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Life as a Sports Usher: Episode 18 - When in Roam
I’ve moved to a new field of work at Gillette Stadium. I went from being an usher to being on a response team (we call them roam teams, since when we’re not busy we roam around the Stadium). I figured that since I miss out on all the fun of being a fan - getting a nice buzz going, making noise on big 3rd downs, sitting - I might as well get into more of an action filled job. I did get to see most of the game as an usher, and even though I catch the big plays, I miss the seemingly little plays that set the big plays up, and wind up watching the game on tape anyway. What a roam team does is basically every part of the job that isn’t customer service related. We’re still encouraged to. . . more
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