The Sundance Film Festival has come and gone this year. A whirlwind of visitors, movies and celebrities touched down upon Park City in it's usual fashion. I personally have a pretty good time during Sundance. Ten days of interesting people, celebrity sightings and wide open slopes to play on makes up for the copious amounts of traffic that we bus drivers have to deal with. So instead of rambling on I decided to list off all of the things that I liked or didn't like about Sundance this year.
Let's start with the likes!
1. Nobody on the slopes. (All the hotels are rented out by moviegoers instead of skiers!)
2. Getting to work a ridiculous amount of overtime. ($$$$ yeah)
3. Meeting new people! (Volunteers are my favorite, but some bus riders are really interesting too.)
4. Listening in on funny conversations. (Either most people don't care that I'm listening or they think I'm not paying attention.)
5. Listening to my coworkers complain about traffic. (Ok, this mostly applies to the rookies. "I was 45 minutes late on my route!" They swap how late they were like war stories."
6. On the busiest night of Sundance there was also a half-pipe competition up at PCMR, there was so little parking that people began parking anywhere and by the end of the night around 30 cars got towed. Nothing makes me happier than seeing a high end car being towed away for parking like a jerk. I was in heaven that night.
7. Most of all, I'm glad that it is over for this year. It was fun but I am happy to have the town back.
Now the don't likes!
1. The promotional Acura taxis. They were literally the most aggressive drivers I have ever seen. It was like stop signs didn't apply to them, if they were behind you and you actually stopped at a stop sign, that's a honkin. Change lanes in front of them while using a blinker? That's a honkin. Stop to turn right at a green light for pedestrians to cross the road? THAT'S A HONKIN!!! God forbid they actually use blinkers themselves. It was outrageous.
2. Getting the same question 2,746 times a day. I get it that you've never been to PC before, but there are armies of volunteers to help you navigate, not to mention maps and online resources.
3. Having to leave 30-45 minutes early to get to work because of all the traffic.
4. People complaining why I'm not on time when they can see that traffic is at a standstill. (Seriously?)
That's about all for this year, I worked almost every night so I never go to go see a movie myself, but it sounded like another successful year for the movie industry. Sorry for no pictures! I didn't even think about it until Sundance was over. Anywho, we say goodbye to Sundance this year and won't have to put up with the hordes of movie lovers again until next year!
