Sep 7 Pointless Lakeland event
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:54 pm
Wow, that was a marathon. Many thanks to all the courseworkers who manned their posts for about 90 minutes per group - all day.
To the teardown crew and Ben and everyone else who helped pack up: Thank you!
To Bill and Rachel: hope y'all had a great time. Congrats, Bill, for your Member of the Year coup, and Rachel for your first event!
To Joe Vance: we have your sprayer in the trailer.
To the guy who asked me to put the sound meter on your son's (I think) car: Was happy to do that, but after you asked, you never checked back. All you autocrossers look alike (hat, tshirt, sunglasses), so I didn't know who to look for. I walked by the car at one point, (I think) but no one was around. Tell your son that if he wants to enter an event, but he's concerned about his car's exhaust sound level, our rules allow the first time is a "freebie" - but if we measure and it's too loud, please plan to come back next time quieter.
To the guy driving the Exocet: I forgot to track you down, but I have to tell you your car is too loud. Measured over 101 db. We'd love to have you back, but please try something to hush the pipes just a bit.
To everyone: if you have special requests - such as a work assignment, or class change, the best bet is to add a note when you register. If something comes up after it's too late, let us know your needs when you get to the event. Don't wait until the last minute, like, say, asking for a specific work assignment while we're in the process of handing out assignments and trying to get workers out to position so we can start the run group. That just makes everyone wait - either in line for the assignments, or afterwards, as we can't start the group until workers are in place, and last-minute juggling may not always be a simple process.
To the guy who asked for a specific work assignment while we're in the process of handing out assignments and trying to get workers out to position so we can start the run group: yeah, I got testy. I apologize for being short. For future reference, please see paragraph above. (and yeah, making the change "wasn't that bad, was it?" because by sheer dumb luck, I happened to look at the assignment list, and the two changes that had to be made to accommodate your request were right there on subsequent lines).
To the two drivers who left after driving and skipped out on your work assignments: we know who you are. Your actions are so not in the spirit of autocross. Shame.
To the teardown crew and Ben and everyone else who helped pack up: Thank you!
To Bill and Rachel: hope y'all had a great time. Congrats, Bill, for your Member of the Year coup, and Rachel for your first event!
To Joe Vance: we have your sprayer in the trailer.
To the guy who asked me to put the sound meter on your son's (I think) car: Was happy to do that, but after you asked, you never checked back. All you autocrossers look alike (hat, tshirt, sunglasses), so I didn't know who to look for. I walked by the car at one point, (I think) but no one was around. Tell your son that if he wants to enter an event, but he's concerned about his car's exhaust sound level, our rules allow the first time is a "freebie" - but if we measure and it's too loud, please plan to come back next time quieter.
To the guy driving the Exocet: I forgot to track you down, but I have to tell you your car is too loud. Measured over 101 db. We'd love to have you back, but please try something to hush the pipes just a bit.
To everyone: if you have special requests - such as a work assignment, or class change, the best bet is to add a note when you register. If something comes up after it's too late, let us know your needs when you get to the event. Don't wait until the last minute, like, say, asking for a specific work assignment while we're in the process of handing out assignments and trying to get workers out to position so we can start the run group. That just makes everyone wait - either in line for the assignments, or afterwards, as we can't start the group until workers are in place, and last-minute juggling may not always be a simple process.
To the guy who asked for a specific work assignment while we're in the process of handing out assignments and trying to get workers out to position so we can start the run group: yeah, I got testy. I apologize for being short. For future reference, please see paragraph above. (and yeah, making the change "wasn't that bad, was it?" because by sheer dumb luck, I happened to look at the assignment list, and the two changes that had to be made to accommodate your request were right there on subsequent lines).
To the two drivers who left after driving and skipped out on your work assignments: we know who you are. Your actions are so not in the spirit of autocross. Shame.
.
