By Brittany Burke
After spending my Saturday night freezing my ass off trying to sell 50/50 raffle tickets to loyal hockey fans of Connecticut, I’ve decided to once again address the issue of the notorious “fan girl.”
Call me mean, tell me that ice runs through my veins and I’d probably agree with you, but there’s some things that I can’t help.
Saturday was the Whale Bowl and Hockey Fest, only the biggest hockey event to take place in Connecticut that night happened to also be freezing.
Cold air and lots of wind makes for an extremely cold night, but I do what I have to do for my job on the Whale promotions staff and fans do what they do for the love of the game.
However, knowing that you have to spend an arctic, February night outdoors at an ice rink would normally signal the common sense part of your brain, which tells you to make the educated decision to dress warm.
This means wear layers! Girls, looking like a marshmallow for a few hours will make you seem smart while simultaneously helping you avoid hypothermia.
Going into work I had on leggings, thigh high socks, leg warmers and black pants matched with my undershirt, gray thermal, Columbia fleece and blue Whale jacket.
The point I am trying to make is I dressed to try and stay warm and it still failed epically, which is why I cannot comprehend how any girl attending this event would think it’s okay to wear a white t-shirt, blue booty shorts and lime green fishnets with sneakers.
Not only was one girl stupid enough to dress like this, but also there were two of them.
Now, all I’m left to do is wonder what these girls were thinking. Does it really all go back to the ideals I talked about a few weeks ago? Is it really just that fan girl mentality?
When I saw these two girls as I walked up to the main entrance I literally stopped in my tracks, hit my friend on the arm to point them out. Both of our reactions happened to be, “What the hell?”
Here we were freezing and cursing our boss for making us walk to the entrance of the field (not really) and here were these girls in outfits that are barely appropriate for spring never mind winter.
So in light of this craziness, there are a few things I’ll gladly say again. One, dressing as such to a game gets you noticed for all of the wrong reasons. The players don’t care what you wear to a game; in fact you’d probably get more points if you wore something that sported (no pun intended) the team logo, if they were to notice you at all. When it comes to sports it’s better to boast the team symbol, not your boobs.
Dressing skanky will only allow you to become the talk of the car ride home of people who consider you a fool, like me.
Don’t flaunt what you have or in most cases of the fan girl don’t have. Dress appropriately and AGAIN know the sport you’re pretending to watch.
To all girls like this out there, it’s better to try and snag an athlete with a dazzling personality, not a bedazzled, torn up shirt.