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Old 04-06-2022, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki View Post
I love all the comments, like they know what’s going on the in the starter’s life. Yes, starter could have been nicer…. BUT
what if the day before he or his spouse get a bad medical diagnosis?
What if it was the 1 year anniversary of their spouse’s death?
What if their son/daughter/grandkids (who they hadn’t seen in 2 years because of COVID) left the day before?

It easy to throw stones, but consider everything.

AND BTW, golf etiquette says, you don’t cheer on the first tee box (unless it’s the Waste Management Open)
That's why I think the OP handled it properly, by not getting back into the face of the starter. There may well be other issues that set the person off like that, and it's not the OP's job to figure it out. However, the starter's supervisor might well know about these things, or, may well know that this is a recurring problem with this particular employee and has nothing to do with external problems. I don't know, you don't know, and the OP doesn't know.
Either way, it really doesn't change the appropriate course of action.
And yes, we all agree that a rule was broken by the OP. He/she acknowledges that.