Or, the OP is south of the equator. It's the middle of the winter down south. If you knew ANYTHING about ANYTHING, then you would know that not every ski place is the same. Maybe the OP was at one that required a down ticket. As for flip flops, the OP could have been renting boots, and maybe the shop was at the top of the mountain, and the OP wanted to cool off his/her feet off before putting them on (or after taking them off). Maybe the OP was taking the ticket out of his / her pocket t=in order to hand it to someone, or check information. Theres lots of reasons to have it not in your pocket. So please, next time before you call BS on an FML, consider how little you know about the situation, and give the OP the benefit of the doubt.

Or, you could read that they're in Canada. As someone else has said, a lot of the ski places are open year round...they're not ONLY for skiing. I've been to Whistler in BC and people use the ski lifts for mountain biking, or to just walk around at the top of the mountain.

I've skied all my life, i've been to Canada, and all over the USA to ski, NO one ever wears flip flops to a ski mountain, and if the person did they r dumb as hell, if they were in a ski lift, which meant they were up high, it would be cold right? if you wear flip flops then you might have socks on but you would still get frostbite just going up unless there is no snow = no need for ticket. Also i've never been to a place that you need a ticket to go down. There r some mountains where you drive to the top and ski down and then take the lift up, but you always need a ticket to get back up. When you go to a ski mountain you really just pay to use the lift nothing else, some people hike all the way. Please if you've never skied STFU, if you have you know what i'm talking about and if you've skied a lot you keep your ski ticket attached to you, because you know how much they cost.

#44 Why someone would wear flip flops for a day in the wilderness, I have no idea, but for you to be so presumptuous about a place you've obviously never been to is ridiculous. The ski lifts in BC are open year round, even though they're "up high" it's not cold in summer. And there are certain lifts that require that you show your ticket on the way down. It prevents people from hiking up and then getting a free ride down. So stop assuming that because you've been to BC you've experienced ALL ski lifts.

keep in mind that they were going up the mountain, what is hell is the point of going up if your going down?? eh?

as many ppl have said before....to see the view at the top of the mountain...you really don't know EVERYTHING there is to know about EVERY ski resort/ski lift even if you do ski alot and blah blah blah

OP means original poster. XD is like a smiley face...the D is the laughing mouth, and the X and the eyes squinted shut.

OP=original poster XD is a smiley face that means hysterical laughter

Hysterical laughter? No it doesn't?

Yes it does. I take it you've never seen South Park? That's what the smiley face is based off of. When characters laugh really hard, their eyes turn into "X"s, and the "D" of course, is the mouth.

Because it is summertime, moron. The lifts here in BC are open in the summer time for people who don't want to climb up/down the mountain, but still want to do some hiking at the top or a picnic or take photos of the view or bike down it, etc.