I don’t usually mind the games in Alumni. Like you know having to get my bag checked whatever, I guess.
But tonight, you can’t tell me that no ego was involved.
For reference I’ve worked in Alumni for two years now. I’ve worked during games before. Volleyball, Wrestling, Basketball, Football, etc. I know many of the event staff. They know me. Maybe not by name, but I know they know my face.
I walk in. Usually they recognize me, and tell me go whatever way since I’m just going to the back, not the game. Not tonight. I get stopped.
“I need to check your bag”
“I’m just going to Member Services”
“Still need to check”
Okay whatever, I’m a little begrudging about it but fine. Barely check me over, and send me in.
I make eye contact with a guy I recognize, I’m looking at him because I know I he knows I’m not going to do anything stupid I just want to get to the back. The man a parallel to him is just like
“You have to go up and around”
I’m just trying to go to member services. So I go up the steps. It’s a jogging track. It’s made to jog and run on. There are like two other people, but they’re out of the way. I start to run, a lady tells me no running.
It. Is. A. Track. It is made for jogging and running. Not for corralling people who are just using the gym or the facilities and have no interest in the game.
I finally get to member services. I talk to my friends in the office. Venting to them and whatnot. I step outside to talk to my friend scanning people into the gym. I make the mistake of side stepping to Stanchions (rope barrier thing) just to talk to him.
“Excuse me, miss, you can’t go that way!”
“I’m just talking to him”
He see me already talking to the man, like what!? Make it worse I’ve literally interacted with this staff guy before. When the team shop was in business he would see me in there, I’d walk past him during games, and if I had to cross the Stanchions, he saw that I wasn’t causing a problem. But not tonight apparently.
Me and him keep talking and as we are this same staff guy is like a Belgian Malinois is on any gym patrons. Literally just trying to fill their water bottles or use the bathroom. This one guy walks out, clearly need to use the bathroom, he ask us if he can sneak through, and me and the monitor warn him about the guy. He goes like half way around and dips to uses the bathroom
“Sir you can’t go that way”
“I have to use the bathroom?”
“Can’t go that way” (he’s like waving him to come back)
That poor dude looks at him one more time partially says what he said before and just goes in the bathroom. Like sir what!? Pressed over someone using the bathroom!? Like God Forbid he doesn’t go up and around. No one wants to go to from Timbuktu to Vegas when they’re aiming for the bathroom.
To get out the building? Same thing. Up around and down. Don’t get me started about downstairs, people are getting lost and sent all over the place because of this.
Like I said I’ve worked in Alumni for two years, I’ve seen how these games are handled. I get that you have to be thorough, but what the heck!? Chill out and stop power tripping on students minding their business.