redvaseline 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 What would you do ..if You are waiting for a lunch table with 3 japanese guys sipping on a half-full coke glass for almost an hr and only to find them napping? Imagine being in a restaurant at lunch time on a slope. Link to post Share on other sites
JPchucky 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Don't even get me started on that shit. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 This is probably in a curry rice cuisine house right? Take some calorie mate and kit kats! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 If you dont wanna waste your time, leave. Pretty simple. >Imagine being in a restaurant at lunch time on a slope. well, they'd wake up to an empty chair. Im not sure if your situation was at a resort or not, either way who cares, why bit&h bout it on here when you couldve done something bout it? Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Grab some bars and a drink and head back out... daytime is for skiing, rest at night. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Give the a loud "sumimasen" or a push perhaps... Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Maybe you can say "mou ii desuka?" to them. If it's busy lunch time, I think usually people don't occupy a table only with half full glasses cokes for 1 hour, do they? Also, I would get in a restaurant earlier than others do to avoid crowds, redvaseline. Especially when I have small kids with me coz they need much time only for small lunch - 1 hour or so. Avoid crowds, that's the key! Link to post Share on other sites
js 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by redvaseline: What would you do ..if You are waiting for a lunch table with 3 japanese guys sipping on a half-full coke glass for almost an hr and only to find them napping? Imagine being in a restaurant at lunch time on a slope. As the others suggested. Otherwise, start early - have big high carb. dinner the night before, a big breakfast, carry some fruit/choco bars/water and forego a sit-down lunch. We do this - get more runs in because most of the slope/lift queues empty at lunchtime/s, keep warm and alert because of the carbs and bulk, don't get tired in the afternoon because the body is not digesting food, and usually we get a lot of freshies too. Lunch is for losers. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 imagine waking up and your pot of vaseline had turned red. What would you do? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I dont need to use vaseline Link to post Share on other sites
Powderoo 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I tend to agree, lunchtime cuts into the perfect time to ski, when no-one else is. Infact I do exactly what SZ does, load up the night before, head out as soon as you can the next morning, go hard. Have short break around 11, then enjoy the lunchtime quietness, and then have another quick break around the 3pm mark, more powerbars, snacks, etc, and the be happy in the knowledge that when you finish when the lifts close you had a great day, and you can relax in the onsen/bar/couch etc. Link to post Share on other sites
good_gallon 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 And what is it with Japanese skifield cafeterias serving up such stodgy fare? All I feel like doing after eating that crap is heading somewhere warm and going to sleep. It'll be conbini riceballs all the way for me this year. Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 lunch while skiing is a pretty expensive rest, and besides you should be skiing. Go in for short stops to dry out goggles and hats, and eat your power bar with several glasses of free water, then get out again when the hordes head in. I can't believe how much Japanese people like to take breaks when skiing or snowboarding. Mind you the French take a break all afternoon if it's sunny. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I normally rest at 10:30 or so, then agan at 2. Short breaks, miss the crowds, keep the ATP levels up. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Me too. After the first runs, lunch is the best part of the day Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by keba: I normally rest at 10:30 or so, then agan at 2. Short breaks, miss the crowds, keep the ATP levels up. I find it more enjoyable to break it down into ADP skiing than keep it up - or just use all the glucose and fructose I have until theyre exhausted and then go soak in an onsen with a few beers Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 I don't take much of a rest at all - thats for after 5pm. But if some people are unreasonably taking up space in a busy place like that, I'll ask them to move. If they don't get the staff to. Link to post Share on other sites
Lachy 0 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 The fried pork on a bowl of rice is pretty good @ the king bell at grand hirafu... however, i tend to just go in there to dry out and rest, and do the afformentioned *eat power bar and drink free water*... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Lachy, Have a hamburg steak in the Kogen. Have a beer with that. Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Someone snoozing at the table is no different then when resorts here rope off whole sections of restaurants for the bus loads of brats they bring in. Just have to deal with it. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Roping off? they close the whole restaurant without notice for them. Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Avoid peak times, queues and waiting for things. Time is limited so just think laterally. If I see an ATM with a huge queue I just look for another one. Why wait around when you can keep moving and find and alternative? Not always an option of course, but I always feel like I'm being cheated if I have to wait in line for ages. Besides, most people don't think like this and there's often a free ATM around the corner. I quite like having a good chill for half an hour or so during a day on the mountain. Just not at lunchtime with all the other chumps who're sleeping in their coca-cola or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I like finding a quite spot on the slopes and sitting down there for my rest if the weather is not bad. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 it's great to sit down in the warmth of a cafe and rest your tired body over a cupof coffee and a nice hot ramen. Then you're ready for more. About an hour is what I take. And 2 seats. One for my stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I always take a rest, but it is usually outside the "official lunch time" that everyone seems to rush for. Link to post Share on other sites
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