[flyingcrayons]

I would like to think 1089 is a stand up team... we try to stand whenever possible... at the two regionals we went to, standing up was not an issue, as we were towards the back... we were even able to hold signs on top of our heads... so either we werent blocking anyone, or people at NJ and Philly are exeptionaly nice and not hot tempered... at atlanta, we tried to stand, but we soon realized that we were blocking ppl behind us... how did we figure this out? the team in front of us stood up

we were good sports, and kept our energy level generally high sitting down... one thing that i saw that irked me was the fact that a couple scouters from our team moved to a seperate part to get a better view... when we went there, a team in front of us stood up... i had little problem, as all i had to do was stand up and scout, rather than sit, a minor inconvenience. the think that made me mad was (and i hate to call these people out) that two women sitting behind us (not from any team in particular, im pretty sure they were general audience) started yelling at us (scouters) to sit down. We acquiesced, but that match was a loss to us scouting wise... the strange thing is, the women had no problem with the much larger group of people standing up 5 or so rows ahead of us...so again, i hate calling these two women out, but i found that a tad bit rude...