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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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PG,
Thats good to know about the French racing kids and queues. I'l remember that, mind you, slippery littler b*gg**s sometimes...!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Oh, I *so* remember this kind of behaviour - I prefer US/Canadian resorts.
There is a *little* 'off' behaviour - I saw a kid push in in a line once - no doubt Martin's comment above was in the US too!
Last year a boarder came way too close to Denise on a green run - but he apologised once I went to have a few words.
In general though it just doesn't seem to happen so much.
PS - love the CESM
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On our last skiing holiday, a couple of english teenagers tried to push into the lift queue by scooting down the instructor's channel. They were give short shrift by the liftie and made to go to the back of the line. I got to the top of the run and was just tightening my boots when one of these yobs hopped off the button, then purposely swung it into the back of the head of a middle-aged italian woman who'd just got off before him. Without a second glance back he skiied of to join his mate.
I helped the woman to her feet then skiied down to these lads who were still wetting themselves laughing about what he's done. After giving them two minutes of the hairdrier treatment, I told them that if I caught either of them behaving like that agaiin I'd get their lift passes cancelled.
The following morning, I'm on a chair lift with some folks from our lesson when one of them starts telling us that his son had been verbally abused by some crazy english guy. It soon became apparent that he was talking about me! I pitched in and told him why I'd given his lad a b********g and that I'd do it again if I saw him deliberately endangering other skiers. His reply was that his kids were on holiday and they could do whatever they wanted and it was no concern of mine how they behaved! This left me speechless.
The point I'm trying to make is that it's easy to point to the germans/french/italians for their bad behaviour but the english aren't always blameless either.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Clive, like I said, I had an english lad be very rude to me. And when I was in the BLAM, a bunch of american kids tried to skip the lift queue, whom easiski told off in no uncertain terms.
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Kids seem to be getting a bit of a bashing here. They must have had role models somewhere. If you ever see one of my kids beoing rude, disrespectful, or dangerous then please have a go at me. If I'm not there then have a go yourself.
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Frosty the Snowman, well said. We've not been blessed with children but I agree totally with what you say. Children learn by example.
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Frosty the Snowman, hear, hear.
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Kids seem to be getting a bit of a bashing here. They must have had role models somewhere.
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too true Frosty the Snowman,
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I was on a lift the other day in Les Arcs when some Brits, looking down at a number of Les Arcs Club kids, commented "Cocky little b'tards" and a few other choice remarks, adding that they allegedly skied unacceptably close to tourists, sometimes scaring them into falling over. I weighed a response for a few long seconds, then pointed out that contrary to their claims the trainers would send a kid home if they spotted one doing anything of the sort, that bad behaviour was not tolerated, and in general my experience is that they are pretty well behaved (setting aside over-exuberant queue behaviour at times  )
Yes kids get a bad press at times, a small minority giving the rest a bad name, and as you say Frosty the Snowman, we've got a rough idea why they get that way in the first place.... 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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easiski, No need to run. Its not ALL down to us lot............. just most of it 
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Europes finest converge on Tignes every summer to see how many skiers can push their way to the front of the funicular queue. A daily event.
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You know it makes sense.
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prog99, sounds like fun
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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On the flip side, the least rude people...
Whistler has the most polite people ever, with an organised queueing system - a pleasure!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wear The Fox Hat, The lift is obviously closed. The picture staged with some having ducked under the ropes. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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looks good but there is a skier hanging around in the que having a picture taken instead of getting down to business and getting on the lift. Damn layabout 
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Nick_C, that's Linds - she kept asking if the bar was open yet!
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| Nick_C, that's Linds - she kept asking if the bar was open yet! |
That is one of the first things I understand on this site 
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I once got wiped out by a boarder, I stood up ready to give him a verbal assault only to realise it was the chef from our chalet - as I had to eat his food for the next 3 days I decided to "let him off" and take his apologies nicely!
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Lets see what this is all about then. I see your addiction level and reason it must be better than work
SMALLZOOKEEPER,
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I just came back from Silvretta Nova (Austria) and compared to Andorra the people were just rude. It just reminded me why I moved away from Germany in the first place.
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This year la plagne , ESF ski instructor skis over front of my skis pushing into queue so I released his skis for him and explained my concerns, although my french was poor but spoken loudly and slowly he seemed to get the message and let me go first very kind of him
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FAQ
we got on quite well after that wee incident.
