[Sca-cooks] idiots

[Martin G. Diehl]

Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> Vincenzo commented:
> > At Metalsmith Symposium I, October 2002, Saturday 
> > afternoon while doing prep for the feast ... 

[snip]

> Were those her own pots? If so, then I can certainly 
> think of various reasons.

No ... it makes much more sense now that it seemed to make 
then.  

> I once loaned over $500 worth of stuff (sword, custom 
> sword scabbard, dagger and scabbard and dress helmet) to 
> my barony for a demo. And lost all of it. Apparently the 
> person who had the stuff brought it to a fighter practice, 
> dropped it off and didn't check to see that the equipment 
> got back to its proper owners. 

Ouch!  

> I now am very particular about who I loan anything to for 
> an SCA event.

Understandable.  

> It could well be that this lady simply didn't know you. 

Although that was true, it was not the major factor.  

> And she might have had to leave the event before the 
> feast or the cleanup was done, so she couldn't stick 
> around to make sure the pots got returned to her.

It was a 3 day event ... she wasn't sure about attending 
the next day ... and I promised to personally deliver 
them to her home if she did not attend the last day.  

> Stefan

BTW, I think that we are talking about more than one root 
cause of lost items.  

In one of these, the owner makes a loan to "A" who then 
loans the item to "B".  "A" knows the owner, but fails to 
convey that information and burden to "B".  IOW, a scenario 
where the item is not actually lost, but instead, can't be 
returned because the ownership is 'lost'.  

Understanding the 'loss' process might lead to effective 
proactive countermeasures.  

Vincenzo

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