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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 9:42 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:59 pm
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This year at OMGcon we were seriously pissed at this one guy. We had claimed a spot on the floor, making sure it was out of the way of everyone, and were just talking to some people and eating candy. Then this guy came up and told us (in a pretty pissy voice I might add) that we couldn't sit on the floor, that it was against the rules and that we would have to move to the "lounge" area. The lounge was a cold room with no carpet, a nasty floor, chairs and tables that gave everyone splinters and it was right next to the stage room where the various loud noises echoed. So not a fun place. But what really killed us is that he only said it to us. He just left after yelling at us, ignoring the people around us, behind us, and ALL OVER the area we were in. We were the only ones told to move. stare Like I said, we weren't in anyone's way. We were actually between two tables talking to the people advertising other cons and exchanging sweets with them. So yeah, the guy was a d**k.
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:34 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:52 pm
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Maruul This year at OMGcon we were seriously pissed at this one guy. We had claimed a spot on the floor, making sure it was out of the way of everyone, and were just talking to some people and eating candy. Then this guy came up and told us (in a pretty pissy voice I might add) that we couldn't sit on the floor, that it was against the rules and that we would have to move to the "lounge" area. The lounge was a cold room with no carpet, a nasty floor, chairs and tables that gave everyone splinters and it was right next to the stage room where the various loud noises echoed. So not a fun place. But what really killed us is that he only said it to us. He just left after yelling at us, ignoring the people around us, behind us, and ALL OVER the area we were in. We were the only ones told to move. stare Like I said, we weren't in anyone's way. We were actually between two tables talking to the people advertising other cons and exchanging sweets with them. So yeah, the guy was a d**k.
I myself have never had problems with the staff but my friend had some what similar situation only with her costume. She and some others were just hanging out in the dealers room wandering around when a staff member stopped her and told her that her costume was not appropriate for the con (she was riku from FFX) and that she would either have to change or leave. Then the staff member walked away. Even though there were girls (and i believe a couple of guys) dressed in less than her.
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:32 pm
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 3:25 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:47 pm
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I feel bad for the good staff people, though, so as a reverse, I'll tell a good story about one. One of the early years of OMG it was god-awful-hot, and we were dying. Then we noticed the guy checking badges at the dealer room had a box of Popsicles. We were like "awww, you suck..." and he was like "Fine, here" and gave us and the people around us popsicles. heart
More on topic, we had a friend who's staff at OMG (he's become full of himself though...). But his first year working there we were trying to get into the elevator that ran between the two floors of the con because our friend couldn't use stairs in her costume, but these people were riding up and down and not letting anyone in. He saw and kicked them out, scolded them, and presented us with the free elevator. But the people gave him a lot of s**t for kicking them out, accusing him of "abusing his position" and stuff. I was really mad at them.
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Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 12:53 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 11:31 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:53 pm
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La Ahna Doom27 If a fire alarm goes off, you better ******** tell me why. If an ambulence takes someone away, i have the right to know. While I agree with the fire alarm, since that could have been a serious issue, you do not have the right to know why someone has been taken away in an ambulance unless you are personally connected to that person. As long as they're just a stranger, they have the right to privacy and to keep others from knowing what happened to them. As the relative to someone who has had medical problems in the midst of a con, it's very uncomfortable for the person injured and anyone with them to have the entire con staring them down and asking questions. I applaud the staffers who take the right to privacy seriously and will deny curious rubberneckers information.
Also, medical staff at cons are great. When my family member had a bad low blood sugar (he's diabetic), the staff at Momocon was wonderful, helping take care of him till he was good again and having to listen to my mom talk and talk about what they should do. They also helped get him safely to my car so he could get back to our hotel room to rest. I think that what he means is that since he's been "raised as staff" at the con, the staff should have a right to know "Hey, an ambulance left the building. Nothing big, just keep the con goers calm and prevent them from freaking out."
Now while I know that staff don't usually know things like that, its only courteous that they at least keep their staff on the same page. Nothing is worse than having a couple thousand people freaking out because something big happened.
I.E. Comicon 2010 someone supposedly got stabbed in the eye "like the Joker did to that one guy". It ended up not happening like that, but rumours spread and people were freaking the hell out.
Its only a courteous thing to do.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:02 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 12:30 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:07 am
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Wow. That's... really unprofessional.
Oh jeez... I just remembered, I had my own moment of giving the staff a hard time. Last year I bought a paddle at OMGcon. It's very pretty. Anyway, I had no problem with it that year, and no problem at other cons I brought it to. But then this year suddenly paddles have to be peace bound, and there's no spanking allowed, even if it's requested. I was like "WTF were people beating each other with them last year?!" I refused to get it peace bound, because I didn't want some tacky piece of yarn screwing up the beauty of my paddle (it's very decorative), and I told the staff who was telling me to get it bound or it would get taken away that if they touched it I would spank their face. I ended up putting it in the car for the rest of the con. *sigh* Normally I'm very understanding of the staff and rules, but this really pissed me off. It's a freaking paddle. "Well, it's technically a weapon..." "Well my shoe is technically a weapon if I beat your head with it, do they need to be peace bound, too?!" I'm embarrassed now, but then I wanted to hurt people...
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:25 am
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Speaking of paddles... At Kawaii Kon, it's also required that all weapons (including paddles) be checked and peace bound, and against the rules to use the paddle.
If I remember right, it was back in 2008, I was patrolling in the Dealer's Room, when I noticed that a girl had just bought a paddle. So I politely ask her to please have the paddle checked and peace bound at the Security desk, and if she'd like me to show her the way. She told me that she knew where it was, and that she'd get it checked once she left the room, so I smile and thank her before continuing on my route. A couple hours later, I'm patrolling the main area with another staffer, when I happen to see the same girl with a group of friend, USING the paddle. I quickly stop the commotion, and inform them that if I caught them doing that again, I would confiscate the paddle. Then I turn to the girl, inform her that if that happened she wouldn't get it back until the end of kon, and firmly remind her to get it peace bound. She says okay, and we walk away.
About 20 minutes later, patrolling alone, and I see them again, this time in the off-limits hallway, doing it again. They see me, and try to quickly pack up and run. So I call it in with my radio, and luckily my friend who was also on patrol was already heading my way on the other side, so he stopped them. Once I caught up, I confiscated the paddle, reminding her that she could get it back once kon was over. She turns to my friend and complains that she never knew that it had to be checked and she never got a warning beforehand, and all her friends vouched for her. He looks at them and asked, "So why were you guys running away?"
To end the story, they were each warned that if they misbehaved again, we would take their badges and escort them off the premises. For the rest of the weekend, we were to keep a close eye on each of them.
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:31 am
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