What would you do?

[Evil E]

You’re enjoying the day standing in the lift line when the gentleman in front of you holding his snowboard carelessly drops it directly onto your skis and starts to strap in. He doesn’t apologize, admits no wrongdoing and suggests you’re standing too closely.

Whats your reaction?




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[shera]

Yesterday they were drinking beers in the lift line (before noon) and you know they were smoking on the chair, so I guess it's the same as you would do in a bar when a drunk stumbles onto you?

[da klixter]

Wait til he's strapped in, then tip him over ...

CK

[halliday]

Just shrug and go on with your day. This would not happen at Alta.

[tuco]

^^^somebody doesn't remember the Luffski ski stomping incident

[Djongo Unchained]

You’re enjoying the day standing in the lift line when the gentleman in front of you holding his snowboard carelessly drops it directly onto your skis and starts to strap in. He doesn’t apologize, admits no wrongdoing and suggests you’re standing too closely.

Whats your reaction?




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Of all the janky shit I've seen in decades of skiing, this would be a first.

It would not fly for 2 heartbeats in JH. Shit would go down either verbally or physically. Far too many OG locals and otherwise crusty fucks like me to tolerate that shit. We like our lines fair and easy.
A few locs would straight up lose their shit. I'm on the list so I gotta mind my p's and q's tho.

Or


Stand beside him as he exits the chair and clamps up. Follow him down the cattrack. Send him airmail.

[Harry]

Follow him down the cattrack. Send him airmail.

As a retired postal worker, I endorse this use of airmail.

[m2711c]

Wait til he's strapped in, then tip him over ...

CK

proper response...


fact.

[singlecross]

proper response...


fact.

I could see vigorously shaking up a pocket beer and cracking it open over the back of his neck as an option.

fact

[chicken feathers]

I’d be pissed. Definitely would say something. Starting with don’t get in line without your gear ON your feet. That’s a gaper move and a pet peeve of mine. Cut those people every time. Maybe you should’ve caught that and given him more space. But it’s on him to be ready, not on you, or any of us to constantly be on the look out for kooks. Sounds like a dick. Ya, I’d be real pissed.

[old goat]

What I would not do is whine about it on TGR. I'd not stand so close the next time. Of course then people would try to squeeze around you into the empty space. Because let's face it--as skiers, as snowboarders we're mostly a bunch of assholes.

[Foggy_Goggles]

I'd say 99/100 I'd just laugh and be grateful that my brain doesn't work like that maybe say something like, "you're lucky bro that I'm in a great mood today"

1/100 instant click out, grab the tail of the board, pull and twist such that he has no choice but to go down. Control and escalate and needed. But hopefully I wouldn't do that. The calmer, gentler, older me that actually knows now to keep his mouth shut, control my emotions and generally laugh at things could still snap at any moment.

[m2711c]

I could see vigorously shaking up a pocket beer and cracking it open over the back of his neck as an option.

fact

it's good to have options...

[Dantheman]

Honestly, I'd find it hilarious. That level of lack of self awareness is solidly into "I'm not even mad, I'm impressed" territory. I picture my reaction as basically the Parks&Rec "WTF man?" meme.

[Evil E]

I posted this because this exact thing obviously happened to me yesterday and my reaction was literally saying “ what the fuck man?”. All he had to do was accept being in the wrong apologize and I wouldn’t of cared very much at all, but instead - being told I was standing to close ( in a packed lift line) really pissed me off and I grilled the guy. When pressed he acted like i was the asshole. Similar situation happened last year when I was on the lift talking to my son and a gaper slammed the bar down on my head without warning.

Wish I had the “it’s all good” smiley mentality but radiating sunshine isn’t my first thought when I encounter these people


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