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Good point Ira.
I also have a gripe about members not attending their trains that are
running on the layout. We have break aways and derailments and we have to find
the operators to stop their trains. Also, members run their trains on the
layout and they go off and do something else. Every operator needs to pay
attention to his trains. Derailments and breakways look bad to the public.
Thanks for listening.
Buddy
In a message dated 2/24/2009 4:19:38 P.M. Central Standard Time,
mgraziano@austin.rr.com writes:
Hey! I took up 3/4 of a table for an hour, but only until I could
spend a
small fortune on those train boxes everyone else has. My
wallet is still
smarting...
-----Original Message-----
From:
ttat-members-owner@aoot.com [mailto:ttat-members-owner@aoot.com] On
Behalf
Of Ira Schneider
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 3:56 PM
To: TTAT
Members
Subject: Today's Pet Peeve - Use of Tables at Train
Shows
Hi,
For those of you who have been around for a while, you
know I occasionally
sound off
about my latest pet peeve. It has
been a while, so here is today's rant and
rave.
We generally have a
few tables inside our layout at a train show. These
tables
are for
all members to share. We normally use them to stage trains on
and
off
the layout. Members will unpack their trains on the table
so they can put
them
onto a track. When a member is finished
running a train, he will take his
trains of fthe layout and put them on a
table while he is packing them up
for
storage. This normally only
takes a few minutes. Members usually store
their
trains under the
layout or under the tables, out of the way of the other
members.
In
my opinion, it is rather unfair for a member to monopolize one or
more
tables
all day to store his trains. At the show this past
weekend, one member had
one table entirely full of train cars and a second
table half full of boxed
trains
for a portion of Saturday and all day on
Sunday. I feel this is
inconsiderate
behavior. We have to
share these tables. Trains should be stored under
the tables or the
layout, not on top of the tables.
Also, even though it didn't happen at
this show, members sometimes leave
trains on the tracks (especially on the
sidings) over night, intending to
use
them early the next morning.
Again, if the member doesn't get to the show
bright and early the next
morning, we have a track (or a siding) which
contains trains which the
members who are there have to remove to be
able to use these tracks.
In my opinion, this is also behavior which we
should discourrage.
We
have limited resources (i.e. tracks, table space, etc.) and we have
to
share them among all of the members.
Please keep this in mind for
future shows. (The opinions stated above are
my
personal opinions,
not club policy.)
Thanks for listening to my
rantings.
Ira
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