[Stingray51]

The attendant at the bottom of the lift would have had the task of making sure the seats were down. Instead of getting on a chair with basically no seat, ideally the thing to do would be to jump aside. But perhaps this poor fellow didn’t even notice until it was too late or was not very experienced, IDK. The lift attendants, in my very long experience, range from somewhat on the ball ski bums to foreigners brought in for the season who have never seen snow let alone a chairlift. And anywhere in between.

[bella1]

Jumping aside would be difficult as there is more than one person on chair and the chairs come up on you quickly and if it is an older lift possibly too quickly. I'm curious if this was first thing in the morning.

[polymuser]

Well, as for the several ski lift attendants I knew in the 70’s and 80’s...