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I would bet a pretty large sum of money that Deadspin’s Tommy Cragg has never set foot inside Nationals Park, despite having attempted to tear it apart in a feature he’s started called “Why Your Stadium Sucks.” Not that there aren’t plenty of legit reasons to complain about Nationals Park, but Cragg bases his entire post on stuff other people have written about it or the team, and fails to talk about the most crushingly obvious complaint anyone who’s ever actually attended a game there would mention: the horrible, horrible service you get at the concession stands. The long, slow lines and rude service haven’t really gotten better this year with the new caterer, Levy Catering, either. Now of course, not every single concession worker at the stadium is terrible. You can luck into a short line or a competent cashier every once in a while, and the staff at the Red Porch Restaurant is actually top notch when it comes to service with a smile. But go to virtually any other ballpark in the country and you (gasp!) don’t have to wait 20 minutes to buy a hot dog and aren’t treated to disdain and/or total incompetence at the majority of snack counters.