notthatmom
Proud Parent
Im not sure what to do....
DD had a meet yesterday. When the schedule initially came out, we were all pretty surprised at how close the sessions were together (I'm talking 2.5 hours between open warm up for session 1 and open warm up for session 2). There were a lot of gyms in the first session as well, so I was impressed that they thought they could get thru the session that quickly....however I figured they knew what they were doing.
Low and behold, yesterday the session definitely ran "behind schedule". So as our girls were still competing, the parents for the next session were all arriving....and MOST of them couldn't understand the concept that the last session was still happening. There were people shoving thru the bleachers, walking right in front of us trying to find a seat etc. I spoke up to some of them, sternly but kind...saying "excuse me, our kids are still competing" "many of us will be leaving soon, can you please wait?" Etc. and most of them responded with "oh really? Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know". (I mean what the EFF did you think all these girls in leos were doing over there, hear that music? That's not an effing dance party!) one woman in particular was so horrible I wish smacking people in public were legal (I think she may have either been drunk or on heavy medication). I almost missed my daughter on beam because so many people were walking right in front of us.
Anyway, I was thinking of sending a note to the host gym making them aware of the situation. Just so in the future they can make an announcement, or signage that asks people to refrain from walking in front of spectators/sitting for the next session until the current session is over. For the most part the meet was run very well and the parents/volunteers from the gym were all very nice.
I just don't know if I should mention something about the original schedule (because ultimately the timing thing is completely their fault and the debacle with the clash of parents could have been easily avoided)
We are well enough thru the meet season for me to recognize when things go smoothly and when things don't, and this was so clearly a scheduling mistake at the gym's fault.
Anyway, this kind of turned into a novel, but I needed to let it all out.
So question, would you as a concerned (and annoyed) parent send anything? And if so what would you say?
DD had a meet yesterday. When the schedule initially came out, we were all pretty surprised at how close the sessions were together (I'm talking 2.5 hours between open warm up for session 1 and open warm up for session 2). There were a lot of gyms in the first session as well, so I was impressed that they thought they could get thru the session that quickly....however I figured they knew what they were doing.
Low and behold, yesterday the session definitely ran "behind schedule". So as our girls were still competing, the parents for the next session were all arriving....and MOST of them couldn't understand the concept that the last session was still happening. There were people shoving thru the bleachers, walking right in front of us trying to find a seat etc. I spoke up to some of them, sternly but kind...saying "excuse me, our kids are still competing" "many of us will be leaving soon, can you please wait?" Etc. and most of them responded with "oh really? Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know". (I mean what the EFF did you think all these girls in leos were doing over there, hear that music? That's not an effing dance party!) one woman in particular was so horrible I wish smacking people in public were legal (I think she may have either been drunk or on heavy medication). I almost missed my daughter on beam because so many people were walking right in front of us.
Anyway, I was thinking of sending a note to the host gym making them aware of the situation. Just so in the future they can make an announcement, or signage that asks people to refrain from walking in front of spectators/sitting for the next session until the current session is over. For the most part the meet was run very well and the parents/volunteers from the gym were all very nice.
I just don't know if I should mention something about the original schedule (because ultimately the timing thing is completely their fault and the debacle with the clash of parents could have been easily avoided)
We are well enough thru the meet season for me to recognize when things go smoothly and when things don't, and this was so clearly a scheduling mistake at the gym's fault.
Anyway, this kind of turned into a novel, but I needed to let it all out.
So question, would you as a concerned (and annoyed) parent send anything? And if so what would you say?