"Black Tuesday" - yes and/or no?

Tuesday, February 23

"Black Tuesday" (BT) is the name of the second Tuesday of the Games - say the broadcasters.

That is the day everything goes wrong. People are getting tired, jobs are getting routine, everyone relax a little, details fail, and all of a sudden -ooooppps, what should not happen just did... So was today a "Black Tuesday" here?

Arriving Whistler Olympic Park to see the skijumping competition, the event service volunteer denies me ingress; I do not have the right accreditation. But his teamleder stops by and let me enter anyway. They want people on the stands to have a crowd. Could easily have been a BT for me, but not this time.

I have agreed with John Aalberg, responsible for this venue, to have a chat with him. A connection from yesterday told him I would be there, so he was looking for me....Definately not a BT.

The car is to pick us up at the venue....but where is he!??? We wait 5 minutes, 10 minutes. We call him. On his way. Another 15 minutes. We call again. He had not seen us and is now waiting somewhere else, do not understand where we are...Time for our debrief is getting closer. We need to leave. A transport volunteer suggests she takes us down, and have him drive down to meet us at the Olympic Village. Saved from BT!

Preparing a debrief with some athletes and officials in the Olympic Village, I discover there are no flipcharts, the room is so noisy due to the heating fan that it is not possible to hear people speak, and upon arrival some of the participants say they expected the focus to be different...... Definately a BT! But...4 people help me make "flipcharts" out of A4-sheets, someone manage to switch off the fan (although really cold after 1,5 hours we at least heard each other) and the participants with other expectations enjoyed it anyway and hope to meet again....Puhhh, we avoided a BT!

Maybe it is just about creativity....seeing possibilites in the limits....What do you think?