Not everyone that goes to a baseball game on a cloudy day takes an umbrella, but if it rains, those that did disappear into their own sub-surface rooftop community attached by overlapping layers of ribbed canopies. While we may instantly empathize with the red shirted fan without the umbrella, perhaps he really had one but was defeated by an unspoken umbrella code of ethics.
Think about it. Do you strategically put the edges of your umbrella under that of the other two people to give them better coverage or do you hold your umbrella above everyone else's? The highest umbrella may offer the best coverage from the rain but the runoff goes to the lower umbrellas and right back onto us. I learned real fast not to tip it down or back as no one appreciates it in their lap or down their neck.
For me, the protocol was to avoid the wrath of an already disgruntled baseball fanatic and retreat to a covered concession stand for a hotdog and wait out the rain.
What about you?
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