I ask because we had a very weird incident at the Spingold (played with screens).
In a complicated bidding sequence, where RHO had made a bid he explained as "undiscussed", we sent the tray in and it came back only after some time, LHO having made his most likely bid and partner having passed. Now if I was to guess who was more likely to have tanked it would be partner. But it was still unclear and some time could easily have gone explaining the complicatied sequence. I bid again and there we were. I went -300 instead of -450, but dummy was actually a disappointment for the sequence.
But what happened was that LHO, from the other side of the screen, yelled "TD", and when TD was not right there in the room, he raced out to find him. Apparently LHO had bid quickly and my partner had spent all the time thinking. Which I couldn't possibly have known.
When TD returned, I said that it is the guy on my side who is supposed to call the TD in these situations, since tempo issues are so often percieved differently on the two sides of the screen.
But TD just remarked: "I don't see that it makes any difference who calls the director".
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Also in another way was the director's handling of the case a disappointment for us. When he gave us his judgment we got the clear impression that he was basing the ruling on "facts" that he hadn't even confronted us with. Apparently LHO had had time to "prepare" the director on their way back to the playing room. Now I don't mind losing a TD case but this handling was bad.
We appealed obviously, but the appeal was not adjudicated because the 4 imps at stake didn't turn out to be decisive in the end.