was already in front of me. :rolleyes2 I didn't ask for his resume, but I suspect you're right about the "local" part. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
But yeah - it was just like you said - the right lane was barely out of the corral. And nobody was getting in it. I should have told him "Non parlo Inglese."
Right, they need the lazy singles line and the singles line that's gonna fuckin' skate their asses off to get to the gate whenever they see an empty spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
Skews me, skews me, skews me, skews me....they get it eventually.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Eh, functionally the same as joining a group of 3 from the side up near the front. Just with less jostling, talking and people the wiser.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles
Style counts. What ski area are you talking about? I'm sure there are regulars here that will give you there opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
You cut the line. Like I said, I'm not against it. Just own it. Is "functionally the same" the barometer by which you measure other people's behavior?
From my perspective I'm never going to get butt hurt about someone filling a seat that's otherwise going to go empty.