A resorts proactive stance against all snowball throwers:
Several years back, I was out working and the entire day several others and I noticed a couple guys who were constantly throwing snowballs from the lift. Generally not tolerated, it wasn't given much attention until they happened to hit the lift ops director who was doing a little joyriding. Being a few chairs back, we noticed what happened and figured the kids passes were as good as gone. A minute or two later, the chair comes to a swinging stop... we were only halfway up the lift, hanging out and the perps a few chairs up were jeering and laughing at old guys and kids. After a moment, up the slope come several snowmobiles, with several employees. They stop a bit uphill and start pointing at the chair with the guys in it. About 6 resort employees proceed to pummel them with snowballs from below. They didn't stop for almost 3 minutes, at which point the riders, who looked to be about 15-16, were crying and pleading for them to stop. I might have just preferred to have my pass ripped...