Thread: Trash at the Ballpark

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

So, trash at a sporting stadium event... to stash under seat, or not to stash under seat.

That is the question!

It is probably more noble to recycle the waste than let its fate be relegated to the elements. But I ordered a hotdog, not a bunch of trash, so I am inclined to let the ballpark take care of it since they forced it on me as part of the hotdog deal. Usually though I just look under the seats of people who just left and do whatever they did.

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

When you answer, please indicate your approximate age. (Seriously.)

I am approximately 21 years old (rounding down to the nearest number in the fibonacci sequence)

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I just send an email to Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks owner, asking this question. He started out a total fan. Now, he's an owner. Mark is good about responding to emails. We'll see if he answers, and what he says if he answers.

You got this from a "womens talk show"? Really? Larry I am surprised, actually quite appalled. Go take a testosterone shot. LOL

I am 51 in mule years.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

You got this from a "womens talk show"? Really? Larry...

Yes, yes. I know I don't have a pair, and barely one left. In 5 minutes increments, I have even watched cake decorating shows with my wife. Point taken!

But, did you tell us what you do with your trash? I bet you carry a shoulder bag with you into which to put trash, and said trash never even touches the space below your seat, even on a temporary basis. Just guessing (in a probably vain attempt to divert attention from my less than manly evolutionary trajectory.)

I dont go to watch overpaid boys play a game. There has been too much money and too many rule changes to keep my interest. I dont go, therefore no trash.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I dont go to watch overpaid boys play a game....

This is a long tangent away from my initial message. But, your comment reminds me. Reading a WW II story. Someone in charge of a platoon, and ran out of radio men. Asked new replacement with ham radio experience to sub as radio man. Guy went forward into battle line about 100 yards forward. About an hour later, the new radio man ran back into command foxhole, where the commander was, sobbing and pleading to be sent back to safer environs.

The commander just visited with him (while mortars and artillery and sniper rounds are coming in.) Found the new guy had been a champion quarterback in school. The commander told the guy to think of war as a game, only he wasn't a QB any more. But, he was still needed for the team victory. The guy, basically, said, "Oh! And went back to the lines and assumed his place on the line of scrimmage."

There is a fine line, my dear friend Nun2Sharp, between war and peace. Believe me! When I am watching cake decorating shows with my wife, I am on the battle line taking critical battle wounds, yet soldiering on.

Send my metals to my address in Texas.

Signed, A Real Texas Man!

I was really thinking that this was about some of the people who frequent the games. I said some, not all.

I store items under the seat until I leave my seat. That being said I rarely consume during sporting events. The quality is inhumane. I also do not believe in heckling or disrupting others' experience. And until recently I wore a suit whenever possible (higher education is expensive).
I'm about 30 (we don't keep track in our family)

I'm 58, as I said above. When I started going to sporting events...

* Smoking was omnipresent.
* Wearing suits was common.
* Heckling and catcalls were accepted, and part of the experience.

And, now, truthfully I think I have left my last piece of trash under a seat.

Finally, and now again truthfully, I am feeling very old. I think these changes have been good changes. But, it makes me think of too many friends and parents and just the world that is no more. And, it is incredibly sad.

But, back off the nostalgia trail...

When a kid, I Went to a St Louis Hawks game, sat in upper rows, and couldn't see straight across to my area on the other side at the end of the arena at the end of the game. The cigarette and cigar smoke was that thick! I am not exaggerating.

interesting sidebar on this thread this morning on npr. story about proliferation of california black gulls in sf bay area. they apparently know when the 7th inning stretch is at what is it candlestick park? and congregate around the park to swoop in for all the leavings as the crowd files out.
i haven't been to fenway since the 70's and right now couldn't care less about ever going again. unless they can turn off the sound system, cut the game to 2 hours and 15 minutes and resurrect sherm feller. 61

My wife worked as an usher at comerica park for a short period of time (mainly just to see games for free) so I asked her, and her response was " they have people and tools specifically for the purpose to clean up trash, not only is it expected but it is encouraged because they would rather not have people getting up just to throw away trash and block other viewers, or slow down the people exiting the stadium".

Personally, I leave it under my seat unless it is something small like a gum wrapper and I always clean up after myself at theaters where I know they don't hire people to clean in the same manner as a stadium.

My age is 31