Complaining Early About the Fall 2007 Ticket Line

[Trotsky]

[quote Ben Rocky 04]Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that you went to law school and possess all knowledge.[/quote]I will defend my friend by stating that he was pompous long before he went to law school. ::innocent::

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Rich S][quote Beeeej]... RichS ... [/quote]

Thanks again for showing us here and below, how pompous you can be.[/quote]

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[Beeeej]

[quote Trotsky][quote Ben Rocky 04]Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster that you went to law school and possess all knowledge.[/quote]I will defend my friend by stating that he was pompous long before he went to law school. ::innocent::[/quote]

Damn straight!

[Beeeej]

[quote Rich S]And btw, I've had my share of professional experience in NYC with many a lawyer "who claims he must be right because he's a lawyer."[/quote]

Sorry to hear it.  But I'm not any of them.

All I've ever asked of people who engage in dialogue with me is that they respond to what I say, not what they expect to hear me say, or what they think I might have been thinking when I said it.  Apparently that's tough for some people.  That's fine, it just means the dialogue is much less useful.

[RatushnyFan]

Worst ever:  Fall '91.

[French Rage]

[quote RatushnyFan]Worst ever:  Fall '91.[/quote]

Worse than fall '03.

From what I've heard, would those present agree that the fall '04 method was decent but they just screwed it up horribly in fall '05?

[Jacob '06]

[quote French Rage][quote RatushnyFan]Worst ever:  Fall '91.[/quote]

Worse than fall '03.

From what I've heard, would those present agree that the fall '04 method was decent but they just screwed it up horribly in fall '05?[/quote]

Their locations were a bit predictable. Fall '04 was pretty good, but after that I knew the next year to wait somewhere near athletics. The closed doors was one of the dumbest things ever though.

[RatushnyFan]

A couple of people were hurt in '91 (pressed up against a fence) and many seniors who had season tix for 3 years got shut out.  First time they changed the location, I believe, so when they announced it people rushed there and there was pushing, cutting, etc.

[KeithK]

[quote RatushnyFan]A couple of people were hurt in '91 (pressed up against a fence) and many seniors who had season tix for 3 years got shut out.  First time they changed the location, I believe, so when they announced it people rushed there and there was pushing, cutting, etc.[/quote]
Yeah, without the '91 debacle we probably wouldn't be having this whole discussion.  We'd still have the "traditional" line without the year by year tinkering.

(OK, we'd still be talking/complaining, but maybe a little less fervently.)

Edit: Quotes on traditional.  It's not like the tradition of the line as conceived in the 1991 timeframe extended back 40 years or anything.

[las224]

I've said this a thousand times, so sorry to everyone who's sick of hearing this from me: Fall 05 would have been fine except that they were stupid enough to keep the doors shut and make people stand there for a good 15 minutes before letting them file through to Bartels. If the Section A doors had been open from the beginning, it would have been fine.

Edited: Bartels, not Barton

[French Rage]

So you're saying that waiting 20-30 minutes defeats the entire purpose of a randomly announced time and location?

[Townie]

[quote las224]I've said this a thousand times, so sorry to everyone who's sick of hearing this from me: Fall 05 would have been fine except that they were stupid enough to keep the doors shut and make people stand there for a good 15 minutes before letting them file through to Bartels. If the Section A doors had been open from the beginning, it would have been fine.

Edited: Bartels, not Barton[/quote]

Absolutely right.  The other missing element was a hand counter to know when they had enough lineholders.

[las224]

I also just want to add it's not necessarily THAT dumb to do it near athletics. Half the people I know were waiting up on north because they figured it would be in an open space (like the fields up there). As long as they don't do it at athletics every time but pretend it can be anywhere.