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Post by bigfan on Nov 2, 2017 14:39:46 GMT -5
I was not able to sit down in my seat until I showed my ticket to a person who came up to me and said "let me see your ticket" what a joke. I have been going to the Hart Center since 1975 when the place was opened and I know where to sit.
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Post by alum on Nov 2, 2017 15:17:46 GMT -5
Or you could think about all of the times you get annoyed when a cashier in a store fails to say thank you or continues a conversation with a coworker instead of paying attention to you and, instead say to yourself, "Well, that person is on his/her first day on the job and is trying to impress the boss with his/her diligence. I will smile nicely and thank the employee for the offer of assistance."  |
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 2, 2017 15:26:13 GMT -5
Nice viewpoint, alum.  |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Nov 2, 2017 15:36:27 GMT -5
I was not able to sit down in my seat until I showed my ticket to a person who came up to me and said "let me see your ticket" what a joke. I have been going to the Hart Center since 1975 when the place was opened and I know where to sit. Funny story -- I was at the Yale Bowl a few weeks ago to watch our Crusaders get blown out, and had a similar experience. The Yale Bowl's capacity is 60,000+, and the announced attendance for the game was 8,709, so this gives you an idea of how cavernous the Bowl felt that day. As I am walking through one of the entrances into the stadium, the usher tells me I cannot enter through gate 30, but have to go through gate 1 instead. I roll my eyes, but comply. Then, when I enter into the stadium about a half hour before kickoff, another usher takes my ticket and tells me my seat is eight rows down and to the right, and that I am not allowed to sit in the section to the left. At this point I make a wise-guy comment, "Are you expecting this to be standing room only today?" To come full circle, I think we (HC) should be smart about how we handle game-day atmospheres for our sports. We aren't in the Big Ten where there will be crowds of 15,000+ at a game where patrons will have to sit in their assigned seats. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Nov 2, 2017 15:51:39 GMT -5
This is nothing new, and it's actually its better than it was.
Back in the late Blaney, and Raynor-era there was the usher fossil with a buzzcut who every single game for YEARS asked me to see my ticket. I'd just have walked up the stairs, soda in one hand and soft 'zel in the other, and he'd ask. I'd tell him - "you've seen me EVERY game for YEARS, you saw me last Saturday, you'll see me again this Saturday - follow me to my seat and I'll show you". Guy was the biggest pain in the ass. Same routine for years. So anyone who thinks asking to see a ticket at HC is new - it's not. Just that some ushers have common sense, and others do not.
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 2, 2017 16:03:15 GMT -5
Back in the day...I worked as an usher in Fitton on game days (for a whopping $2). I always started with "May I help you locate your seat?" Most foks were positive about it...no big deal. That is until they renumbered the seats and had only one number seat in the center of two sections - but sold two tickets for it. I would deliver a comic line to cover and most folks got a chuckle out of it. With some fan cooperation it was usually worked out.,
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Post by sader1970 on Nov 2, 2017 16:34:15 GMT -5
I had almost exactly the same experience this year at the Yale Bowl. Once to make sure I didn't enter the Bowl in the wrong tunnel and then to make sure I sat in the right section. And, funny that we think alike, because I also said to the guy "is this expected to be the first sellout in years here?"
At Hart, the usher knew us after a few games and for years we'd always chat when we got there early. Last year at the courtside seats. they asked a couple of times at first and always looked embarrassed that they were doing so. Back to chairback seats and no one asks but that might be because it was an exhibition game. Let's see with the season opener.
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Post by Tom on Nov 2, 2017 16:49:11 GMT -5
This is nothing new, and it's actually its better than it was. Back in the late Blaney, and Raynor-era there was the usher fossil with a buzzcut who every single game for YEARS asked me to see my ticket. I'd just have walked up the stairs, soda in one hand and soft 'zel in the other, and he'd ask. I'd tell him - "you've seen me EVERY game for YEARS, you saw me last Saturday, you'll see me again this Saturday - follow me to my seat and I'll show you". Guy was the biggest pain in the ass. Same routine for years. So anyone who thinks asking to see a ticket at HC is new - it's not. Just that some ushers have common sense, and others do not. I had a similar thing back in the day. I told the guy that I knew where my seat was, but if he really wanted to see my ticket, it was in my shirt pocket and he was welcome to take it himself. He didn't and never asked for my ticket again |
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Post by HC92 on Nov 3, 2017 11:06:23 GMT -5
I haven’t been asked for a ticket in years but that may be because I’m usually shouting at the children to slow down as I pass the ushers and they figure I have enough problems.
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Post by ncaam on Nov 3, 2017 12:46:51 GMT -5
It’s the guilty look on my face that gives me away when I try to sneak into a better seat. 😔
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Post by hc6774 on Nov 3, 2017 13:45:14 GMT -5
I was not able to sit down in my seat until I showed my ticket to a person who came up to me and said "let me see your ticket" what a joke. I have been going to the Hart Center since 1975 when the place was opened and I know where to sit. About 45 minutes before the game I over heard an usher on the floor say this was the first time he has ever been called in to do an exhibition... perhaps there was some training going on |
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Post by Tom on Nov 3, 2017 14:16:27 GMT -5
I was not able to sit down in my seat until I showed my ticket to a person who came up to me and said "let me see your ticket" what a joke. I have been going to the Hart Center since 1975 when the place was opened and I know where to sit. About 45 minutes before the game I over heard an usher on the floor say this was the first time he has ever been called in to do an exhibition... perhaps there was some training going on Perhaps - Like clock tower, no one has said anything to me in many years |
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Post by HCFC45 on Nov 3, 2017 15:39:25 GMT -5
After the ticket taker at the entrance tore off the stub on my ticket, several of us were about to walk through the door beyond the "gear counter" when a security guy (seemed like it was his first time on the job) came up and asked us to show our tickets. We did and off we went. A little "over the top" in my opinion particularly for an exhibition game! |
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Post by DiMarz on Nov 3, 2017 18:28:33 GMT -5
This is nothing new, and it's actually its better than it was. Back in the late Blaney, and Raynor-era there was the usher fossil with a buzzcut who every single game for YEARS asked me to see my ticket. I'd just have walked up the stairs, soda in one hand and soft 'zel in the other, and he'd ask. I'd tell him - "you've seen me EVERY game for YEARS, you saw me last Saturday, you'll see me again this Saturday - follow me to my seat and I'll show you". Guy was the biggest pain in the ass. Same routine for years. So anyone who thinks asking to see a ticket at HC is new - it's not. Just that some ushers have common sense, and others do not. I'd bet good money that usher was John Deknas..He was an usher back in the day, and he was a High School hoops official for ever..He was the oldest official working in the US at the end of reffing (he was doing Jr. high games at the end) John was crusty to say the least! Buzz cut all the years I new him, and glasses!! What a memory!! |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Nov 3, 2017 18:34:03 GMT -5
Yes - he wore glasses, so that was him DiMarz. One of the most miserable people I've ever met. Patrolled the balcony above the visitors bench.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 3, 2017 18:49:03 GMT -5
Is he Charley Diehl's cousin, maybe?
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Post by Tom on Nov 4, 2017 8:04:35 GMT -5
We can tell silly stories - mostly from 20+ years ago, but some from Wednesday - but none of these compare to the clowns that worked hoops at Conte Forum. They were ridiculous
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Post by sader81 on Nov 4, 2017 8:58:38 GMT -5
We can tell silly stories - mostly from 20+ years ago, but some from Wednesday - but none of these compare to the clowns that worked hoops at Conte Forum. They were ridiculous That was the worst display ever!! Place 20% full and they kept our kids in the rafters! But the good news is I told our ticket people about it, and when BC returned to the DCU (the year cmb’s team beat BC), the BC students were given the worst seats in the House! |
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Post by hchoops on Nov 4, 2017 9:00:27 GMT -5
We can tell silly stories - mostly from 20+ years ago, but some from Wednesday - but none of these compare to the clowns that worked hoops at Conte Forum. They were ridiculous That was the worst display ever!! Place 20% full and they kept our kids in the rafters! But the good news is I told our ticket people about it, and when BC returned to the DCU (the year cmb’s team beat BC), the BC students All 25 of them ? |
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Post by sader81 on Nov 4, 2017 12:15:18 GMT -5
There was a decent crowd at that game. Probably 100-150 BC students were stuck in a student section in the far cornering the DCU.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Nov 5, 2017 7:57:54 GMT -5
One of my favorite memories of the last 8-9 years. I don't care how bad BC was, watching breakaway dunks by RJ, Devin Brown and the gang was sooo sweet. And seeing HCFC45 jump up and down like a student was worth the price of admission! Other ticket episodes that come to mind: Billy Packer getting stonewalled at a Duke womens game, being forced to pull a "Do you know who I am?" routine (oh how I wish camera phones existed back then); and Danny Ainge having to produce an ID in Columbus at our NCAA tourney (a former HC womens player was manning the booth, won't name her). Got a bit of a chuckle out of that. |
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