Olympic volunteers

Olympic volunteers

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Kenty

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5,075 posts

180 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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So if you were lucky enough to get to go to the Olympics as a volunteer, what looks to be the best job allocation?
What task would you like to have got?
My top three:-
1- sand raker at the beach volleyball
2- bicycle steady for women's sprint starts in the velodrome
3- accreditation holder in the pool, handing it back to the swimmers as they leave the pool.

laugh

ZOLLAR

19,911 posts

178 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Kenty said:
So if you were lucky enough to get to go to the Olympics as a volunteer, what looks to be the best job allocation?
What task would you like to have got?
My top three:-
1- sand raker at the beach volleyball
2- bicycle steady for women's sprint starts in the velodrome
3- accreditation holder in the pool, handing it back to the swimmers as they leave the pool.

laugh
Females Locker room attendant ?..

bigandclever

13,918 posts

243 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Kenty said:
1- sand raker at the beach volleyball
Oddly enough, there's a bloke who works for the Highways Agency doing that very job.

pembo

1,206 posts

198 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Lucky?

A guy from work has taken almost all of his leave allowance to spend the entire Olympics in the Excell Centre doing stupidly long hours and just pointing lost old people to the toilet!

He seems happy enough to be involved but I can't think of anything worse!

Just a sec... I think I know what you're getting at...

It looks like technology has taken my ideal job: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181654/Vi...

s3fella

10,524 posts

192 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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I went to some footy at Coventry this week, and there was a guy came into the stands, pushed past us, wearing one of these pink bibs with 'Spectator Assistance' on it, as we'd seen loads of people wearing outside. Weird thing was, whilst all the others had 'London 2012' underneath on the rear, this one had 'London 2024' on it. I noticed it, as did this chap next to me. I thought it was a bit odd, but the guy next to me was really worried as this chap was Asian and wearing a bit of headgear!! Last I saw of him, he was off out the stands to report this fella!!
All a bit odd, I must admit it did weird me out a bit.

HeatonNorris

1,649 posts

153 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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bigandclever said:
Kenty said:
1- sand raker at the beach volleyball
Oddly enough, there's a bloke who works for the Highways Agency doing that very job.
Don't they play the 'Benny Hill Show' theme whilst they're doing that?

anonymous-user

59 months

Friday 3rd August 2012
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there was a coloured guy at eton dorney on one of the raised seats directing people signing bob marley songs through a megaphone and doing an aexcellent job of raising the atmosphere, picking on miserable looking people and goading foreigners (albeit in a nice way!). he was definatley the best man for that job!

superkartracer

8,959 posts

227 months

Friday 3rd August 2012
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Kenty said:
So if you were lucky enough to get to go to the Olympics as a volunteer, what looks to be the best job allocation?
What task would you like to have got?
My top three:-
1- sand raker at the beach volleyball
2- bicycle steady for women's sprint starts in the velodrome
3- accreditation holder in the pool, handing it back to the swimmers as they leave the pool.

laugh
Are you a pervert, sniffs seats/pants etc

PatrickOUFC

179 posts

158 months

Friday 3rd August 2012
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s3fella said:
I went to some footy at Coventry this week, and there was a guy came into the stands, pushed past us, wearing one of these pink bibs with 'Spectator Assistance' on it, as we'd seen loads of people wearing outside. Weird thing was, whilst all the others had 'London 2012' underneath on the rear, this one had 'London 2024' on it. I noticed it, as did this chap next to me. I thought it was a bit odd, but the guy next to me was really worried as this chap was Asian and wearing a bit of headgear!! Last I saw of him, he was off out the stands to report this fella!!
All a bit odd, I must admit it did weird me out a bit.
Hmm, borderline racism...

PatrickOUFC

179 posts

158 months

Friday 3rd August 2012
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pablo said:
there was a coloured guy at eton dorney on one of the raised seats directing people signing bob marley songs through a megaphone and doing an aexcellent job of raising the atmosphere, picking on miserable looking people and goading foreigners (albeit in a nice way!). he was definatley the best man for that job!
"coloured"? Was he red/green or blue? rolleyes