Onslow

[Mine Explorer]

Originally Posted by SimonT

....We had a real emergency on the Monday, though thankfully not a serious one. The toilet door lock failed and the missus was left stuck in there whilst I called for assistance. Given that there was a risk of an expensive bill if a crow bar was applied to the aluminium doorframe, I wanted some official approval before breaking down the door. In addition to calming the missus, I had to keep a pair of autistic kids calm too. There is a real need for a clearer steward's uniform as it took a disconcerting amount of time to find a 'suitable someone' in a yellow jacket. Enginemen had them. Fairground folk had them. It seemed everyone had one. Something distinctive that can been seen from a few feet away would help reduce the confusion in a greater emergency than ours...

The rally office is the big white trailer positioned at the side of the arena alongside the commentator's booth - that's permanently manned during the rally open hours and someone there would have been able to call for assitance and arrange help. Alternatively if you're looking out for a roving steward then the best bet would have been one of those in a jacket with their name and rally job written on the back - they're likely to be carrying radios to be able to summon assistance. With one or two exceptions any other 'marshall' you might encounter would probably have to either direct you to one of the first two sources, or else have to volunteer to go themselves seeing as they don't all carry radios or toolkits to release locks.

Hopefully despite the problems of tracking down the right person, the problem got sorted and you were all reunited again before too long.