Lineup Card SNAFU

[shagpal]

oh thank heaven, for 7/11! maybe she wanted a big gulp.

it's really on her once you acknowledge back, but if you have her stay with you and watch while you make the changes on the lineup card, what can she say? that she didn't hear OR see the changes acknowledged back? sometimes I'll even show the lineup card and ask, "that the way you want it"?

Originally Posted by Manny A

Yeah, after the explanation, the coach kept repeating, "Seven eleven. Seven eleven," as if to either remind herself that they sound alike, or to subtly chastise me for not understanding the difference.

Candidly, she could've been the one who made the mistake, and actually said "Ten for Eleven". It's possible she first wanted to replace 11, but then changed her mind as she approached me, only to verbalize her original intent. Who knows?

I should've repeated back to her the way I normally announce changes to coaches and scorers. I verbalize "11" as "One-One," not "eleven." For some reason, I didn't do this with her, and it came back to bite me. Oh well, lesson definitely learned...