Our group? We just completed Run #7, and I must say IT WAS A DISASTER. We had some members from a nearby hash kennel visit that we had never met before, and they were the worst party guests my husband and I have ever had! (Some groups meet at a bar or other central location, but in our group we take turns hosting the hash at our homes.) We had several new participants at this hash, and the last thing we wanted to do was make them feel uncomfortable. But leave it up to our visitors to do just that. So here are some Do's and Don'ts I'd like to pass on that I learned from this little fiasco. You may notice that they are mostly Don'ts:
DON'T:
- Force your kennel's rules off on the kennel you're visiting.
- Complain. About anything. YOU ARE A GUEST.
- Criticize the trail.
- Criticize our hash song.
- Criticize our beer.
- Criticize our music.
- Make your own symbols on OUR trail!
- Be obnoxiously crude and trashy just to be crude and trashy.
- Flirt with my daughter.
- Behave like you're in junior high.
- Spill food and beer all over the place and then leave it for others to step in.
- Do any of the above and then commence to eating and drinking A LOT of what was provided.
- Know when it's time for you to leave.
- Leave.
I think that sums it up. Also, I had every intention of taking pictures this time so that I could share what a hash is like, but my camera (my very expensive graduation present that I bought myself) broke just as we were starting circle. Maybe next time!
