security at reading

[thoumasked]

does anyone know what going on this year? how did FR respond to last years complaints?

have they changed the service? it was a load of bollocks last year. in 6 readings its the only time ive ever felt unsafe and like nothing was being done.

[dakyras]

Security behaved better than the mobs. Security were fine. The problems are:

Idiots.

The police scarpering on Sunday. They just don't want to know.

Edited February 24, 2009 by dakyras

[Paul ™]

does anyone know what going on this year? how did FR respond to last years complaints?

have they changed the service? it was a load of bollocks last year. in 6 readings its the only time ive ever felt unsafe and like nothing was being done.

[beLIEveR]

Security are mainly based on keeping things under control on the gate, main road and in the arena, a job I think they did pretty well. Entrance from the campsite to the arena and back was MUCH slower than it used to be though, and that's something that really needs to be dealt with.

I make no excuse for a (relatively) small number of morons (there were still hundreds) but the police were shocking.

[Ravislayer]

security in the campsite this year will all be fully trained, the same qualification bouncers at clubs have to do. Due to cost and time reasons this has not been done before.

The arena staff will still be mostly recruited locally.

[Paul ™]

security in the campsite this year will all be fully trained, the same qualification bouncers at clubs have to do. Due to cost and time reasons this has not been done before.

The arena staff will still be mostly recruited locally.

[Paul ™]

Good chance I will be back this year after a couple years break.. looking forward to it

[markeee]

what were the problems? i didn't see anything out of the ordinary / feel unsafe personally

[ynot]

The security in the campsite was a joke!

They were doing drugs all the time and boasting about it. Tried ejecting people for stupid reasons (a gas stove fell over, making a camp fire out of wood that was "too big", etc...).

Saw some guy abusing this poor girl calling her every abusive name possible just because she tried going in to the arena with a can of beer!

They are there to calm things down, not make things worse.

Thats what you get for getting the cheapest firm you can find from Glasgow!

[jonnyisRFC]

lol

[arcticlizard]

Aww, are you scared?!

Here's a tip, be your own security...

If you see trouble, and don't wanna get invloved, walk the other direction! Leave it to the big boys to have the fun

[jonnyisRFC]

The security in the campsite was a joke!

They were doing drugs all the time and boasting about it. Tried ejecting people for stupid reasons (a gas stove fell over, making a camp fire out of wood that was "too big", etc...).

Saw some guy abusing this poor girl calling her every abusive name possible just because she tried going in to the arena with a can of beer!

They are there to calm things down, not make things worse.

Thats what you get for getting the cheapest firm you can find from Glasgow!

[dakyras]

me and my mates asked a scottish security guy for a direction and he didnt even know himself !

[remote]

Thought the stewards were alright last year. If you act like a twat to them, they'll act a twat back. They certainly never gave me and my friends any problems at all.

[markeee]

The security in the campsite was a joke!

They were doing drugs all the time and boasting about it. Tried ejecting people for stupid reasons (a gas stove fell over, making a camp fire out of wood that was "too big", etc...).

Saw some guy abusing this poor girl calling her every abusive name possible just because she tried going in to the arena with a can of beer!

They are there to calm things down, not make things worse.

Thats what you get for getting the cheapest firm you can find from Glasgow!

[goodlookinout]

Apparently cos of all the complaints last year they are not having security this year. www.readingfestival.com

[markeee]

Apparently cos of all the complaints last year they are not having security this year. www.readingfestival.com

Edited July 26, 2009 by markeee

[MM Punk]

I've been going for the past 7 years without fail and have always been lucky that I've never had any trouble whatsoever, so hopefully that continues this year.

I've heard various stories tho and it is all down to w*nkers causing trouble for the sake of it. Generally middle class types who have been away from mummy and daddy for a few days, thinking it's cool to be anti-authority and rebel against anything regardless of any reasoning behind it.

They just don't care that they can ruin the festival for other people by acting like twats. When I hear the stories each year there is always some beacon of hope in my head that they get into some serious traffic accident on the way home, or that they get home to some terrible family news. So there is always hope there.

I feel sorry for the security. Ok some of them don't seem to be trained or know what they are doing, but hopefully that will improve this year.

What makes it worse is that when security actually do their job and deal with one of the twats, then the other twats see it happening and get involved.

[goodoldfashionedmosher]

They just don't care that they can ruin the festival for other people by acting like twats. When I hear the stories each year there is always some beacon of hope in my head that they get into some serious traffic accident on the way home, or that they get home to some terrible family news. So there is always hope there.

[MM Punk]

you are seriously disturbed

[Reue]

Oh and there's no way all the security in the campsites will be SIA badged, they aren't required to all be depending on their 'role'.

[travelling mr pastry]

...I've heard various stories tho and it is all down to w*nkers causing trouble for the sake of it. Generally middle class types who have been away from mummy and daddy for a few days, thinking it's cool to be anti-authority and rebel against anything regardless of any reasoning behind it.

..

[micawber]

sounds like 90% of the people at reading

[dakyras]

Guess you haven't been then, because it's nothing like that. Don't believe everything you read.

[micawber]

It's definitely a lot like that.