An experience at MRG this weekend got me thinking. The line for the single was pretty long, ranging from 20 minutes to a half an hour. A father had been in the line for a fair bit of time, perhaps fifteen minutes, with his son who was probably eight. Well, the son had to go to the bathroom. So, the father had him click out of his skis and held onto the kids skis while he ran in to go to the bathroom. The dad was at the opposite end of the singles corral when the kid came back and tried to get in line. At which point this older woman started scolding the child saying that he could not get back in line.
By the time the father reached the part of the corral closest to the lodge, the kid was gone. The father was calling for his son and asking a few people around if they had seen a boy dressed in such and such. This woman says that she did and told his son that he could not get in line and started ranting about how she lived in town, was a pass holder at MRG and he the day ticket holder doesn't understand proper courtesy etc, basically being a total bitch when this guy's main concern was locating his son. He showed her his skis, tried to apologetically explain what was going on and she became progressively more angry and kept back up everything she said with how she was a regular.
Do you feel entitled in such a way that somehow because you're a pass holder, you have a louder voice in what goes on at a ski area? I've never really felt this way in all my years having a pass at Stowe, Okemo or Sunday River.
By the time the father reached the part of the corral closest to the lodge, the kid was gone. The father was calling for his son and asking a few people around if they had seen a boy dressed in such and such. This woman says that she did and told his son that he could not get in line and started ranting about how she lived in town, was a pass holder at MRG and he the day ticket holder doesn't understand proper courtesy etc, basically being a total bitch when this guy's main concern was locating his son. He showed her his skis, tried to apologetically explain what was going on and she became progressively more angry and kept back up everything she said with how she was a regular.
Do you feel entitled in such a way that somehow because you're a pass holder, you have a louder voice in what goes on at a ski area? I've never really felt this way in all my years having a pass at Stowe, Okemo or Sunday River.
