Unintentional Comedy
Complainers
—they are everywhere around ski resorts. In fact, they seem to be around all sorts of different vacation destinations. Some people feel that as soon as they spend a buck and fasten the lift ticket to their parkas they have been given an unrestricted license to complain.
The list of gripes is long: conditions not being exactly as the snow report listed, the wind putting chairlifts on hold, the cleanliness of the restrooms. Then we have the cost, how long it took to drive to the mountain and everyone’s favorite, the crowds.
Many of these same people will attach their “said” lift ticket to the main zipper that runs all the way up to their chin. Thus, every run they get whipped in the face by a frozen piece of plastic and metal. ~ Brilliant.
Is that any way to have a vacation? Are you one of these people?
If you are, you may want to try changing your approach; you might even enjoy spending the time with your family and friends instead of cutting the trip short and having a long, silent ride home.
The base lodge and parking lots of ski areas across New England provide the goods all winter long. You just need the correct attitude to appreciate it. For the laid back, easy going skier or rider who is simply enjoying a nice winters day these instances become fantastic footnotes in the tales told over a brew at the end of their day.
Also on the list:
That guy desperately struggling to scale an icy uphill ascent—in ski boots mind you—while juggling three kids, skies, and poles. God Bless.
The same fellow’s kids running around in circles, throwing snowballs and asking a million questions a minute.
The people who get their SUV’s stuck in the parking lot drainage ditch after blowing donuts to show off for their slightly inebriated friends.
Watching someone in way over there head who finally gave up took off their skies and walked down the hill on foot…actually a very difficult and highly technical maneuver.
The pole-less skier.
His distant cousin, the skier who over emphasizes the use of their poles.
There is always a person demanding their money back because it is ‘cold’ outside.
Some stranger makes an awkward but cautious decent, side stepping their way down the lodge stairs as kids stampede past, bumping into him. More often than not, the poor soul is caring a full tray off food they just spent a half days salary on. Do not drop it!
That skier who has stuffed their jeans into their ski boots to look cool. Two runs later; wet, cold, and not so cool anymore they are surprised to discover that their shins and calves are in excruciating pain.
Pity da Fool. View image
Sure, I write this in jest. Yes, I do crack a smile when I see these instances unfolding before me, but I also lend a helping hand.
The thing to remember is all these people are at the mountain for the same reason you are—to have fun! Next time you see someone besieged with anxiety give them a little help. You will make their day, maybe their vacation, and you just might make your own.
Think Snow,
S.G.
