(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

(09-07-2015 03:27 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

18,784 is the number i was given when asked actual attendance WITH season tickets adjusted to be included and students factored in... the rest of this post has been redacted

(09-07-2015 03:35 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:27 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

18,784 is the number i was given when asked actual attendance WITH season tickets adjusted to be included and students factored in... i went out of my way to ask the intern in will call who can show me the final numbers. To me, it seems like the university doesn't seem to care too much about accurate numbers... they're still getting the revenue from it. So NIU IS fudging the numbers... just the wrong way. They hit what i imagine is a "quota" for each game and just kinda stop worrying from there... needless to say this greatly pissed me off to hear, but again i dont know how accurate the kid's explanation is. I DO know the numbers he showed me on the screen were accurate though...

So basically just shy of 19k was our REAL attendance, which sounds much more accurate. I wonder who i or someone could go to about this without me risking my job...

That's just.............weird. I'm not sure whether to laugh or shake my head at the incompetence. How in the world is something like this allowed to go on?

And what is used as the "official" attendance number? This new number or what's already been published and printed.

(09-07-2015 03:35 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  [quote='NIUSox10' pid='12345050' dateline='1441657666']
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18,700 sounds more accurate given what I saw on tv. Of course, the NIU haters on the other board will call you a liar.

(09-07-2015 03:39 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:35 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:27 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

18,784 is the number i was given when asked actual attendance WITH season tickets adjusted to be included and students factored in... i went out of my way to ask the intern in will call who can show me the final numbers. To me, it seems like the university doesn't seem to care too much about accurate numbers... they're still getting the revenue from it. So NIU IS fudging the numbers... just the wrong way. They hit what i imagine is a "quota" for each game and just kinda stop worrying from there... needless to say this greatly pissed me off to hear, but again i dont know how accurate the kid's explanation is. I DO know the numbers he showed me on the screen were accurate though...

So basically just shy of 19k was our REAL attendance, which sounds much more accurate. I wonder who i or someone could go to about this without me risking my job...

That's just.............weird. I'm not sure whether to laugh or shake my head at the incompetence. How in the world is something like this allowed to go on?

And what is used as the "official" attendance number? This new number or what's already been published and printed.

I mean it was sort of a short term relief/long term shock for me personally

Any idiot could see we had a pretty damn decent crowd show up, no way it was 15k.

Rest of post redacted

Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

(09-07-2015 03:39 PM)niubrad00 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:35 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:27 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

18,784 is the number i was given when asked actual attendance WITH season tickets adjusted to be included and students factored in... i went out of my way to ask the intern in will call who can show me the final numbers. To me, it seems like the university doesn't seem to care too much about accurate numbers... they're still getting the revenue from it. So NIU IS fudging the numbers... just the wrong way. They hit what i imagine is a "quota" for each game and just kinda stop worrying from there... needless to say this greatly pissed me off to hear, but again i dont know how accurate the kid's explanation is. I DO know the numbers he showed me on the screen were accurate though...

So basically just shy of 19k was our REAL attendance, which sounds much more accurate. I wonder who i or someone could go to about this without me risking my job...

That's just.............weird. I'm not sure whether to laugh or shake my head at the incompetence. How in the world is something like this allowed to go on?

And what is used as the "official" attendance number? This new number or what's already been published and printed.

This is perception, how does the department not care about perception. As Brad pointed out, this incompetence is allowing other fan bases, our own fan base, and future NIU fans to look at that figure and make an opinion on how ****** our support is. Now granted, roughly 3k more then reported is not earth shattering but it does look a lot better then 15k. IMO they should re-report the attendance numbers to have it corrected from a historical perspective.

(09-07-2015 03:27 PM)NIUSox10 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 01:05 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  I have spoken with my boss and apparently the guy who is in charge of ticket tallying and attendance estimates (we rely on him a lot for how much food we need to bring and set up) is kinda horrible at his job and there was a big issue with inconsistency on Saturday. And yes, season tickets were ommited initially the. "Estimated" into the attendance figures (very poorly) since they were not scanning and tallying properly. Bottom line whoever is in charge of attendance figures and organization needs to get his **** together or get fired...

Horrible at his job? How hard can it be to make sure scanners are working correctly at the gates before game day. This should have been tested before saturday...

If this is indeed the problem then it's not the scanner it's the black around the season tickets vs normal tickets.

Being a bit of a processes person I first wonder if they tested a few fake tickets of this style (before they ordered them) to make sure they would scan the same as the individual tickets.

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

I have no idea what you're talking about

(09-07-2015 03:52 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

I have no idea what you're talking about

That's better

(09-07-2015 03:53 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:52 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

I have no idea what you're talking about

That's better

I mean realistically, it's a part time college job i use for beer and pizza money... I'm not getting thrown outta my apartment or anything if i got canned haha maybe I'd get to actually watch the NIU games then! As long as nobody names me by name (which i dont think anyone here knows my real name?) I'm fine

It really pisses me off though that we get crapped on for bad attendance, and to put fuel on the fire our own Athletic Department screws up the scanning process and reports attendance well under actual.

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

Actually, it is worse that he actually tells us because it is just going to come back and bite him. I kind of like that he teases us about some things. It gets the board busy guessing and excited to see what the secret is.

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(09-07-2015 04:01 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

Actually, it is worse that he actually tells us because it is just going to come back and bite him. I kind of like that he teases us about some things. It gets the board busy guessing and excited to see what the secret is.

btw, I noticed he didn't comment on my skybox comment on the upcoming secret.

I told 3 people there was going to be a big schedule announcement, grrrr

(09-07-2015 04:04 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 04:01 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

Actually, it is worse that he actually tells us because it is just going to come back and bite him. I kind of like that he teases us about some things. It gets the board busy guessing and excited to see what the secret is.

btw, I noticed he didn't comment on my skybox comment on the upcoming secret.

I told 3 people there was going to be a big schedule announcement, grrrr

Tell those 3 people you dun goofed

(09-07-2015 04:04 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 04:01 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:43 PM)dekalb222 Wrote:  Be careful with what you say. It is not cool to get someone fired or in trouble on a message board forum! Maybe that person does need to get better but they may have a family depending on them. Most everyone has a boss. I am sure they will take care of it. Also, you are throwing your boss under the bus by stating what he said!

True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

Actually, it is worse that he actually tells us because it is just going to come back and bite him. I kind of like that he teases us about some things. It gets the board busy guessing and excited to see what the secret is.

btw, I noticed he didn't comment on my skybox comment on the upcoming secret.

Nah, i actually realized i don't have my name or email or any of that on here so I'm actually pretty darn safe. I wont name my anyone's name nor my own so nothing can really be traced back to me. I didn't sign any non disclosure agreement so i cant be nailed for much of anything if they SOMEHOW did trace my name from a few message board posts

Unless people you work with know you have a beagle

(09-07-2015 04:11 PM)numbersdontlie Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 04:04 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 04:01 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:51 PM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 03:49 PM)Stay Cool Wrote:  True, my previous posts have been redacted. Anything quoted on me past or prior this point could have been adjusted by anyone quoting my post and is therefore not a direct quote from me personally. I have no idea where you all came up with these theories but I'd like to wildly speculate with you past this point.

Stay Cool you really need to stop saying you have a secret that you can't share, it leads to nothing good lol

Actually, it is worse that he actually tells us because it is just going to come back and bite him. I kind of like that he teases us about some things. It gets the board busy guessing and excited to see what the secret is.

btw, I noticed he didn't comment on my skybox comment on the upcoming secret.

Nah, i actually realized i don't have my name or email or any of that on here so I'm actually pretty darn safe. I wont name my anyone's name nor my own so nothing can really be traced back to me. I didn't sign any non disclosure agreement so i cant be nailed for much of anything if they SOMEHOW did trace my name from a few message board posts

herp a derp

I just think this picture is boss as hell lol the dog looks adorable
Found it online in a google image search