Tips for going to a tennis tournament

After a few days of volunteering, here's some helpful hints for folks:

• Your kids: you can't stand being around them, so you ditch them in the stadium and let the staff/attendees take care of thm. Well, everyone else hates your kids too. If you can't get them to not scream inappropriate things to the ball kids, staff, etc, I suggest you lock them in a closet.
• Find a map of the venue ASAP. Signage is there, but you'll save time.
• Autographs: get them at practice sessions. Be prepared to wander around endlessly between practice courts and to camp out if you want a certain player. The planned signings usually aren't that good, and the locker room exit is generally not where players leave (especially at night). This may vary with the venue, but at the NASDAQ players generally go straight to Player Transport (which a general ticketholder can't easily get to).
• Trash: boxholders are slobs based on my unscientific survey.

:)