PeterRamTime wrote: ↑5 months ago
URI_05 wrote: ↑5 months ago
PeterRamTime wrote: ↑5 months ago
I'm complaining about people coming in super late
My bad. Complain away.
Tardiness is not tolerated!
We are also beatin their umASS!
Criticizing the fans who go to the game by someone who is not there........
A few things to consider:
Power was out on campus, RI Energy Trucks were dealing with power line issues on Route 138 near Route 1 in 2 locations. One had a downed tree they had cut up. Power was out along 138. Fortunately the Ryan Center had power.
More heavy rain and wind last night. Can't tell you how many people I've talked to who have had water in their basements this week. Flooding in many buildings again that were flooded just a few weeks ago as bad as since the 2010 flood.
Slowness of metal detectors. I went through at 1:15. Took all stuff out of my pockets except a pen. Alarm went off. Went back through and told guy about pen. He said oh that will do it. Huh ????????
I went through again with everything out of every pocket including the pen. Alarm went off again.
Guy asked if I had a belt. Of course I said no - sweat pants don't usually have metal belt buckles (no I didn't say that but I thought it)
I then without being asked took my light jacket off, went through for the 3rd time and no alarm.
I thought imagine how slow this will be for people later today? This was at South entrance.
I heard later from people how immensely long the lines to get in were. Many people missed the start of the game.
Lines for concessions were enormous. I went to 200 level concession with 5 minutes left in 1st half thinking I will beat any line. Line was 30 people. At halftime the line was humongous half way into halftime. As the game started there were 40 people still in line.
A shame to get the best crowd of the season and have such poor service.
So when you criticize the URI fans and say tardiness will not be tolerated maybe there is more to the URI fan story than meets the eye.
But don't worry. URI does not do customer service surveys so whoever is in charge of incoming screening/ticket scanning and concessions will be in no less trouble than whoever is in charge of Ry-fi.