People are strange!!

Touch wood - I have never had a major issue with chair lift. Move forward, look behind you for moving object, bend at the knees, and sit. But you'd swear it was rocket science. I have no idea how people can make such a mess of it - but they do. Working on the lifts has certainly been an eye opener. 5 and 6 people trying to sit on a 4 person lift. The gates only allow for 4 and yet more pile through. It mostly occurs when the lift has slowed for some reason or another and that gives the extra one or two enough time to get out and cause havoc. Parents not making sure their kid is on the lift and a second later its dangling by the arms. Snowboarders turning their boards so they are no longer straight. People not looking and cutting the person beside them off so they can not sit down. People deciding to go and then changing their mind mid flight, stopping in line with lift. The list is endless and mind boggling - and basically results in the injured party getting whacked by the chair.