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First year lifty do's/don't-s

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-Colton
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Starting my first year as a lifty at my local hill... any suggestions on what to do and not to do?
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Substitute
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Don't slam the chair into small children.
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MAMERON
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do speed the lift when really small children are getting on
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Miomo
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Do yell at people for not putting the bar down. They have to be safe, and it's your responsibility to make sure they are.
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a_burger
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do try and hit the e-stop before people put the bar down
do cause a rollback
do run the lift in high winds, windholds are for pussies
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S.J.W
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Although this is a cliche piece of advice, interact with the people on the hill. How many times have you seen a liftie who is just having fun and just in a good mood and it makes you so much happier.
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schism
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Read and follow the Z-98 protocol to the full extent, or so help me god.
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-Colton
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schismRead and follow the Z-98 protocol to the full extent, or so help me god.


....? Z-98?
11 years ago
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veng_m
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do stop the stoners lightin up
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SpookyCat
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ChubbyBoyAlthough this is a cliche piece of advice, interact with the people on the hill. How many times have you seen a liftie who is just having fun and just in a good mood and it makes you so much happier.


I tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.
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S.J.W
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


ahh must be nice to be rich and white
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Logan.
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Just pay attention, it would suck for somebody to have some problem, and you don't even stop the chair
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SpookyCat
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ChubbyBoyahh must be nice to be rich and white


Rich black people can ignore poor people too. It has nothing to do with race, you racist pig.
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ChillTeenDad420
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MiomoDo yell at people for not putting the bar down. They have to be safe, and it's your responsibility to make sure they are.


must be an east coast thing, no one out here in WA ever puts the bar down except for Europeans or people with kids
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Caleb.E
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blast death metal as loud as they will let you, its all you need to do.
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bradwestwood
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Always call the lifty up top when a supervisor/manager/babe gets on the chair
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ghosthop
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Highfives for days, be the lifty that plays his music too loud
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Turkelton
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ChillTeenDad420must be an east coast thing, no one out here in WA ever puts the bar down except for Europeans or people with kids


le big west coast webel man
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Nachowhoa
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lets on the lift for free
11 years ago
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J_Steez
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don't look at the same people's tickets over and over again, it's obnoxious
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aerobiee
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Stop all the racers that jump the queue and send em to the back...
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.lencon
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JenniferGarnerRich black people can ignore poor people too. It has nothing to do with race, you racist pig.


You are seriously my least favorite member on here. You drive me insane. I can't tell if you are hard core trolling or just an ignorant asshole. Either way you're more annoying than noobs. Pls leave
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Brule.
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The referenced post has been removed.


I think it's also a law in Massachusetts lol. Not sure about NY though.
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CashmereCat
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ChillTeenDad420must be an east coast thing, no one out here in WA ever puts the bar down except for Europeans or people with kids


My home mountain doesn't even have bars to put down.
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lujoth
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Have a riddle at the bottom of the lift or something
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413Crew
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dont jerk off in the lift shak at the top
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L0gic
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Brule.I think it's also a law in Massachusetts lol. Not sure about NY though.


NY doesn't have hills big enough lol. Falling off the lift is a 10 foot drop.
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casual
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bradwestwoodAlways call the lifty up top when a supervisor/manager/babe gets on the chair


Best advice.

If a manager, or supervisor, or a coworker gets you stoned, or talks about getting stoned with you, don't assume they treat everyone that way. In other words, don't tell other people what you do with other people because you don't know all of the dynamics and hierarchy. You might have just given an asshole ammunition against someone cool.

Don't take people's bullshit personally. You are invisible and most people won't see you as a person. Just stay high, laid back, pay attention, play good tunes, and try and make other people's day better. There's nothing better for the overall stoke, than a pumped up lifty doing their job well.

Throw high fives!

Cut people a break now and again when you can, but never at the expense of your job or job security.

Make friends with people in other departments, don't buy into any us v them bullshit. There's a million reasons to befriend everyone, treat it like a family, and you might have lifelong shred buds.

Work your ass off. Lazy lifties fucking suck. If your ramp is a mess, there's snow on the chairs, the line is backed up, and you're inside fucking with tinder, everyone will hate you.

Try and learn whatever you can about lifts as machines. Pretty cool stuff, and if you decide to stick in ski area business, it can open up other opportunities.

Ski on all your days off. Unless your 30 or older, then you can have a few off now and again.
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casual
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


hahaha awesome
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casual
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triple post because I stunt professionally.

Someone alluded to it, but fuck entitled racers, and even worse, fuck race coaches and parents. Make those shitheads show you a pass or ticket every lap, laugh in their face when they claim the ticket is bad for aerodynamics, and pretend you don't speak english when the helicopter mom asks if she can ride the chair without skis on and if you'll stop her chair over the race course so she can film her 8 year old daughter lynsee running gates.
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Bogs
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casualSomeone alluded to it, but fuck entitled racers, and even worse, fuck race coaches and parents. Make those shitheads show you a pass or ticket every lap, laugh in their face when they claim the ticket is bad for aerodynamics, and pretend you don't speak english when the helicopter mom asks if she can ride the chair without skis on and if you'll stop her chair over the race course so she can film her 8 year old daughter lynsee running gates.


Yeah, don't do any of this. The only thing that assuming things about people will do is make the customers in your line hate you. Unless you are 100% sure someone deserves to be treated poorly, treat everyone the same.
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BumpzNtrees
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


So fuck this guy amirite? There's actually some valuable lessons to be learned from this dude. When I'm skiing, I have so much fun I can help but joke with lifties and strangers. People like this don't actually love skiing. It's a status thing. They'll buy a coffee not because they like coffee, but cause they can afford buy one every day.

Here's what you can take away from this:

Assholes like this are too stupid to ski affordably. They will come buy a full price lift ticket and buy some brand new skis retail from your buddies ski shop. The reality is, dickheads like this dump tons of money into our industry and our industry couldn't survive without rich posers like this. (Try to remember the last skis you paid retail for)

so DO remember, when someone acts a fool like this, they are paying a ton of money to do something they aren't even good at and they collectively pay your bills.
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casual
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I'm not assuming anything. I said "entitled racers coaches and parents". That's a specific kind of individual. Not all racers, coaches, and or parents meet that criteria, you're assuming what I'm assuming.

They make themselves known by doing things like skiing by ticket checkers without even acknowledging their presence, refusing to wear lift tickets despite bosses demanding lifties enforce the policy, standing and waiting in inconsiderate places in and out of the corral, leaving equipment everywhere, doing stretches and drills within the unload zone, not respecting ropes, closures, slow skiing at the approach to a load, making ridiculous requests like I explained in the last post, completely ignoring greetings in a space of 2ft., etc. etc. etc.

Obviously my post was meant to be over the top and goofy, but you taking it all serious and acting like what I said has no validity or merit tells me you've never done the job, or at least not somewhere where racing and the race club "are a big deal". If OP really thinks I am telling him to jeopardize his job to get back at pain in the ass customers....well, I don't know. I guess he's dumb. Or this is the plot of a 1980s John Hughs movie where the plucky offbeat lifties band together to finally get back at the big bad alpha ski racers who have tormented them for years.
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Bogs
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casualI'm not assuming anything. I said "entitled racers coaches and parents". That's a specific kind of individual. Not all racers, coaches, and or parents meet that criteria, you're assuming what I'm assuming.

They make themselves known by doing things like skiing by ticket checkers without even acknowledging their presence, refusing to wear lift tickets despite bosses demanding lifties enforce the policy, standing and waiting in inconsiderate places in and out of the corral, leaving equipment everywhere, doing stretches and drills within the unload zone, not respecting ropes, closures, slow skiing at the approach to a load, making ridiculous requests like I explained in the last post, completely ignoring greetings in a space of 2ft., etc. etc. etc.

Obviously my post was meant to be over the top and goofy, but you taking it all serious and acting like what I said has no validity or merit tells me you've never done the job, or at least not somewhere where racing and the race club "are a big deal". If OP really thinks I am telling him to jeopardize his job to get back at pain in the ass customers....well, I don't know. I guess he's dumb. Or this is the plot of a 1980s John Hughs movie where the plucky offbeat lifties band together to finally get back at the big bad alpha ski racers who have tormented them for years.


I know you said "entitled," but knowing NS, I wouldn't be surprised if op took that to mean literally anyone he sees who looks like they might have casually watched a ski race one time. I'm pretty much assuming OP is dumb. Not because op IS dumb, but because that's what I do when I give advice. My intention was more to warn op not to take what you said too seriously than to prove that what you said is wrong.
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casual
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WattsI know you said "entitled," but knowing NS, I wouldn't be surprised if op took that to mean literally anyone he sees who looks like they might have casually watched a ski race one time. I'm pretty much assuming OP is dumb. Not because op IS dumb, but because that's what I do when I give advice. My intention was more to warn op not to take what you said too seriously than to prove that what you said is wrong.


I can dig it.
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losh
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


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losh
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


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lineskis413
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JenniferGarnerRich black people can ignore poor people too. It has nothing to do with race, you racist pig.


But black people don't ski.....
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Giulio
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don't try too hard...it'll scare your coworkers.
you've just landed the mellowest job ever, and don't forget it.
take lots of ski breaks.

i miss my lifty days.
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50Kal
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Liftys change lives with high-fives. Give them all day, everyday, to everyone.

Don't do mind altering substances right before work or during. Lifts hurt people enough when I'm sober. Try explaining to your boss you forgot to hit a stop for a mono skier or falling children because you were too inebriated.
Save fun for after work when lives are not in your hands.

Oh and heres a video of what happens when a chairlift rolls back. It shouldn't happen but never say never.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/744614/Rollback-of-a-chairlift
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Substitute
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


You are my least favorite kind of tumor.
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snugs
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the biggest dont is dont be a lifty
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steeze_louise
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50KalLiftys change lives with high-fives. Give them all day, everyday, to everyone.

Don't do mind altering substances right before work or during. Lifts hurt people enough when I'm sober. Try explaining to your boss you forgot to hit a stop for a mono skier or falling children because you were too inebriated.
Save fun for after work when lives are not in your hands.

Oh and heres a video of what happens when a chairlift rolls back. It shouldn't happen but never say never.
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/744614/Rollback-of-a-chairlift


it would suck to be on the lift
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TZA.
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take it really serious , its the most important job on the mountain , dont fuck it up
11 years ago
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Kurt981
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Don't fall asleep on duty...
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Upstate_Willis
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CarinthiaNY doesn't have hills big enough lol. Falling off the lift is a 10 foot drop.


lol Whiteface, located in NY is the tallest skiing peak on the east coast at 4,865 ft.
11 years ago
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MWG
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Wear some dirty shades on the bright days
11 years ago
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-Colton
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Thanks guys! Hopefully I can be the Chill/really awesome lifty that gets hired back
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Ankilla
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JenniferGarnerI tell him to shut the hell up because I'm trying to listen to my ill beats or talk to my cool friends. The last thing I want to do skiing is pay any mind towards poor people. I'm paying to go skiing to get away from that kind of shit.



So don't talk to the guests and silently fulfill your part in society.


*directly from your bio* "in the ski industry. I just want people to be friends"
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goose27
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Don't do meth...
Do pot instead.
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PopperSquad
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I was a lifty for a pretty long time, trust me when I say your night goes by a lot faster when you are interacting with everyone and being a straight up chill person. At my hill its not the lifties job to check passes, it was ski patrol, yet we had this one guy who was always checking lift passes and acting all super try hard. Nobody liked him because he acted better than everyone. Your job is important, safety is number one, but it is also your job to ensure the folks on your hill have a great time. You are the face they see all night, you are interacting with the customers more than anyone in the staff. Be nice, talk to them, throw out compliments if you are working park lift and some guy throws down a cool trick, or give a compliment to some newb in the park who landed his first big jump or rail, just be that guy that nobody can get mad at because they are just enjoying being there.

Oh and don't forget to talk in a Australian accent, it makes people much happier when you say "good eye might" (say it out loud, you will see).
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