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Why is it that so many ski techs are straight up douchers to park skiers? I've been in the game long enough to notice this trend and its really annoying. Almost every season. As soon as the tech sees you have Full Tilts, want your skis center mounted, talk park, they immediately flip the switch into a "holy-er than thou" pompous attitude.
Take for example today. I work at a ski resort so I have to have my gear checked annually. Cool. I can do that. As soon as I lean my armada's against the counter and toss my boots (full tilts) up I get an immediate "oh this fucking guy" look. The dude just shuts down any potential for decent customer service at that point. Looked at my boots like hes never seen them before in his life, and than denies me my inspection because of the heel. I get into an argument telling him hes off his rocker (the boots are a year old and in great shape, not to mention I worked 3 years as a ski tech prior...I know a "banna'ed" boot.) and than he just totally shuts me down and walks off, no discussion. So now i'm forced to buy unnecessary replacement parts. It's always the same story when you talk center mounting skis. They look at you like you have 3 heads. Walk in with world cup skis on the other hand and they kiss your ass, i've seen it.
Take a look at my boots that have "fucked" heels. You tell me NS, im sure theres other techs on here. Whats your opinion? Maybe I'm the one off my rocker...
Yeah I know, its one shop, one dude right? Nope, pretty much every year I deal with the same BS in different shops. The polarization between park skiers (and the rest of the ski community) is bigger than the skier/snowboarder gap. Why is this? Theres really no good reason for it. Even though I don't necessarily believe its true, as a park rat I'm inclined to bring up the fact that there just jealous because they can't shred ;)...usually winds them up. But seriously...are they really that insecure about their skiing? I hope not...
I guess this was a vent thread more than anything, but i'm sure other NSers have similar experiences...Post 'em if you got 'em
