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Thread: Shit that annoys you

  1. #44926
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    So you want say what ski area and lift you cut the single-line? Got it.

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    people should get in whatever line gets them on a chair the fastest. If the singles line seems fastest groups can get in it (as long as they don't expect to sit together.) If the singles line is way backed up singles should feel free to join less than full groups in one of the other lines. It makes little difference--if the singles line is significantly faster or slower than other lines, in fairly short order it won't be any more--human nature being what it is. What does make a difference--for the worse--is people getting aggro because they think someone else breaking their "rules".

    Interesting that foggy thinks it's ok to join a long line outside the maze from the side (if that's what he's saying). That breaks my "rule". I hate lines that get wider instead of longer. It just makes life in the line more unpleasant for everyone. Ultimately it's on the resort to get out more rope and snowstakes when that happens.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KQ View Post
    I find this kinda annoying.

    Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.
    Same goes for ellipses...

  4. #44929
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    Is it time to be annoyed about how people disembark the chair now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rideski View Post
    Is it time to be annoyed about how people disembark the chair now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by old goat View Post
    people should get in whatever line gets them on a chair the fastest. If the singles line seems fastest groups can get in it (as long as they don't expect to sit together.) If the singles line is way backed up singles should feel free to join less than full groups in one of the other lines. It makes little difference--if the singles line is significantly faster or slower than other lines, in fairly short order it won't be any more--human nature being what it is. What does make a difference--for the worse--is people getting aggro because they think someone else breaking their "rules".

    Interesting that foggy thinks it's ok to join a long line outside the maze from the side (if that's what he's saying). That breaks my "rule". I hate lines that get wider instead of longer. It just makes life in the line more unpleasant for everyone. Ultimately it's on the resort to get out more rope and snowstakes when that happens.
    It is not really like that although the people that don't like it like it's like that. C Chair has a regular 4 row corral. The difference is that the traffic flow is all from one side (one of those lifts where you have to go past the lift to get to the line) so it backs up on the left. So you just go around that back up and line up for the right most row.

    And its way less that it being "my way" and more about it has been that way for 30 years. Just like leaving your skis in the front row at Alta. Its just how it is.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles View Post
    It is not really like that although the people that don't like it like it's like that. C Chair has a regular 4 row corral. The difference is that the traffic flow is all from one side (one of those lifts where you have to go past the lift to get to the line) so it backs up on the left. So you just go around that back up and line up for the right most row.

    And its way less that it being "my way" and more about it has been that way for 30 years. Just like leaving your skis in the front row at Alta. Its just how it is.
    And you can either take advantage of it or let someone else take advantage of it...

  8. #44933
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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    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.
    Sunday River has been doing an excellent job filling chairs on the new six pack at Barker.

    The downside is that they're doing a good enough job matching trips groups of two and three with three and four, to the point where the singles line moves slower than the lines for groups of two and three.

  9. #44934
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    Knowing that one side of the maze typically has shorter lines and going there, or knowing that a lift has two mazes and everyone funnels to one of them so you should make the effort to go to the other one, is very different than deciding that waiting in the singles line isn't for you and finding a group of 3 to join near the front (IOW, deciding you are more entitled than the plebes waiting in the singles line). Finding the fastest line to get in is a time honored tradition (and having knowledge of which line that is). Deciding that you are better than the people getting in line and skipping that line is called cutting.
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  10. #44935
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    If the singles line is long, I roll single into the four or six pack line and take that many singles with me.

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    Big Sky has a lifty organizing everybody into groups of 6 before they go through the RFID gate. Invariably one or two or three people can't get their pass to trigger the gate without dancing around in front of the sensor for 30 seconds, so after the gate it's a completely unorganized shitshow. Many empty chairs going up, super annoying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rideski View Post
    If the singles line is long, I roll single into the four or six pack line and take that many singles with me.
    Yep.
    Sometimes the single line is for suckers.
    You, you, and you; we're a four pack now.

    Then I try to note the person who was in front of me to judge if it was to proper decision.

    Unrelated: I may have been a part of attempt to get eight people on to the four pack at Loveland.
    Late season, pow-day frenzy!

  13. #44938
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    Quote Originally Posted by Foggy_Goggles View Post
    It is not really like that although the people that don't like it like it's like that. C Chair has a regular 4 row corral. The difference is that the traffic flow is all from one side (one of those lifts where you have to go past the lift to get to the line) so it backs up on the left. So you just go around that back up and line up for the right most row.

    And its way less that it being "my way" and more about it has been that way for 30 years. Just like leaving your skis in the front row at Alta. Its just how it is.
    OK I get it. Makes sense. There's a few lifts around here that have two separate mazes for people arriving from different directions. that are supposed to alternate. Nothing wrong with getting in the shorter line if you're willing to work your way to it.

    But people who join lines from the side still annoy me.

  14. #44939
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danno View Post
    Knowing that one side of the maze typically has shorter lines and going there, or knowing that a lift has two mazes and everyone funnels to one of them so you should make the effort to go to the other one, is very different than deciding that waiting in the singles line isn't for you and finding a group of 3 to join near the front (IOW, deciding you are more entitled than the plebes waiting in the singles line). Finding the fastest line to get in is a time honored tradition (and having knowledge of which line that is). Deciding that you are better than the people getting in line and skipping that line is called cutting.
    I have to admit that if I'm in the singles line and I see singles joining groups it annoys me--that I wasn't smart enough to pick the fastest line. So the next run that's what I do. And sometimes I stay in the slower singles line because I don't feel like being sociable enough to ask a group if I can join them.
    But admit it, what you're really annoyed about is lines, period. And when you're annoyed it's nice to have some person to focus you're annoyance on.

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    Our hill hasn't joined the rfid revolution yet, so we still have liftys overseeing the lines and scanning passes. What really chaps my ass lately has been liftys that take it upon themselves to pair up groups of 2 for the quad chair. That should be the group of 2 plus 2 singles on each chair. It's always been 2 singles on each chair, but now the new crop of lifties is fucking everything up and the singles line is moving slow as shit. And to make things worse, they're inconsistent about it, so you never know if the singles line is going to move at the normal brisk pace, or if it's gonna take forever because Brad, the new lifty from Ohio is screwing everything up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by toast2266 View Post
    Our hill hasn't joined the rfid revolution yet, so we still have liftys overseeing the lines and scanning passes. What really chaps my ass lately has been liftys that take it upon themselves to pair up groups of 2 for the quad chair. That should be the group of 2 plus 2 singles on each chair. It's always been 2 singles on each chair, but now the new crop of lifties is fucking everything up and the singles line is moving slow as shit. And to make things worse, they're inconsistent about it, so you never know if the singles line is going to move at the normal brisk pace, or if it's gonna take forever because Brad, the new lifty from Ohio is screwing everything up.
    Fuckin' Ohioans, amirite??

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    Quote Originally Posted by toast2266 View Post
    Our hill hasn't joined the rfid revolution yet, so we still have liftys overseeing the lines and scanning passes. What really chaps my ass lately has been liftys that take it upon themselves to pair up groups of 2 for the quad chair. That should be the group of 2 plus 2 singles on each chair. It's always been 2 singles on each chair, but now the new crop of lifties is fucking everything up and the singles line is moving slow as shit. And to make things worse, they're inconsistent about it, so you never know if the singles line is going to move at the normal brisk pace, or if it's gonna take forever because Brad, the new lifty from Ohio is screwing everything up.
    Yep, this is why I skied 6-7 runs on Sunday as a single and never got in the singles line. It’s painful to stand in the singles line and watch the lifties pair up groups from the 4 converging lines while you wait. Now I go to the shortest of the 4 lines and find a group without 4, which is most of them.

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    Fucking plantar fasciitis, broken calcaneus is on the mend and this shit hurts worse than splitting my calc like a piece of wood. I gotta use my crutches until it loosens up in the morning.

    Oh, and whatever arctic blast is about to freeze the shit out of us. I am over those.

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    TRG mods fucking annoy me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buzzworthy View Post
    TRG mods fucking annoy me.
    Meh. She'll get fewer clicks in that abyss. I consider that a win.

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    Gout/arthritis from broken joints is pissing me off these days. Considering amputation

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    Quote Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan View Post
    Meh. She'll get fewer clicks in that abyss. I consider that a win.
    Sure but now gotta deal with the resident moronz over there….

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    My snowblower shat the bed this morning. It ran fine in the last month or two and the motor is now seized. Balls.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    From my perspective I'm never going to get butt hurt about someone filling a seat that's otherwise going to go empty.
    ...other than being pissed that I didn't notice it first. (Ya bastard!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by yeahman View Post
    Big Sky has a lifty organizing everybody into groups of 6 before they go through the RFID gate. Invariably one or two or three people can't get their pass to trigger the gate without dancing around in front of the sensor for 30 seconds, so after the gate it's a completely unorganized shitshow. Many empty chairs going up, super annoying.
    Same deal at the Jordan 8; they switched things up for the Barker 6 so the gates are at the entry to the corral before you spread out into the singles/2-3/4-6 lanes. Works well when it's busy, but becomes a different choke point when it isn't (plus there's no singles line at the RFID gate, so you end up either weasling ahead of groups or getting held up before you can work around you the singles line).

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