one of the funniest things about coaching little kids that i didnt think about until it happened is that theyre literally just too short to see the zamboni over the wall. they dont even really believe me that the zamboni exists because they only see it like once a month when i pick them up like simba to look at it. a week later they forget and then every time i talk about the zamboni they look at me like they’re in the middle of figuring out that the tooth fairy is not real. theyre all supposed to wait at the gate before practice for the zamboni to be done but the five year olds will stand there one foot away from the running zamboni and go I Think It’s Done. It’s Been A Long Time :) and try to push the door open right in front of it. they uave no clue at all. the only way they can figure it out semi independently is if theres an eight year old over there to meerkat for them but it does really quickly turn into a situation where it’s one forlorn eight year old yelling THE ZAMBONI IS REAL!!!!! while a bunch of toddlers try to battering ram their way onto the ice to get trampled to death by the zamboni that they literally dont believe in
