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PrintableSquirrelMeat said: james said: SquirrelMeat said: Everyone was given allocated seats so we relaxed in the foyer to avoid crushung, but the greedy bastards that got in first, took seats not allocated to them and refused to move.
Correction. Not that I was one of those people! But this is what happened... Prince was already on stage when people went in. They started taking their allocated seating and He, himself, told them to ignore that and sit where they liked ! So if you want to blame anybody, blame Prince !! [This message was edited Fri Oct 4 3:54:30 PDT 2002 by james] Agreed, it was a cock up, but it got far worse when the people who got through the doors first didn't stick to the allocated sitting. Sure by moaning to Prince they felt they had the right to then take the front rows, but THE VENUE run the seating. Its the law, and you KNEW what the people behind were expecting. I saw many people who had queued for hours, but when the announcement came that the seats were allocated, they left the queue and relaxed. These people ended up at the back. Not because of any confusion, but because the people at the front of the queue ingored the ONLY rule we were ALL told. We all knew, like it or not, that the venue had allocated seats. So to break that was only ever going to cause massive problems. The people that took the front seats which were not allocated to them, were the cause of the biggest problems. They are hiding behind the "Confusion" or "Prince said" thing, to make themselves seen justified in there selfishness. Did anyone say "Hey Prince, if we move to the front we are gonna cause hell for the people coming in who have been told they have allocated seats?" Before anyone asks, I wasn't badly effected, I got row 3. I just felt sorry for the people fucked over by a selfish few. Dont worry about the people who cued for hours, because I can assure you that all those who qued for hours got the seats they wanted. Had the allocation system (which was never meant to be, twas purely a mistake) gone forward. Most people who cued for ages would have been at the back. So from what you have said I actually derive that you agree that it worked out for the best. . | |
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SquirrelMeat said: james said: Basically they couldn't win ! There were fans who waited all day to be at the front, only to be told it was allocated seating, and they were row 15! And people turning up a 6PM who had front row ! What would be fair about that ?
I made the mistake of going to the bar too, but because I was on my own (  ) I fitted in nicely in gap on the forth row. 
Everyone went there thinking it was non-allocated seating, it's been like that at every NPGMC soundcheck he's done ! It was only the venue that cocked up and told people it was allocated, when it was NEVER was. You are right, once the cock up started, no matter what happened, there were going to be pissed off people! That was, I think the biggest problem. As you say once the situation arose, which ever way it was resolved, it was never going to be resolved in everyones favour. But having said that, from feedback, a large majority of the club were satisfied. Only a few people werent. Two of which now damn well who they are. They didn't do themselves any favours from I here. Still I enjoyed blanking them. Ok probably only I know what I am talking about, lets just say I had a moment. And it was fun. [This message was edited Fri Oct 4 21:48:42 PDT 2002 by DolphinFriendlyStarfish] . | |
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