07-17-2006, 07:32 PM
whoa there, I didn't intend to open any cans of worms here. As I said before, I was upset last saturday, but I well over it now. However, since it is up, I might as well put in my feelings.
I absolutely realize that in many ways, it is my own fault for not getting my money. However, I did go to the line and there was 15+ people waiting. Maybe I just hit them at the same time everybody else did, but I had to make the decision to leave and try to make it back at another time. That didn't happen. The part that irritated me the most is that when I pulled off from my track time at 2:03 I drove right to the tech shed and they were nowhere to be found. Considering the rediculous amount of cash they collected as a result of just the entry fee, I feel that they might want to be a little more lenient to the group of people who are making them all of this money. Furthermore, if you take into account the marginal increase in work they had to do for this weekend as opposed to another NASA weekend (and yes, I may be very ignorant to this) there is definitely room for them to be more accomodating considering the rediculous amount of money they collected. If you look at the large picture for the HPDE and race crowd, 4 hours is a very small chunk of time for an unusually busy 12 hour day at the track, especially when it is placed right at lunch time (which you may recall is when many of us run and refuel offsite between class and track sessions).
I do not have a problem at all with the idea of having to pay at the gate and then go to a refund station. I was irritated about somebody not being able to collect for me, but I can understand. However, my idea is that instead of staffing 2 people over a 4 hour period, why not staff one person for 6-8 hours (or 2 people with 3-4 hour shifts). That may result in a longer line, but there is a larger timeframe for people to go, so it spreads the lines out longer. I dunno, just a thought.
And yes, I agree it is only one weekend each year so we can all suck it up or just not go to this one event, but as with any huge undertaking like this, there is always a little room for refinement to make it better for people.
I absolutely realize that in many ways, it is my own fault for not getting my money. However, I did go to the line and there was 15+ people waiting. Maybe I just hit them at the same time everybody else did, but I had to make the decision to leave and try to make it back at another time. That didn't happen. The part that irritated me the most is that when I pulled off from my track time at 2:03 I drove right to the tech shed and they were nowhere to be found. Considering the rediculous amount of cash they collected as a result of just the entry fee, I feel that they might want to be a little more lenient to the group of people who are making them all of this money. Furthermore, if you take into account the marginal increase in work they had to do for this weekend as opposed to another NASA weekend (and yes, I may be very ignorant to this) there is definitely room for them to be more accomodating considering the rediculous amount of money they collected. If you look at the large picture for the HPDE and race crowd, 4 hours is a very small chunk of time for an unusually busy 12 hour day at the track, especially when it is placed right at lunch time (which you may recall is when many of us run and refuel offsite between class and track sessions).
I do not have a problem at all with the idea of having to pay at the gate and then go to a refund station. I was irritated about somebody not being able to collect for me, but I can understand. However, my idea is that instead of staffing 2 people over a 4 hour period, why not staff one person for 6-8 hours (or 2 people with 3-4 hour shifts). That may result in a longer line, but there is a larger timeframe for people to go, so it spreads the lines out longer. I dunno, just a thought.
And yes, I agree it is only one weekend each year so we can all suck it up or just not go to this one event, but as with any huge undertaking like this, there is always a little room for refinement to make it better for people.