- Apr 8, 2013
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So, first tournament is coming up and I just know that at some point this weekend one of the coaches or parents will say "let's all go out to eat."
Am I the only one that dreads the "team meal" that takes place during a tournament? I don't mind the occasional one that is well thought out and planned. But the ones thrown together last minute or day of need to stop - "oh, we have a 3.5 hour break between games? Let's take a group of 35 to a restaurant in a busy mall area on a Saturday." Or the unplanned ones after the last Sat game at 7:30PM - "let's all go to the busiest area in town and get a table for 30 right now during peak hours." Never mind the two hour wait and then another two hours in the restaurant. Let's see, we have...
- The nightmare of 12 separate checks and who is with who
- The parent who argues about being charged for something their kid ordered but they didn't approve
- The parent who complains about the included gratuity being added to their check automatically because god knows they would try to stiff them if it wasn't
- Non-drinkers judging drinkers
- Siblings acting like over tired, hungry siblings act after being at the field all day and waiting forever for a table
- There's always one parent rude to wait staff so you wonder if they spit in just their food, or everyones
So lets hear your team meal horror stories...
Am I the only one that dreads the "team meal" that takes place during a tournament? I don't mind the occasional one that is well thought out and planned. But the ones thrown together last minute or day of need to stop - "oh, we have a 3.5 hour break between games? Let's take a group of 35 to a restaurant in a busy mall area on a Saturday." Or the unplanned ones after the last Sat game at 7:30PM - "let's all go to the busiest area in town and get a table for 30 right now during peak hours." Never mind the two hour wait and then another two hours in the restaurant. Let's see, we have...
- The nightmare of 12 separate checks and who is with who
- The parent who argues about being charged for something their kid ordered but they didn't approve
- The parent who complains about the included gratuity being added to their check automatically because god knows they would try to stiff them if it wasn't
- Non-drinkers judging drinkers
- Siblings acting like over tired, hungry siblings act after being at the field all day and waiting forever for a table
- There's always one parent rude to wait staff so you wonder if they spit in just their food, or everyones
So lets hear your team meal horror stories...