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[dungers]

I have just attended my first glastonbury and I was unable to get a ticket so myself and 7 of my friends joined the recycling crew to litter pick.
I did my first shift on the friday and on the saturday I slept in and didnt make my shift. My friends came back horrified at the work and said it was awful and was nearly reuining their glasto experience so I decided not to go back which I know is quite naughty of me but I doubt im the only one to ever do this!
I have been told lots of different stories like I will only be blacklisted if I try and work the recyling team again but I have also heard that I am blacklisted for good now and will never be able to get a ticket even normally.
would somebody be able to shine any light on this for me??
Thank you!

[nicktrow]

The work is not 'awful'. It's essential for the future of the festival, this will be why there were signs dotted around the site pleading for more litter pickers for cash. I'm dissapointed you and your friends cried off so quickly. If you just went to your shift late and apoligised it would have been fine, it's not Mcdonalds.

[hedgepeg]

sounds ridiculous - you may be blacklisted from recycling work but I don't see how they could stop you from buying a ticket with your own money.

[dungers]

I know, im not proud of what I did. my friends all stuck it out but I did not...I had friends djing in the unfair ground so that changed everything.
I just hope I can go back with a proper ticket this year and I will NEVER drop litter again!

[Pinhead]

Blacklisted from Recycling yes, but not from being able to purchase a ticket like any normal punter. However, I would not be surprised if the various groups shared information between them of who they thought was reliable or not, e.g. Oxfam.

[incident]

Pinhead, on 14 July 2010 - 03:46 PM, said:

Blacklisted from Recycling yes, but not from being able to purchase a ticket like any normal punter. However, I would not be surprised if the various groups shared information between them of who they thought was reliable or not, e.g. Oxfam.

They do share blacklists.

The guy will certainly be blacklisted from getting a workers pass at Glastonbury, and will probably find himself unable to get a job at most festivals (and especially anything involving festival republic, oxfam, network recycling, etc).

Theoretically he can be banned from the Festival site but I've never heard of them actually enforcing that as it'd be damn near impossible to stop him buying a ticket and entering as a punter.

[Spindles]

Shame.  Doubt you'd get blacklisted for more than working.  I thought the litter pickers this year did a great job and I respect everyone that does that.  Don't beat yourself up too much, shit happens, you'll just have to pay with the rest of the punters next year, worst case scenario is using your picture, your address and a different name, surely?  It's not like interpol are photo-recognising every application

Edited by Spindles, 14 July 2010 - 04:32 PM.

[lmsbossy]

"My friends came back horrified at the work and said it was awful and was nearly reuining their glasto experience so I decided not to go back which I know is quite naughty of me but I doubt im the only one to ever do this!"


Hardly "awful"....it wasn't licking out the long drops and pulling lobsters out of Jayne Mansfield's arse was it?  Oh sorry...you wouldn't know. Awful would be cleaning the chemical toilets without gloves and nose pegs.  Ruin their Glastonbury experience??? They wouldn't have had one if they hadn't been doing the picking up.....but much respect to them for actually turning up.  I think you only typed that to try to get some sympathy........well none here layzee boy.

[In transit]

They should take debit card details of workers and if you don't show up for your shift you get billed the full ticket price.

[mikeb]

Spindles, on 14 July 2010 - 04:31 PM, said:

I thought the litter pickers this year did a great job and I respect everyone that does that.  

The litter picker peeps in general do a bl**dy excellent job *EVERY* year IMHO.  Wading ankle (if not almost knee) deep through all the cr@p various abandoned in the Pyramid Field on my way back to Ye Olde Tent at stupid o'clock every day always depresses me ... but on the return trip just a mere couple of hours or so later it's almost back to pristine again. All hail the Litter Pickers I say   and thank fcuk some peeps are prepared to put in so much effort doing a far from pleasant job clearing up after those punters who seemingly just can't be @rsed to make even the slightest attempt to take any responsibility for their own actions or inactions as the case may be    

Kinda sad the OP wussed out and let the rest of the guys he should have been working with down ... but hey, no real problemo matey, they managed pretty bl**dy admirably without you and all that so your (lack of) effort wasn't missed and you wont be welcome again

Edited by mikeb, 14 July 2010 - 07:49 PM.

[markeee]

yea he said he feels bad though,. and i guess he did pay as he wont get his deposit he had to pay to work there back

That's one of the reasos I wouldn't like to work the festival, I'd worry I'd sleep in/be a state for my shift

[dondo]

I worked this year as a litter picker and we had a few people as part of the team I worked on (Jazz/World) eithery do 1 day and disappear or turn up late or miss their shifts completely.  I know that some who missed their morning shifts were able to do afternoon shifts in the recycling centre to make up their hours so they completed 4 shifts.

Speaking with our team leader she was of the opinion that you could well be blacklisted from not only working but getting a ticket full stop.

As far as the work goes- yes it was hard work especially in the heat and made the festival a differnt experience but it enabled me to get to the festival as wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise and had a good crack with my fellow workers and you did get a sense of satisfaction from seeing a clean field after you'd cleaned it up.

Could well end up doing it again next year

Edited by dondo, 14 July 2010 - 09:30 PM.

[PabloCoke]

dondo, on 14 July 2010 - 08:51 PM, said:

I worked this year as a litter picker and we had a few people as part of the team I worked on (Jazz/World) eithery do 1 day and disappear or turn up late or miss their shifts completely.  I know that some who missed their morning shifts were able to do afternoon shifts in the recycling centre to make up their hours so they completed 4 shifts.

Speaking with our team leader she was of the opinion that you could well be blacklisted from not only working but getting a ticket full stop.

As far as the work goes- yes it was hard work especially in the heat and made the festival a differnt experience but it enabled me to get to the festival as wouldn't be able to afford it otherwise and had a good crack with my fellow workers and you did get a sense of satisfaction from seeing a clean field after you'd cleaned it up.

Could well end up doing it again next year

thats bollocks

[Ponyegg]

Logistically, how would Seetickets be able to do this? I've never heard of anyone gettign through the ticket buying process for it then to be rejected. Commercially, why would GF stop you buying a ticket next year like anyone else? I mean ultimately as long as they sell all their tickets, why would they care if you'd done a bunk on this years litter-picking duty, they still got your deposit, it's not like they've monetarialy lost out on any cash.

[Jack Attack]

Two of my friends went litter picking this year. Yes, it was hard work. No, they didn't even think to skip their shifts. They did it a) because they couldn't get tickets and because they wanted to "give something back"
Not only did you use it as a way to get a ticket, you ended up making the others do YOUR work.

Not one iota of sympathy from me  

[godders1966]

As a matter of interest, how long is a shift of litter picking?  What sort of times do they work and how do you get the job?

[dungers]

Im not looking for sympathy at all! I had the best glastonbury experience ever, being able to watch the sunrise at stone circle, not needing to know what time it is, I did 6 hours work and didnt drop another peice of litter the whole time i was there (well almost)
I thought it was a myth or something your team leader tells you to stop you from skipping the work, i registered last year and its valid unil 2012 so fingers croosed I get a ticket for next year! I cant only go once!
Anyone who says they enjoyued litter picking and it was satisfying is taking shite! It was awful but yes crucial as part of the festival, but I guess thats why they over staff as at least 4 people off each team did what I did, its going to happen, a fact of glastonbury life if you will!

[dondo]

godders1966, on 15 July 2010 - 08:15 AM, said:

As a matter of interest, how long is a shift of litter picking?  What sort of times do they work and how do you get the job?

I got the job by e-mailing fiona at GFL (contact details on website) she e-mailed a form which I  completed and sent back with my £180 deposit- if the cheque clears you're in basically. On the form you could express preferences for what shifts you want and they basically cover the following areas
1) early shifts 6am to noon
2) afternoon shifts 1pm-7pm (though you do an early on the Monday)
3) recycling centre- 5 hr shifts alternating am/pm
4) tractor crew(emptying bins, picking up the bags litter pickers have filled)- 6 hr shifts alternating am/pm
5) traders information- 6 hr shifts alternating am/pm

[cejx]

dungers, on 15 July 2010 - 08:16 AM, said:

Im not looking for sympathy at all! I had the best glastonbury experience ever, being able to watch the sunrise at stone circle, not needing to know what time it is, I did 6 hours work and didnt drop another peice of litter the whole time i was there (well almost)
I thought it was a myth or something your team leader tells you to stop you from skipping the work, i registered last year and its valid unil 2012 so fingers croosed I get a ticket for next year! I cant only go once!
Anyone who says they enjoyued litter picking and it was satisfying is taking shite! It was awful but yes crucial as part of the festival, but I guess thats why they over staff as at least 4 people off each team did what I did, its going to happen, a fact of glastonbury life if you will!

And who says the yoof of today has a shit work ethic.  Litter picking is not hard work.  Grow up and get over yourself.  

"pulling lobsters out of Jayne Mansfield's arse"

Brilliant.  Not heard that in years!!

[dondo]

Jack Attack, on 15 July 2010 - 06:50 AM, said:

Two of my friends went litter picking this year. Yes, it was hard work. No, they didn't even think to skip their shifts. They did it a) because they couldn't get tickets and because they wanted to "give something back"
Not only did you use it as a way to get a ticket, you ended up making the others do YOUR work.

Not one iota of sympathy from me  

Totally agree with this- great post