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Old Wed Nov 30, 2011, 07:51am
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Called games tonight with a partner I have worked with a few times, but this was our first time to ride together. On the way home, we were approaching a couple of fast food places, and he asked if I had a preference. I said he was driving, either one was fine. He said that either one would "take care of us."
To make a long story short, apparently it is a common practice for various eating establishments to provide free food for sports officials, including the Burger King on my way home, where I have stopped probably a hundred times returning from games.

Is this a southern thing, or is it everywhere? For the record, this is not a practice with which I am comfortable.
I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.

Did he tell the people he was an official?
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I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.

Did he tell the people he was an official?
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Old Wed Nov 30, 2011, 09:27am
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I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.

Did he tell the people he was an official?
I suppose there's one benefit to traveling in uniform.
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Old Wed Nov 30, 2011, 09:36am
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I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.

Did he tell the people he was an official?
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I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.

Did he tell the people he was an official?
Perhaps in that area of the country officials change in the parking lots of the local fast food restaurants.
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Old Wed Nov 30, 2011, 10:09am
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I have never heard of that one before. Since I'm trying not to eat that food, I'm not going to start driving around to Chick-Fil-As in my stripes asking for free sandwiches.

This raises an important question, do Footlocker employees get the same free meals?
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Perhaps in that area of the country officials change in the parking lots of the local fast food restaurants.
Well played.

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I'm wondering how the people in the drive thru would know you're sports officials. My bag's in the trunk and I'm business casual.


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There are quite a few middle schools in my area that will feed officials during tournaments. There are a couple of guys I know that definitely take advantage of this. I kid them that they are the reason schools only give us a tix for sandwich and drink know instead of whatever we want.
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This happened to us for the first time I can think of. We happened to go to McDs (which I do not like to go to) in the town we had the game and we got our meal for free. I was a little shocked. Then again we were not dressed in uniform, but the visiting team was there and that is how they knew I guess.

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There are a few middle schools in my area that will feed officials. There are a couple of guys I know that definitely take advantage of this.
This is how it is here........
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One school I worked at up north usually gave us hot dogs that were left over. Sometimes, more than one. I joked with one guy that we wanted to make sure we called a two hot dog game.
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The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.
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The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.
During football season, we had a youth team providing all you can eat boudin to the officials. I stopped myself at one because if I had eaten any more, I don't think I would have cared about the games.
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The most memorable experience I've had is a college in New Orleans gives the officials po boys (southern thing if you've never heard of it) after the game...and you get to order it before the game.
oyster po boys - yummo!!
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