> There are signs all over the park, and I can find my own seat. I don't need an employee to demand to see my ticket, and simply point to where my seat is when I can already find it without their help.

Ushers serve an important function for disabled fans. I went to a few games several years ago while I was on crutches and in a walking boot due to ankle surgery, and I have an out-of-town friend who comes to games sometimes and relies on a wheelchair to get around because of organ failure-related muscular weakness. Neither of us would’ve been able to get to our seats without the usher’s help.

Ushers are also the first line of response for security concerns due to problem fans. If someone in a seat near you is drunk and disorderly and heading toward violent, you’re supposed to tell an usher so they can alert security. A kiosk can’t do that.

Given that the wages the Pirates pay for this are below the local and national average for that kind of work, it’s both. Structural problems with capitalism, exacerbated by Nutting being a cheap asshole even by robber baron standards.

Yeah, it isn’t what I’d pick, but I’m glad that someone else had the option to do that it that’s what they were into.

Glad to hear it - hope your power comes back soon.

Don’t forget you can always buy some dry ice and pop it in the fridge to buy yourself another day, if you need.

I don’t shop at Eide’s because back when I was a kid, they sold white supremacist records. Had a whole section for Resistance Records products and everything. Maybe it isn’t like that anymore, but I have no desire to find out.

Arnold Slick, how could you?!?

Yeah, it’s like rooting for your conjoined twin. It would be rude not to.

Is the buffet open there again? Last time I went, they were just doing menu service.

The Oaks in Oakmont is available for rentals. Kind of expensive, though.

> What is your logic behind this

I don’t enjoy spending time with assholes. It’s no different than if I found out that the owner beat his wife or jerked it to pictures of little kids.

I’m not hugely proactive about learning about people’s views, but if they go out of their way to tell or show me that they’re an asshole, I’m going to believe them.

> Look it's a free country, people can vote for who they want.

By the same token, people are also allowed to shop where they want. So if they don’t want to patronize a business with an Oz sign or a Mastriano sign or whatever, that’s their right.