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Re: 2009 BAE Granite State Regional

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Originally Posted by Mike Betts View Post
My team did not participate but a few of us drove up to the event. I came in without wearing any team colors, just a spectator.

As a spectator, I was appalled at the teams who had many seats available in "saved sections" and were indignant or downright rude when I asked to sit.

After getting bounced from the fifth "saved section" I tried to point out that saving seats was not allowed (section 3.15.4). What I received was a hostile tirade... I just walked away...

This is no way to treat a visitor... If I were a visiting teacher or engineer looking to start a team, I might have walked away forever...

Regards,

Mike

Sadly, I've seen this many times over the 7 years that I've been at GSR.

My team took up residence in the top tier section 225 (re: nose bleed seats) to try and stay together while not interfering with the general public. I hope that other teams will do this in the future (there are a few that do it now).
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