OT--Nightmare

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Originally Posted by deecee

Whistles should never be an issue. I travel with 2 in the bag. 1 Always in my jacket pocket. 1 in my car, most times 2. Plus Almost every jacket/sports coat I have has one in its inside whistle.

I showed up one time and couldn't find my whistle (lucky for me my partner had an unopened one) and I swore it would never happen again.

I have a whistle and lanyard in both pockets of my jacket. I move the one from my right pocket to my pants pocket before the game starts, it's the whistle I use. The one in the left pocket is a new, unused whistle for sharing if needed and to serve as a backup.

I have a spare whistle in each of my two travel bags. If I ever have to use one, they get rotated as needed and the oldest whistle gets replaced. I've always got two or three new whistles in their package at home.

You can work through or around blown out pants, no jacket, even no shirt or the right shoes. But it's really hard to officiate without a whistle.

Though I blew mine enough during JH games last night to make up for a game or two elsewhere.