Skiing Pet Peeves....

[smootharc]

I'd love to hear some other folks pet peeves. Stuff you see that bugs you the most....In the parking lot, the lodge, on the slopes, the lifts, apres ski.....


Here's a new one for me....last Sunday, paused with one of my little guys at the edge of a trail, a middle-aged guy skied by while talking on his cell phone. I mean, on the lifts, whatever, or standing at the top, whatever, but....while skiing???

Have to say I laughed with purposeful volume at him as he went by (making crummy turns, by the way). My bad.... he must have been an important man doing important things. Anyways, as a lark, maybe you guys have some great pet peeves.

I'll start it off with another - littering on the liftlines.

Oh, here's another....people pretending cigarette butts aren't litter...

Oh, wait......here's another.....oh, heck, I'm off to ski...


:dunce: :angry: :idea: :lol: :argue:

 

[tekweezle]

i might get flamed for this but I can;t stand the marijuana smell in the gondolas. i mean, Skiing is a sport with a natural high . should you be skiing with your senses impaired? same with drunks on the slopes. i like to crack open a beer like the next guy...after i am done skiing.

 

[bvibert]

I'll start it off with another - littering on the liftlines.

Oh, here's another....people pretending cigarette butts aren't litter...

Both of those are pet peeves of mine in general, not just skiing...

 

[thetrailboss]

Yes you are right. Littering, smoking, and talking on the cell phones are all pet peeves of mine as is cutting lift lines and skiing/riding so close to me that one runs over my skis (shame). :x

 

[tirolerpeter]

Pet Peeves

This thread could go on forever. Bottom line: The world is full of A--holes and many of them ski. It goes with the common phenomenon that some people think that they are alone in world and don't care if or how what they do effects other. If I were in a Gondola and someone lit up, they just might end up exiting during the trip up!

 

[thetrailboss]

Oh yeah...I forgot....URINATING on the side of the trail :dunce: (or heck in the middle as I have seen) is not a good idea. :wink:

 

[subdude]

What about when boarders smack there bases on the ground while in the lift line just because it makes a loud noise.

 

[RossiSkier]

Oh yeah...I forgot....URINATING on the side of the trail :dunce: (or heck in the middle as I have seen) is not a good idea. :wink:

Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow.

I only pee in well wooded areas, where the pavarattsi can't get a zoom in on my twin maker.

 

[Vortex]

What about when boarders smack there bases on the ground while in the lift line just because it makes a loud noise.

that and the line cutters. :angry:

 

[dmc]

What about when boarders smack there bases on the ground while in the lift line just because it makes a loud noise.

We actually do it to clear the snow off the top of our decks...

 

[dmc]

I don't let ANYONE throw any trash from a chair lift.. I get REALLY mad if they do...
If my friends MUST smoke i make them dress the cigerette down... Dump the tobaco and keep the paper and filter...

I don't even like it when my friends throw orange peels off the chair...

 

[tekweezle]

i can;t stand it when people don;t observe the alternating merge on the liftline. i hear they do that in europe along with stepping on your skis.

 

[dmc]

Another thing that makes me mad... Is when people hit the back of my board waiting in line...

I've been knock over a couple of times...

 

[bvibert]

What about when boarders smack there bases on the ground while in the lift line just because it makes a loud noise.

We actually do it to clear the snow off the top of our decks...

That may be the reason that you do it, but there are plenty of kids that do it just cause they think its cool. I see it all the time working as a lifty. Usually all they accomplish is blowing all the snow that I just shoveled onto the loading area onto my feet. I've had kids stand there waiting for the chair to come around smack their board 3-4 times (slow beginner lift). If it was to clear off the snow I think once would be enough. Why not just let the snow slide off while on the lift? Or leave it, you're going back to the top to slide through more of the offending snow anyway... :-?

Can you tell I find the board smacking very annoying as well

 

[bvibert]

I don't let ANYONE throw any trash from a chair lift.. I get REALLY mad if they do...
If my friends MUST smoke i make them dress the cigerette down... Dump the tobaco and keep the paper and filter...

I don't even like it when my friends throw orange peels off the chair...

THANK YOU!! :beer:

I wish more people had that attitude. Not only is it disgusting and unsightly, but some poor guy (me once) has to walk down the lift line picking all that crap up.

 

[dmc]

Why not just let the snow slide off while on the lift? Or leave it, you're going back to the top to slide through more of the offending snow anyway... :-?

Snow tends to bond to the deck...
I try and get it off because I don't like the extra weight adding to my already taxed legs....
Also it keeps it from falling off and hitting people skiing under the lift..

I don't want somebody from this message board to chase me down and kick the crap out of me cause I hit his kid with snow...

 

[dmc]

I don't let ANYONE throw any trash from a chair lift.. I get REALLY mad if they do...
If my friends MUST smoke i make them dress the cigerette down... Dump the tobaco and keep the paper and filter...

I don't even like it when my friends throw orange peels off the chair...

THANK YOU!! :beer:

I wish more people had that attitude. Not only is it disgusting and unsightly, but some poor guy (me once) has to walk down the lift line picking all that crap up.

Aobut the oraange and banana peels:
I always get the "but they're biodegradable!!!"
And I always say... "On the equator maybe - but not here"

It's just disgusting...

 

[tekweezle]

i hate it when the lifts come to a grinding halt due to loading and unloading errors. i know it's a impossible to eliminate but it;s still a peeve.

i hate people who zoom down SLOW ZONES like GS racers.

no offense to all the good lifties out there but i can;t stand rude lift operators. i was at killington, loading onto the k1 gondola and this one Jamaican lifty in particular was just nasty. you can make a persons day with a smile or break it with an angry glare. the ones that say "how're you doing" make up for it.

 

[subdude]

what about people who light up a cigarette while in the lift line? :angry: I once saw a guy smoking a cigar while skiing :lol:

 

[bvibert]

Why not just let the snow slide off while on the lift? Or leave it, you're going back to the top to slide through more of the offending snow anyway... :-?

Snow tends to bond to the deck...
I try and get it off because I don't like the extra weight adding to my already taxed legs....
Also it keeps it from falling off and hitting people skiing under the lift..

I figured it was one of those three reasons, but had to ask anyway I guess it was all three

I don't want somebody from this message board to chase me down and kick the crap out of me cause I hit his kid with snow...

:lol: :lol: Are you trying to say there are some angry boarder haters hanging out in here?