Boycott 2010 is something isn't done!

[Langdale Wolf]

Awww

All my married friends act the filthy big man.. till the Missus arrives and it's "ooh hello dear, need a foot rub?"

[marktea]

You arent making a difference. You are talking shite on a messageboard. You are no more special than anyone else here.

All you are doing is writing "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME!"

[sifi]

Awww

All my married friends act the filthy big man.. till the Missus arrives and it's "ooh hello dear, need a foot rub?"

Edited July 7, 2009 by sifimaster

[kyjenni]

whoa ..... you have loads of words, but they're ultimately no less negative than anything that's being said to you.

You were on/around site for days. You could have packed up some of these tents and made a difference (however small). Did you?

And further .... you moan about your stuff getting chucked out by ######, suggesting that the guy who threw it out had no right to do that. And elsewhere you mention some stuff you picked up from Jazzworld, yet you have no idea if anyone planned to come back for it - much like the guy did who chucked out your stuff.

While you clearly have loads of energy, perhaps it would be worth channelling some of it into rationalising your actions to match your thoughts, and making those thoughts and actions consistent?

[LusciousLucy]

The sad thing is she wasn't trying to.

[Mardy]

What I STILL dont understand after attending this festival 10 times in 14 years is how and why so many of the regular law abiding citizens that live very normal, day to day, clean, recycling, generally good to your neighbour and fellow man humdrum lives that attend manage to behave in such a way that is quite shocking if it was the RealWorld...I am referring to the littering, the not giving a shit about the neighbours, the land, the owners etc.

Do any of these people young and old live in such ways back in RealWorld...I highly doubt it. I highly doubt any of the selfish folk leave piles of shit everywhere at home, have houses which are covered in crap they cant be bothered to pick up and highly doubt they go around their daily lives with the same f**k off attitude they have when at the festival.

WHY does living in Micheal Eavis' field for 5 days bring this out in such a large number of people? I really really cant understand it.

[travelling mr pastry]

That massive post was like someones concsious-thought stream pouring out, like the way a child describes a holiday.

Good luck with the boycott.

[LusciousLucy]

you see that, right there is a huge gulf in our different perceptions. I would say the opposite to you, I'm always surprised at Glastonbury how many people are kind,polite, thoughtful and do more than that need to. You see at as worse behaviour than the 'real world', I see lots of their behaviour as better than they behave in 'the real world'

Perceptions innit?

[redmad1971]

Am sure the Eavis family are quaking in their welly boots with the thought zero ticket sales next year. All on the strength of your shitty little campaign/boycott. I think they will really miss you and possibly cancel the whole festival because of you.

Pathetic little boy/girl.

[LusciousLucy]

Am sure the Eavis family are quaking in their welly boots with the thought zero ticket sales next year. All on the strength of your shitty little campaign/boycott. I think they will really miss you and possibly cancel the whole festival because of you.

Pathetic little boy/girl.

[Mardy]

what I mean is exactly that, there's no point getting nasty or personal or stroppy or whatever, cos to me it is all about perceptions, for me, the vast majority of people behave in a more considerate way at Glastonbury than they do in the outside worldd, for you they don't. Neither of us has the objective truth there, it's just how we see it, and obviously that affects what we want to do about it, I'd like to bring a little bit of my glastonbury into my outside world, you'd like to bring a little bit of your outside world into your Glastonbury.

It's all cool, just saying what I think

(insert random 'peace' smiley here)

[eFestivals]

Tbh I am not even sure what he is referring to...think he took one little sentence out of context and is having a field day over it for some reason!

nope, nowt out of context. You moan about party poopers but don't realise that you can be one yourself.

[kyjenni]

Am sure the Eavis family are quaking in their welly boots with the thought zero ticket sales next year. All on the strength of your shitty little campaign/boycott. I think they will really miss you and possibly cancel the whole festival because of you.

Pathetic little boy/girl.

Edited July 7, 2009 by kyjenni

[eFestivals]

Se....told you it was getting nasty! Chill the f**k out guys and stop being so bloody mean. The girl means well and you are just all trolling now. Some good arguments but the rudeness to one another for no other reason than getting on your high horses just cos someone has wanted to speak out over something that ruffled them has to stop.

says the girl as she gets on her high horse.

We all mean well. And we all fail at times.

The "speaking out" is very often as rude as the responses it gets.

[kyjenni]

I also hasten to add that I'm campaigning for the fish in the pond by the stone dragon. One of the stall holders told me that people are pissing in their water. That's just not nice. I would ask how would any of you like it if I came and had a wee on you while you were in the bath but I'm thinking that some of you would be all for that...

[russycarps]

this girl is 29 years old and only now she has realised the problems with the festival faces in terms of clear up etc? where has she been for the rest of her life?

Forgive me for not seeing her as the messiah just because for the first time in her self absorbed life she has realised what clearing up the festival site entails.

As for her "ideas" they have all been thought of and rejected by people with far more experience than someone who spent couple of days on site being humoured by the people that actually know what they are doing.

Her "campaign" is an utter farce.

Save the festival by boycotting it!? She is insane.

Edited July 7, 2009 by russycarps

[Bluearsedfly]

Boycotting is not the main plan no! I have a plan, I have many plans but i'm off out in a mo and haven't got the time to go into them on here.

And thanks for the support Bluearsedfly! If that was meant to be a sarcastic response then fine, if a serious one then go do one because I can't be bothered with narrowminded selfish idiots like yourself.

[LusciousLucy]

says the girl as she gets on her high horse.

We all mean well. And we all fail at times.

The "speaking out" is very often as rude as the responses it gets.

[ukslim]

to be fair, people could be paid £10 an hour and do all of that and be earning a decent wage.

[fluffypinkdaisy]

I also hasten to add that I'm campaigning for the fish in the pond by the stone dragon. One of the stall holders told me that people are pissing in their water. That's just not nice. I would ask how would any of you like it if I came and had a wee on you while you were in the bath but I'm thinking that some of you would be all for that...

[The Nal]

Why should G pay for a tent collection team, as its these things that will ultimately push the ticket prices up... giving us another rant!

[kyjenni]

this girl is 29 years old and only now she has realised the problems with the festival faces in terms of clear up etc? where has she been for the rest of her life?

Forgive me for not seeing her as the messiah just because for the first time in her self absorbed life she has realised what clearing up the festival site entails.

As for her "ideas" they have all been thought of and rejected by people with far more experience than someone who spent couple of days on site being humoured by the people that actually know what they are doing.

Her "campaign" is an utter farce.

Save the festival by boycotting it!? She is insane.

[kyjenni]

Wasn't sarcastic no, just answering your question.

Thanks for the abuse though.

[fluffypinkdaisy]

That is fair. Plus you could probably find people who'd accept a low wage on the basis that they're "doing good".

I'm a pessimist when it comes to business schemes, which is why I'm not an entrepreneur I guess.

Thinking through our expectations, I guess you'd organise it like this:

If it's dry enough, tents found erected should be finished off (i.e. peg out all the guy lines people usually omit), checked for damage, vacuumed on the inside, any mud hosed off, allowed to dry, then put away and labelled as complete and checked. Probably 30 mins work for two people, £10 labour.

If it's not dry, tents found erected should be taken down, loosely bagged into a sack, and taken to a barn for processing. 20 mins work for 2 people, approx £7 labour.

Unassembled tents go straight to the barn, whatever their condition (unless they're a biohazard).

At the barn, each person takes one tent at a time. If the fabric is badly damaged, throw it away, and sort the poles and pegs etc. for spares. Otherwise pitch the tent, using spares if parts are missing. There may be some head scratching here. 15 mins for two people, £5. Then another 15 mins checking, cleaning, drying and repacking, £5. Total £17.

Where there's minor damage to the fabric, it's extra work to repair the seams etc -- or just bin them.

But that's just labour. Add VAT, insurance, site rental, management (demanding higher pay!) all adds up.

All that's for "proper" tents. Pop up tents I guess would be less effort - check, clean, dry, fold. But I also guess that more of those would be irrepairable and go straight in the bin.

Still I think with the right organisation, it could work.

[jameshunt]

....

And I'm not the messiah, I'm just a very naughty girl!