Real attendance at Harvard game - 3836 plus?

[DeltaOne81]

I was thinking more of a light in the middle of the night in a suburb. 99.99% of the time if you drove right through it, nothing bad would happen. Doesn't mean it smart.

Its pretty stupid to refuse to leave for a firedrill too.

Now, that's different than not leaving when you weren't asked to (which I understand what the case), but out-and-out refusing like "we're not leaving" is pretty stupid.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote billhoward]So there's no one standing around the top of the rink in recent games ... or just fewer people?[/quote]People still stand. However with the students standing on their seats, it's worthless to try and stand behind them. Also you aren't allowed to stand at the closed end. So a lot fewer standees, and they generally have tickets for seats, right Age? (He stands a lot.)

[Brian M]

many people sneak in.  i wouldn't be surprised if lynah were 20% above max capacity.  also, i've been going to games for four eyars and have never noticed the "red line, idiot" chant.  what is it and when is it used?  lastly, yeah, that was retarded that no one left.  we all knew what it was.  that's the kind of thing you read about on the news.

i personally stood about 5 feet outside and came back in once it was cleared.  the cost to benefit analysis on that one was way off for most people

[las224]

I was in section B, and part of the "we're not leaving" chant (though not by any means the one that started it).  I went along with it b/c I thought it was pretty funny, but if an usher had *asked* us to leave, or if an announcement had been made, I would have gone very easily.  My thinking was, if they actually needed people to leave, there was a PA system that they would announce it on.

Yes, I realize it wasn't the most brilliant thing to do.  But something about the Lynah atmosphere turns me into an idiot  Groupthink?  Yes, I'm a hardcore ILRie.

[billhoward]

Cost to benefit of ignoring a fire alarm cuts both ways. You go outside, by the time you get back to your desk at the office, your $3.95 mocha latte is cold. Or someone's in your seat at Lynah. That happens 99 point 9-9-9-9-9 six-sigma level of the time. OTOH, twice in the last 15 years, the emergency alarm at WTC was real.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote las224]I went along with it b/c I thought it was pretty funny, but if an usher had *asked* us to leave, or if an announcement had been made, I would have gone very easily.  My thinking was, if they actually needed people to leave, there was a PA system that they would announce it on.[/quote]

I agree with that. I probably wouldn't have left unless they'd said anything either, it coulda been a person who bumped into it and then you wouldn't want to clear the whole rink over that.

And I guess I can give the pass on a "I chanted cause its funny" line. Fair enough. I just think it'd be stupid to actually refuse to leave if asked. Even if there's six 9s of a chance that its nothing, why risk being the lonely (and dead) 1?

[Omie]

It's pretty stupid to have a fire drill in the middle of an important game, with a little bit of planning it could have been done during intermission and it would not have been such an issue.

PS I thought the chant was hilarious. :-}

[Jacob '06]

[quote Omie]It's pretty stupid to have a fire drill in the middle of an important game, with a little bit of planning it could have been done during intermission and it would not have been such an issue.

PS I thought the chat was hilarious. :-}[/quote]

It wasn't a drill, the alarm was set off by someone smoking in the bathroom. Also, it was during an intermission.

[Jordan 04]

[quote Jacob '06][quote Omie]It's pretty stupid to have a fire drill in the middle of an important game, with a little bit of planning it could have been done during intermission and it would not have been such an issue.

PS I thought the chat was hilarious. :-}[/quote]

It wasn't a drill, the alarm was set off by someone smoking in the bathroom. Also, it was during an intermission.[/quote]

Amazing.  Did s/he miss the 3 sets of exit doors to go outside on the way to the bathroom?

[nr53]

i felt like i was back in high school and some idiot dumped a lit cigarette into the trash because they panicked when someone walked in the door ::twak::

[Beeeej]

[quote las224]I was in section B, and part of the "we're not leaving" chant (though not by any means the one that started it).  I went along with it b/c I thought it was pretty funny, but if an usher had *asked* us to leave, or if an announcement had been made, I would have gone very easily.  My thinking was, if they actually needed people to leave, there was a PA system that they would announce it on.[/quote]

All I had to do was look down at the officials' bench, and see that Mr. Timekeeper, a long-time deputized police official if I'm not mistaken, was staying right where he was.  I didn't see any point in going anywhere if he wasn't.

Not "blaming" it on him, of course.  :-)  But it did seem a pretty good indication that it wasn't an emergency.

Beeeej, T-2:40