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Competitive-Boat4592 t1_j5o9zfa wrote

As possibly the only masshole that has never and MAY never ski or snowboard, even I feel for you guys lol

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MeEvilBob t1_j5qtw3d wrote

You'd be surprised. I've worked at various ski areas and resorts around New England and a running theme in Massachusetts is lift operators who have never attempted to ski and have no desire to, they just like working the lifts because it's easy work if you don't do more than the bare minimum.

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somegridplayer t1_j5ua29d wrote

>a running theme in Massachusetts is lift operators who have never attempted to ski and have no desire to

Aren't liftees in MA the same as everywhere else? Like 5 locals and 25 foreign kids on vacation?

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MeEvilBob t1_j5w2duk wrote

At larger mountains many of the lifts start further up the mountain, so they require all lift employees to be able to ski safely enough to get from one lift to another easily. With the exception of Wachusett, most places in MA have all the lifts starting at the base level so anyone can walk up to them.

There's also a lot more people in MA who want easy consistent seasonal work than there are avid skier/snowboarders who don't mind making minimum wage. With the work being seasonal they get away with not paying overtime, so many of the lift operators/attendants are working open to close 7 days a week

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somegridplayer t1_j5w41fw wrote

SR has a couple lifts that either liftees walk to or get a ride on a sled to. Not allowed to ride or ski on the clock.

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LongHaulTruckerHat t1_j5re10g wrote

Some of them don’t even do the bare minimum…..that’s how accidents happen.

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[deleted] t1_j5t3oev wrote

That’s just how this entire society of broken capitalism is structured

Maybe if we paid people more than slave wages things would be better

But nope, gotta pay for the wealthy’s yachts and jets, and put up with people and their sniveling bootstraps brainrot of rugged individualism for the poor and govt welfare for the wealthy

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Roff_Bob t1_j5s2b17 wrote

You are not alone.

In winter '67 a college classmate said to a group of us "You gotta be crazy or drunk to ride down a mountain on a pair of sticks". Words to live by.

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