Losing frisbees is part of disc golf.
When I find one, I’m happy to reunite it with its rightful owner.
Here’s what that usually looking like on my end:
- Step No. 1 – I find a disc.
- Step No. 2 – I contact the owner.
- Step No. 3 – I do what works best for ‘em.
More often than not, that third step involves me meeting a panic-stricken golfer at the course or at a nearby gas station – some predetermined location. And regularly on the same day I reach out. If an in-person meetup won’t work, assuming they cover S&H, I’m cool to mail it.
You’ll even get those guys who tell you to just keep it, too.
There’s ONE reply that makes my blood boil, though …
“Could you hang onto it for me? I’ll pick it up next time I’m down that way.”
I get that people have busy lives. Things are mad-hectic. And these days, disc golf’s big enough to be a destination activity on the weekends. But if I’ve gone full-blown Mother Teresa to return your precious Sexton Firebird, you sure as heck better act quick to get it back. I’m not going to bottle-feed your dumb disc for you while you work retrieving it into your “busy” schedule …
I’ve got enough crap in my house.
If you want it, come and get it.
Choosing my words wisely, whenever I run into this issue, I let the problematic golfer in question know they’ve got two weeks to get their plastic. Otherwise, I’m going to sell it.
Sharing this philosophy with others, I’ve had some suggest I drop it off at the local disc golf shop for pickup at a later date. Where I live in Utah, the nearby brick-and-mortar will hold lost discs for 30 days. During that time, assuming they’re marked, owners can swing by and get ‘em.
I DON’T do this …
Because you know what the store does after 30 days?
Which I can do. On my own. Without their help.
Play-It-Again Sports has made this a mind-numbingly simple task.
Please don’t misunderstand me – this isn’t the norm. But it happens at least once every year or two in my neck of the woods. If you lose a disc, light a fire under your butt to get it back …
Because there’s a statute of limitations on my end.
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