 Poster: A snowHead
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| flaming wrote: |
Speaking as one, there is no species quite as bad as the ex-seasonaire. A sense of massive superiority over the regular punters in the chalet (especially in the resort you seasoned in) and a sense of, frankly unwarranted, kinship with the staff, mixed with the superiority of having already survived their "ordeal".
"In my season...."
Sometimes I hear myself and think "wow, you really are sounding like a bellend here...." Can't seem to stop it though! |
I've never stayed in a chalet and probably never will far too expensive and usually full of ex season folk or all the gear no idea look at my speed on ski tracks (sometimes one and the same)... I just like going away for a few quite weeks a year and spending some time in the mountains without getting mown down by some pole carrying lady's front bottom, is that too much to ask?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've never stayed in a chalet
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and yet...
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usually full of ex season folk or all the gear no idea look at my speed on ski tracks (sometimes one and the same)
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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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Sheesh I go on a skiing holiday, most folks I interact with are friendly be they 'locals, punters seasonaires' or any other member of the human/skiing race, occasionally they are not, but it doesn't seem specific to an identifiable sub species.
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| T Bar wrote: |
| Sheesh I go on a skiing holiday, most folks I interact with are friendly be they 'locals, punters seasonaires' or any other member of the human/skiing race, occasionally they are not, but it doesn't seem specific to an identifiable sub species. |
Exactly this. When people use the term "punter" it is always meant in a derogatory fashion to describe someone they feel has little or no experience in the environment they find themselves in. Its a narcissistic term.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| eddiethebus wrote: |
| ... When people use the term "punter" it is always meant in a derogatory fashion... Its a narcissistic term. |
I suppose it is, in this context.
In their defence, I expect many guests can be snooty to seasonal workers too. And then to people who live in resorts, seasonal workers are needed for low skilled jobs, but that's about it. They may be on average better riders than more temporary visitors, but not that much better, in general. You won't generally find much "kinship" with them and the locals.
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Speaking as one, there is no species quite as bad as the ex-seasonaire. A sense of massive superiority over the regular punters in the chalet (especially in the resort you seasoned in) and a sense of, frankly unwarranted, kinship with the staff, mixed with the superiority of having already survived their "ordeal".
"In my season...."
Sometimes I hear myself and think "wow, you really are sounding like a bellend here...." Can't seem to stop it though
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ouch!!! I resemble that comment. Fortunately I haven't stayed in a chalet for about 10 years so the world has been saved from me making an exhibition of myself.
Related topic - years ago I did a lot of holidays in mixed group chalets. Always at tea or dinner on the first night, some eager beaver tries to sniff out where he (always a he) is in the ski ability pecking order -
him "So have you done much skiing then?"
me (wincing slightly) "yeah, quite a lot"
him "so you are good then?"
me "OK, not bad for a punter"
him (describes his skiing experience in great detail)
I think "punter" is pretty handy shorthand for people who are not vocationally involved in the ski industry. I am a punter.
In use by saissonaires, I always thought it was more of a social divide than a skiing one. e.g., "punter shunting" was seen as a faux pas
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At the snowdome yesterday and people are using selfie sticks! Is it really worth it to capture the seconds it takes to descend the indoor slope?
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@lordf, you seem like a very balanced individual, a chip on both shoulders.
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I've never stayed in a chalet and probably never will far too expensive and usually full of ex season folk or all the gear no idea look at my speed on ski tracks
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you seem quite expert on the clients considering you've never been one 
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| lordf wrote: |
| I find its a very valid term for people... Once you've seen someone ski into the side of a restaurant as they were too busy filming their pals I feel it becomes the appropriate term. |
Those, sir, are not punters, they are Darwin Awards candidates. And it is their inalienable right to jockey for the winner's trophy.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| flaming wrote: |
Speaking as one, there is no species quite as bad as the ex-seasonaire. A sense of massive superiority over the regular punters in the chalet (especially in the resort you seasoned in) and a sense of, frankly unwarranted, kinship with the staff, mixed with the superiority of having already survived their "ordeal".
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Ha, exactly.
I hate it when skiing holidaymakers are snottily referred to as 'punters'. Without them there'd be no seasonaires, and we could all have done some shitty job in a resort if we felt like it.
Some of them are bellends, but so are some of the workers, and undoubtably some of the locals too.
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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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| flaming wrote: |
Speaking as one, there is no species quite as bad as the ex-seasonaire. A sense of massive superiority over the regular punters in the chalet (especially in the resort you seasoned in) and a sense of, frankly unwarranted, kinship with the staff, mixed with the superiority of having already survived their "ordeal".
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Ha, exactly.
I hate it when skiing holidaymakers are snottily referred to as 'punters'. Without them there'd be no seasonaires, and we could all have done some shitty job in a resort if we felt like it.
Some of them are bellends, but so are some of the workers, and undoubtably some of the locals too. |
I thoroughly agree, unfortunately there's some even on this very forum. Thinking you're better than someone because you live in the Alps and they only get to go there on holiday is at best bizarre and at worst downright hateful.
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