Hard times at Big Bear Lake
Richard Henry
packed powder, all trils open, all lifts open except Chairs 5 and 11
that were not needed anyway, and the weather was crisply cold with
bright sunlight fading into overcast in the afternoon so very little
got sloppy.
I rented some better demos - Nordica SportMachine - which may be the
most fun skis I have ever tried.
The only time I waited in a lift line longer than just walking-through
time was when the Chair 1 stopped for a few minutes and a backlog
built up. As a result, I had to quit about 3:30 PM due to dehydration
and muscle cramping.
My son's girl passed her first test - she was ready at 4:15 when we
got to her house, and she didn't complain when we told her she had to
sit in the pickup cab crew seat.
Now for the hard news - I rode up one time with a member of SS senior
management. I complimented the non-existent lift line, but asked how
they were going to stay in business with so few skiers. He told me
that unless business picks up soon, they will be laying off a lot of
hourly part-time workers and demoting full-time salaried employees to
those jobs. Ouch!
The Real Bev
Crap. Apparently you and I are the only ones to visit, so it's not all that
surprising. I guess they can close one or the other temporarily if it gets
really bad. Based on the websites, my bet is to close SS.
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Cheers, Bev
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Richard Henry
Another note: while I was riding up with the Senior Manager, and we
were discussing Ski School personnel cutbacks, I asked him what the
title would be for those demoted to the lowest part-time, hourly
level. He gave me a funny look, then said "You mean Ski Instructors?"
Alan Baker
<2d4afb6f-b2cb-4d67...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Richard Henry <pome...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Cruel, yet still funny...
:-)
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Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
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The Real Bev
> On Jan 4, 2:09 pm, The Real Bev <bashley...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Richard Henry wrote:
>> > The conditions were excellent (for SoCal anyway) - machine-groomed
>> > packed powder, all trils open, all lifts open except Chairs 5 and 11
>> > that were not needed anyway, and the weather was crisply cold with
>> > bright sunlight fading into overcast in the afternoon so very little
>> > got sloppy.
>>
>> > I rented some better demos - Nordica SportMachine - which may be the
>> > most fun skis I have ever tried.
>>
>> > The only time I waited in a lift line longer than just walking-through
>> > time was when the Chair 1 stopped for a few minutes and a backlog
>> > built up. As a result, I had to quit about 3:30 PM due to dehydration
>> > and muscle cramping.
I always quit at 1:00. If I don't I might kill somebody, myself included.
Nothing hurts, it just refuses to obey.
>> > My son's girl passed her first test - she was ready at 4:15 when we
>> > got to her house, and she didn't complain when we told her she had to
>> > sit in the pickup cab crew seat.
Sometimes kids surprise you. That must be why we let them live.
>> > Now for the hard news - I rode up one time with a member of SS senior
>> > management. I complimented the non-existent lift line, but asked how
>> > they were going to stay in business with so few skiers. He told me
>> > that unless business picks up soon, they will be laying off a lot of
>> > hourly part-time workers and demoting full-time salaried employees to
>> > those jobs. Ouch!
>>
>> Crap. Apparently you and I are the only ones to visit, so it's not all that
>> surprising. I guess they can close one or the other temporarily if it gets
>> really bad. Based on the websites, my bet is to close SS.
>
> Another note: while I was riding up with the Senior Manager, and we
> were discussing Ski School personnel cutbacks, I asked him what the
> title would be for those demoted to the lowest part-time, hourly
> level. He gave me a funny look, then said "You mean Ski Instructors?"
Given my one and only experience with ski instruction, I'd say he's got it spot
on. To be fair, though, aside from that one turkey (yeah, I got my money back),
the instructors I've chatted with seem like a reasonable bunch.
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Cheers, Bev
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>Why do men's hearts beat faster, their knees get weak, their throats become dry
>and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
>Because she smells like a new truck.
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