Benching Dilemas

摘要

Recently there has been a spate of disrespectful comments about the volunteers who bench koi at the hobbyist run shows within Europe. Terms like "Benching numpties*" and comments about "going back to school" have been bandied about by people who as far as we know have no expertise or experience in actually doing the job themselves. A recent one in Holland caused Toen Feyen to put pen to paper in reply and prompted me to consider that maybe the time is right to actually start 'Benching School' for those that aren't prepared to do the research before making their derogatory comments.