Do you have a sense of entitlement at your home mountain?

[Geoff]

sounds like some good eatin..

No scrapple, shoo fly pie, or summer sausage. You'd hate it.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

No scrapple, shoo fly pie, or summer sausage. You'd hate it.

I like to give my dates some summer sausage..

 

[Geoff]

I like to give my dates some summer sausage..

I thought that was a half-eaten "Slim Jim".

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I thought that was a half-eaten "Slim Jim".

It's all relative....in West Virginia..

 

[riverc0il]

I was surprised at the initial responses re it not being cool to allow an 8 yr old to run to the bathroom after a 15 min. wait in a liftline. Kids ought to get a beak when they've "got to go".

Yea, that was my initial response. As long as the kid is old enough to go there and back again by himself, if the dad turned to me and said "hey, my kid has been waiting 15 minutes and all of a sudden needs to go. would you mind if I held his spot while he took a piss?" I would say, cool, no problem. Single line is interesting in that it is one of the few (only?) lifts in New England that a 30-40 minute lift line is regular and accepted (I have other thoughts on that one, but I digress...). It is normally a friendly and jovial line. Surprising to hear about this incident.

Any ways... more towards the question... no, pass holders and locals should get no special favors aside from those given to pass holders. You get to know people on the mountain and may have regular access to ears... so your complaints or concerns may get more attention than Joe Day Ticket Buyer. But no entitlement or special treatment.

I have been a share holder at Mad River for two years now and I am shocked by the views of some of the share holders who think the co-op is there for them and they really should get special treatment aside from discounts (which don't amount to much and rightly so). To be blunt, it seems like the long term and older share holders are the worst offenders for these poor attitudes. Just my take. I think that type of attitude sucks. Buying a share is to preserve the mountain which is a business. No special entitlement exists.

 

[Highway Star]

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.

I don't ski at MRG for a very good reason......

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I don't ski at MRG for a very good reason......

Mandatory GS turns were too much for you to handle??

 

[Highway Star]

Actually, several very good reasons...

 

[Highway Star]

Mandatory GS turns were too much for you to handle??

When are you at Killington next, couch jumper?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

When are you at Killington next, couch jumper?

I'll probably be there 420 weekend..want to race???

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Actually, several very good reasons...

What are the reasons????

 

[deadheadskier]

I don't ski at MRG for a very good reason......

lemme guess, you don't have a pass and don't feel the same sense of entitlement as you do at Killington?

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I always take issue when somebody is solo and "standing guard" at a table in the base lodge when every other seat in the lodge is taken. Usually, they're in street shoes and obviously set up for the rest of the day.
Me: "Are these seats taken?"
Them: "I'm saving them for ...."
Me: "Are they in the base lodge?"

Invariably, my group sits down, does what they need to do, and is gone and nobody shows up that is with the person guarding the table.

Texans in white Baptist church vans are famous for it. You're at a small western ski area on a warm, sunny day. The base lodge has maybe 10 picnic tables outside on the deck. In comes the huge cooler on wheels filled with sugary soda, white bread, miracle whip, bologna, processed american cheese food, potato chips, and junk desserts like ring dings and twinkies. The cooler goes on top of the picnic table for the day. Non-skiing mom or aunt Bertha stands guard all day. I get really evil looks when I sit down with my microbrew beer and bowl of chili. I'm contaminating the table with the demon alcohol. You really need to experience places like Wolf Creek, Monarch, Ski Santa Fe, Anglefire, or Red River during their March "Spring Break". Never saw so many people skiing in carhartt overalls. I thought I'd wandered onto the set of Footloose and I was Kevin Bacon.

sounds like some good eatin..

That's what I was thinking but I didn't post it, though I do replace the white bread with wheat and the soda with water but the rest sounds good. You don't get a body like mine from eating healthy, airport food on the run all the time doesn't help either. My legs look good though from all the skiing.

 

[mondeo]

Actually, several very good reasons...

Claiming you're top 30 is just too unrealistic, even for you?

Trails aren't wide enough?

Not enough grooming?

You actually have to have some cajones?

Backseat skiing is prohibited?

 

[mondeo]

I make lifties at Killington call me "your honor;" at Sundown, they call me "your Majesty" and bow.

I did learn one thing from this thread, though: other people aren't nearly as gender specific with their profanities as I am. I would never call a woman an a-hole, dick, or d-bag. Usually stick with a word that starts with b.

 

[Terry]

Unfortunately ther are simply TOO MANY ASSHOLES out ther .

The only thing i look for at my home hill is a GREAT day of skiing i have the ability to transcend the assholes I don't pay them any freaking attention at all

why let THEM ruin your day screw 'em and keep skiing

Little kids always get a kind word and a smile from me -- hell i'm a grampa -- everybody likes grampa's - we're freaking just BIG kids ourselves .

OH BTW i agree with CARRIE regarding that BEOTCH piss on her!!!!

I agree totally. Why let them ruin your day? I am out to have fun and always do so I just ignore that kind of behavior. BTW isn't being a Grampa awesome? It gives you a new perspective towards the little ones.

 

[Warp Daddy]

I agree totally. Why let them ruin your day? I am out to have fun and always do so I just ignore that kind of behavior. BTW isn't being a Grampa awesome? It gives you a new perspective towards the little ones.

Terry u r sooo right !!. Happy trails to ya pardner !!

 

[RootDKJ]

I always take issue when somebody is solo and "standing guard" at a table in the base lodge when every other seat in the lodge is taken. Usually, they're in street shoes and obviously set up for the rest of the day.
Me: "Are these seats taken?"
Them: "I'm saving them for ...."
Me: "Are they in the base lodge?"

Invariably, my group sits down, does what they need to do, and is gone and nobody shows up that is with the person guarding the table.

When skiing solo, I've stopped asking. I just sit down and inform them in my most energetic, enthusiastic and friendly tone inform them they are having company for lunch.

Usually, it results in some fun conversations, but every now and then, I wind up sitting next to an evil person who totally resents what I just did and gives me the evil stare the whole time. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often.

Tables with laptops are dead giveaways for table guards.

 

[thorski]

Actually, several very good reasons...

I would say because of the stupid single lift for one.

 

[gmcunni]

I would say because of the stupid single lift for one.

MRG is a fun place to ski, not a fun place to stand in line.