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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Seems like you and the hubby were the ones sucking the fun out of life for those NASCAR fans. Seems like car races might fit in with concerts as a place where the wacky weed should be tolerated by all.*
*note: I've never gone to said car races, but since mullets and poor grooming habits are undoubtedly allowed in such places, seems like other rules might be more relaxed than, say, an afternoon in the boxes at Saratoga
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As noted in the original post, I normally would not care but there was a child of about ten sitting right behind us and it seemed a bit inappropriate for the gentlemen to be lighting up when they could have easily done so under the stands as it was about 30 minutes prior to the start of the race and they could walk down and back without missing anything. The other gentlemen actually apologized for their friend's "fuck me, bitch" comment and said that they would not have lit up if they knew that there were children so close by -- this apology really did not seem to have anything to do with my husband's badge since he told them to chill out because he wasn't local anyway. I agree that attitudes should be relaxed but I also feel that at events advertised as "family friendly" it does not hurt to use a little bit of common decency and respect for your fellow attendees (young and old alike) and perhaps light up somewhere besides the middle of a row in the middle of a section at a track filled with 200,000+ people.
edited to add that this does not apply to other events not advertised as family friendly but to which people bring their children anyway although at an Eminem concert the young man behind us was kind enough to wait until our son went to the washroom before lighting up. I appreciated it and told him so and he said "hey, I got a daughter so I can respect that shit." I suddenyl felt very old.
