I wonder what happened to the OP - maybe they can't find the thread because it got moved into the Lutz Corner?
Is there a term for starting a thread or discussion and not coming back...LOL?
Thread abandonment.
I wonder what happened to the OP - maybe they can't find the thread because it got moved into the Lutz Corner?
Is there a term for starting a thread or discussion and not coming back...LOL?
This scenario pops up often on a variety of forums I participate in. Sometimes I suspect that the OP is just a bored person who posts some vague question, and then sits back and snickers while multiple respondents speculate on what the question is all about.I wonder what happened to the OP - maybe they can't find the thread because it got moved into the Lutz Corner?
Is there a term for starting a thread or discussion and not coming back...LOL?
For me and probably many others, figure skating is a solitary sport, and to socialize with others at the rink is not a requirement. If people are friendly, that's fine, but your lives don't have to intertwine.
My rink has a highly social atmosphere for both kids and adult skaters. I think the popularity of synchro here helps the kids stay United, since they are learning team work and whatever. The adult skaters are amazing. When I am guarding on the nights that are mainly attended by adult skaters, it is like social hour on the ice, even for me as a guard. When I broke my wrist recently, I went out to the ice and asked if someone would take me to the hospital in my car, and immediately one of the regulars offered to do it. When my car was brken down, several times adult skater customers felt pity for me and drove me all the way home so I wouldn't have to take the bus. When I broke my leg in 2001, one of the adult skaters showed up at the hospital (I was there almost a week) with a card signed by all the adult skaters, some of whom I didn't even know. Skaters often decide to share lessons when working on the same thing, group skate sharpenings are sometimes arranged for those of us who go all the way to Waldorf, and the adult skaters sometimes get together to do numbers in the rink shows. Cabin John is the best for skating social connections!
Very nice. But wow, a week? For a broken leg? Must have been a really bad break. I hope you're ok now.. When I broke my leg in 2001, one of the adult skaters showed up at the hospital (I was there almost a week) with a card signed by all the adult skaters, some of whom I didn't even know.
Sounds like a recipe for trouble.Not sure about your rink but at ours over the summer, kids are dropped off in the morning and picked up in the afternoon, 5 days a week, week after week. That gives alot of time for drama to develop.
I think the age of the skater plays a big role on how "drama" is perceived. I expect that an adult will perceive things one way but a child will perceive things another way.
Most adults have a life beyond skating. Compare that to young skaters when school is out over the summer - skating becomes their life. Sad but true. The worst are preteen to young teen girls where everything is prone to drama.
Not sure about your rink but at ours over the summer, kids are dropped off in the morning and picked up in the afternoon, 5 days a week, week after week. That gives alot of time for drama to develop.
Sounds like a recipe for trouble.
Even just adult presence (not necessarily interference) can often squash drama.
Very nice. But wow, a week? For a broken leg? Must have been a really bad break. I hope you're ok now.
That sounds really scary. Sorry you endured that. Glad they were able to fix it well enough that at least you can skate if you want.Two spiral fractures. A metal plate had to be put in my leg, which was removed a year later because it hurt and I couldn't skate with a piece of metal on top of my ankle. There is permanent damage that makes skating a bit of a struggle, and the incident was so traumatic that I had flashbacks when I went back to skating, and developed a severe phobia that made me unable to step on the ice for long periods of time a couple times. I really love skating though, so I keep going back for more injuries.
Is anyone else at a rink with a very strong synchro presence, who feels the way I do about the impact that presence has on the rink social environment?
*mutters* My only experiences with synchro involve them being completely disrespectful and dismissive towards anyone outside their little synchro "clique" so I'd imagine they could make a rink environment pretty toxic.
Is anyone else at a rink with a very strong synchro presence, who feels the way I do about the impact that presence has on the rink social environment?
Is anyone else at a rink with a very strong synchro presence, who feels the way I do about the impact that presence has on the rink social environment?
*mutters* My only experiences with synchro involve them being completely disrespectful and dismissive towards anyone outside their little synchro "clique" so I'd imagine they could make a rink environment pretty toxic.
Have you observed the interactions of synchro skaters on freestyle sessions?
*mutters* My only experiences with synchro involve them being completely disrespectful and dismissive towards anyone outside their little synchro "clique" so I'd imagine they could make a rink environment pretty toxic.
Have you observed the interactions of synchro skaters on freestyle sessions?