Anyone who has attended a sporting event has been affected by one of the crazy characters at some point.  I thought it would be appropriate to address these hooligans so that you as a sports fan can try and stay clear of their presence.  Eleventh Hour not only connects people with amazing jobs, we are also here to educate.

• The One Trick Heckler – OTH’s have consumed too many suds, has the loudest voice and loves to be heard.  The One-Trick Heckler usually stumbles upon his punch line by accident, shouting it once, receiving a few snickers, and then sticking with it for the long haul, thinking it will only get funnier over time.  Wrong.  It was barely funny the first time, and nobody likes you. OK, I may have been this person once…
• The Tour Group Photographer - This person is the owner of an huge expensive camera dangling around their neck and the one who doesn’t stop snapping pictures.  Worse yet they are more interested in flipping through the pictures they just took, rather than watching the game going on in front of them.
• A.D.D. Kid - These miniature sports fans are the ones kicking your chair, screaming about wanting more food or quiet because they are fueling up with more sugar to frustrate you more in the later part of the game.
• Jumbotron Media Hogs – JMH’s can be identified by their outrageous brightly colored outfit accompanied by a large homemade sign.  The main focus of these fans is to be as animated as possible for the entire game to appear on a gigantic television screen for five secondsin front of thousands of fans who do not care.
• The Seat Nazi - Seat nazi’s can be recognized by the their angry facial expressions with their ticket in hand. The Seat Nazi has to find HIS seat and sit in that exact seat, because it’s HIS and HE PAID FOR IT!  Of course, The Seat Nazi doesn’t actually look for his seat.  He just storms around the arena, confronting anyone who may be in HIS seat and telling them they need to move.
• The Guy Who Knows Everything, But Doesn’t Know Anything – Everything that TGWKEBDKA says is flat-out wrong, just wrong.  He thinks he’s teaching someone the nuances of the game, but really he’s just making us miserable.  He flubs players’ names again and again, recites fictional stats, shows no partiality towards either team, and vocally questions the decision-making of the players and coaches.
• The Librarian - These are the fans that don’t make any noise.  If you do anything more than issue a golf clap now and again, they will turn around and give you the eye.  They didn’t come to this barbaric show of athleticism to get involved.  They’re here to enjoy the purity of the sport, which means complete and total silence.
• Super Angry Guy – Super Angry Guy takes sports fanaticism too far.  We can all enjoy fan spirit to a certain degree, but Super Angry Guy crosses a line and then some.  He yells at someone or something every few plays.  He verbally chastises the head coach from the upper deck.  He cusses out the players when they fail to meet his standards. This makes you scared to ask him to move when you try to exit your row.  Don’t worry it’s his issue not yours.
• The Disinterested Tagalong - DT’s are those wearing no sports related gear and no signs of interst in the game what so ever.  They ahve been forced, some reason, to attend the game even though they have no knowledge of the sport or could care less about the result.  But for one reason or another, they’re here and they’re bringing everyone down with their reading/texting/crossword puzzling.
• Jersey Over Collared Shirt Guy - This person can be identified by the sports jersey worn over a collared button-up shirt; usually worn in tandem with slacks or dress pants.  You’re not fooling anybody.  You just bought that jersey at the team store in a halfhearted show of support for the home team.  You show up, but that doesn’t make you a fan.
  
• The Late Arrival - It’s obvious.  You have all this aisle space NOW, but give it a few minutes and those seats next to you will be history.  The Late Arriver will undoubtedly show up at a critical point in the action, make a big to-do about settling into said seat, then immediately get up to get food after sitting for thirty seconds or so.  Oh, and the Late Arriver has a weak bladder, too, so get ready for frequent bathroom breaks.  In most cases, the Late Arriver isn’t all that knowledgeable about sports, and will likely head for the exits late in the game (at yet another critical juncture), simply to beat traffic.

Matt Suttner may have fallen into the heckler category this past year while cheering for the Packers against the Vikings at the Metrodome but you have to represent.