Annoying Lift Line Behavior

[ta&idaho]

People who complain about smokers in the lift line. Either by fake coughing, hacking, or engaging the smoker in conversation which usually gets heated.

Yeah, especially those pesky little asthmatic children . . . coughing and wheezing and basically wearing their respiratory ailments on their sleeves. Why can't a smoker just enjoy a cigarette in peace, without one of these little pipsqueaks whipping out their inhalers (probably just to flaunt their airway inflammation)? Kids these days...

 

[Glenn]

The "smoking" complaint always makes me confused. A lot of people here have no problem ducking into the woods for a "safety meeting." Now, unless things have changed significantly in the 10 or so years since I got out of college, I beleive that's primarily an "unfiltered" event. So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

 

[bigbog]

2. People who interrupt my conversation just to move up 2 feet. ;-)

I've never seen this but can understand how this could be appreciated..(LOL), but you have to admit that when one is on the phone, just as in driving....what would seem to be 2 feet would often be 15 feet, and vice versa. It's not at all out of belligerence(sp?)...it's very easy to lose your awareness of spacial boundaries...
..and...
> Originally Posted by riverc0il
>Not making the line work to max out the chair capacity.
...Isn't it fun being one of Pavlov's mice..

 

[thorski]

The "smoking" complaint always makes me confused. A lot of people here have no problem ducking into the woods for a "safety meeting." Now, unless things have changed significantly in the 10 or so years since I got out of college, I beleive that's primarily an "unfiltered" event. So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

Well said.
As far as the children go i see plenty of dad's warming up their cars in the parking lot after skiing while their kids are changing their boots. Those Dad's exposing those poor children to those fumes really burn me up.

 

[ta&idaho]

So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

Well said.
As far as the children go i see plenty of dad's warming up their cars in the parking lot after skiing while their kids are changing their boots. Those Dad's exposing those poor children to those fumes really burn me up.

I know it sounds ridiculous, but research indicates that (a) outdoor secondhand smoke in close proximity (like a liftline) produces concentrated levels of toxic air pollutants, (b) secondhand smoke is highly toxic, actually containing much higher levels of particulates than diesel exhaust, and (c) even low levels of secondhandsmoke can be quite harmful to young children.

Bottom line: if you're going to smoke, step out of the liftline (outside, the smoke dissipates sufficiently at distances greater than six feet).

 

[boston_e]

1) Smokers

2) Ticket scanners who let empty chairs go up while trying to get the scanners to work, or because they can't keep up.

 

[maineskier69]

The "smoking" complaint always makes me confused. A lot of people here have no problem ducking into the woods for a "safety meeting." Now, unless things have changed significantly in the 10 or so years since I got out of college, I beleive that's primarily an "unfiltered" event. So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

Good point but, cig smoke does seem to carry and linger farther and longer that the "other smoke". I haven't seen anyone lately bold enough to light up the "other smoke" in a lift line for at least a real long time if ever....

 

[boston_e]

Bottom line: if you're going to smoke, step out of the liftline (outside, the smoke dissipates sufficiently at distances greater than six feet).

I'd say even outside, at a distance of six feet, someone smoking a ciggarette is highly annoying.

 

[luvinjaycloud]

Lift Line behavior

F-bombs by anybody in the lift line, punks or adults. what are people thinking when there are moms, dads, little kids, grandparents all around and a guy (or a girl) are throwing the f-word every other adjective? Might as well be throwing trash on the ground. It shouldn't be tolerated.

 

[billski]

F-bombs by anybody in the lift line, punks or adults. what are people thinking when there are moms, dads, little kids, grandparents all around and a guy (or a girl) are throwing the f-word every other adjective? Might as well be throwing trash on the ground. It shouldn't be tolerated.

In Parochial school the nuns took "washing your mouth out with soap" seriously. I was making bird noises (whistles) in 6th grade. She sent me to the boys room to get a handful of powder soap (remember that stuff) and made me stand in the hallway while she watched me eat it.
We need nuns running the lift lines :-o

 

[wa-loaf]

1 People who bring ski poles onto the lift with them.
2 People who have gloves on the whole time!
Grrrrrr gets me mad just typing it!

WTH are you talking about?

 

[zinger3000]

People who hang out at the end of the line such that you can't tell if they're actually in line, or just hanging around. My thought process in such a situation is "If I go ahead of them, they'll call me out for cutting in line, but if I just stand here, other people are going to move on ahead past me"

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

The "smoking" complaint always makes me confused. A lot of people here have no problem ducking into the woods for a "safety meeting." Now, unless things have changed significantly in the 10 or so years since I got out of college, I beleive that's primarily an "unfiltered" event. So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

one is voluntary, the other is not...its not like the tokers complaining about the smokers are doing so while smoking a fatty in the lift line.

 

[Glenn]

one is voluntary, the other is not...its not like the tokers complaining about the smokers are doing so while smoking a fatty in the lift line.

But some are complaining about it on the interweb,. ;-)

 

[SkiDork]

all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

Don't get me started on that one...

 

[RootDKJ]

People who complain about smokers in the lift line. Either by fake coughing, hacking, or engaging the smoker in conversation which usually gets heated.

I lie to people and tell them I have asthma. I hate the smell of tobacco smoke.

The "smoking" complaint always makes me confused. A lot of people here have no problem ducking into the woods for a "safety meeting." Now, unless things have changed significantly in the 10 or so years since I got out of college, I beleive that's primarily an "unfiltered" event. So what's the big deal about getting a whiff of cig smoke from 50 feet away? I mean, you probably breathe in more harmful crap walking past all the idling diesel busses in the parking lot.

Things have changed significantly in the past 10 years or so. There's been a ton of research done around that. I remember in high-school health classes, they used to tell us that 1 joint = 1 pack of cigarettes. Complete BS.

 

[Glenn]

I lie to people and tell them I have asthma. I hate the smell of tobacco smoke.



Things have changed significantly in the past 10 years or so. There's been a ton of research done around that. I remember in high-school health classes, they used to tell us that 1 joint = 1 pack of cigarettes. Complete BS.

I'm mearly pointing out the irony of directly inhaling something...then complain about getting a "whiff" of something else in the lift line. ;-)

 

[RootDKJ]

I'm mearly pointing out the irony of directly inhaling something...then complain about getting a "whiff" of something else in the lift line. ;-)

I hear ya. Actually, the lift line doesn't bother me, but on the chair, or worse, in a gondola does.

 

[Glenn]

I hear ya. Actually, the lift line doesn't bother me, but on the chair, or worse, in a gondola does.

I actually find a whiff of cig smoke on a crisp day to be a pleasant smell. I also find the smell of a 2 stroke snowmobile to be pleasant as well. Both in moderation though. I wouldn't want to take a gondola ride with an idling snowmobile....:-o

 

[bigbog]

<police OT during road work...>

I can't relate to that point of view. It's wrong and should be stopped. The police routinely and disingenuously fight to keep this rule on the books, pretending that it is a public safety issue. I have lived in other states where things were just as safe with a caution sign or a minimum wage flagman. I don't want to spend my money on this and would rather spend it on lift tickets.

"I don't want to spend my money on this and would rather spend it on lift tickets"
..on road work? Spoken like a true 4-wheeling offroader!