Re: Walking out in the middle

John Crinnion wrote:
> A recent thread raised - with much agonising, it must be said - the
> justifiability (or otherwise) of a player walking out of a duplicate
> as a result of bad directing.
> 
> Now while that kind of thing comes up from time to time on RGB, as in
> real life, the question of walking out takes on a whole new dimension
> when the . . . let's say 'huffy deserter' . . . is none other than the
> Director himself.  Which is exactly what happened fairly recently at
> one of Earl's Court's great bridge clubs - Young Chelsea.

If the director is non-playing, then my feeling is that this is less of 
a problem than a player leaving.  The movement is running, everyone can 
continue playing, and someone else can give rulings if needed.

If the director is also the scorer, and doesn't return to score up, it's 
a lot ruder.  But otherwise, I suppose I feel that the director is 
basically just someone doing us a favour by agreeing to set up the 
movement and sort out any problems.  This is perhaps from the casual 
clubs I've often played in.

> Has anyone encountered such a thing anywhere else?  I must confess the
> possibility of such an incident never occurred to me.  If you were
> directing, are there any cir***stances in which you might walk out?

Maybe if I had to direct at the Young Chelsea!

Just kidding, sorry :-)