TwistedLady
Cheer Parent
- Nov 19, 2012
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The seat saving in the arena was infuriating. It was a little better when security got involved - but I was fuming more than once. I knew better and gave myself plenty of time to get situated - long before the stampede of "fans". I understand people have to pee and need some Nachos from time to time - but I'm pretty sure seats were being saved for people that hadn't even left their hotel room yet, or teenagers that were on "teenager" time. I love my kid and I love my friends ~ but whether it's worlds or NCA - if you're not with me when I'm looking for a seat ~ I'm not saving you one. I don't like it when others do it - so I don't do it. Ahhhh - that darned golden rule coming into play - yet again.We had a lot of great experiences but I want to list my worse because my 8 yo is still upset about it.
To the lady (and I use that term loosely) who was saving seats in the Arena and who lied as every event attendant went up to her and asked her to move her things for her imaginary husband that was in the bathroom. Thank you for teaching my daughter that some people in the world can not be kind no matter what. We nicely asked you if we could sit there until your "husband" came back... yes we saw that your team had about 10 other seats open for "husbands" in the area right behind the judges. We said we would happily get up as soon as you needed the seat no questions asked and that way the attendants would no longer bother you... thank you for screaming and only moving your bag when the other adults looked at you and realized that what I was saying made sense (never mind they did not offer any of there blank seats)... yes we did not have a team performing that minute neither did you... my CP just wanted to see a couple of older teams (not even the BIG name ones) with the fire behind them to see how it looked - she was excited, she was 8 and at NCA until you shot her nasty looks the whole time - by the way she is 8 and could read your text and saw that you were telling everyone that you said get one of the dads to come and pretend to be your husband in the bathroom - real class "Lady".
I think some adults at this event needed to get their heads in order and remember not only do cheerleaders represent the gym we do to. To the parents who did allow my daughter to sit with them and chatted nicely with us and we did give them their seat back when the person came back - thank you for being kind. I wrote your gym owner today and shared what a lovely group of people you were. I hope it gets back to you.
I only wish that first "lady" had a team name and color that was not so popular because I certainly would have LOVED to write that gym owner as well. I understand if you are saving seats. I get it which is why I said my kid and I would leave no questions asked when you needed it - then no event person bothered you and we could get maybe 3 groups in which is about all my kid wanted to see (of course the fact that this lady was so nasty the whole time to my kid and I made it really nice). This was the worse part of NCA to us.