Ticket Competitions

[Lucy92]

8 hours ago, cb4747 said:

_{So I think we can all admit that the chances of going at this point are next to none and any competition wins now are miracles. Does anyone want me to start sharing competitions for alternate festivals? There's so many competitions for other festivals!} 

Yes please  there's still hope though. 

[august1]

The dc services stewarding closes tonight if anyone wants to go down that route

[cb4747]

I've just agreed to attend an engagement party on the 25th. I've finally acknowledged Glastonbury 2016 is out of the window. I am so sad but at least I'll be partying, just a bit more civilised. (Edit: who am I kidding I am going to get Glastonbury style wasted) 

Edited June 1, 2016 by cb4747

[ads1980]

35 minutes ago, august1 said:

The dc services stewarding closes tonight if anyone wants to go down that route

I'm signing up right now! I can't bear not to go. So one way or another I guess...

[cb4747]

5 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

I'm signing up right now! I can't bear not to go. So one way or another I guess...

Yay at least that's another one of us going! Have a great time, hope you get good shifts!

[ads1980]

24 minutes ago, cb4747 said:

Yay at least that's another one of us going! Have a great time, hope you get good shifts!

Thanks! Let's see what happens! It's £280  mind. I've done the last 9 in a row with a ticket so my luck was due to run out at some point. We've always gone as a big group but we didn't get tickets and I'm currently going through a divorce. So I don't actually mind going by myself down the volunteer route. 

[Lucy92]

Sadly because it's paid work I can't do DC site services as I can't do any other paid employment on top of my work contract  still trying all of the volunteering options and competitions though. I'm still not accepting I'm not going haha! Lost hope I think!

[ads1980]

4 minutes ago, Lucy92 said:

Sadly because it's paid work I can't do DC site services as I can't do any other paid employment on top of my work contract  still trying all of the volunteering options and competitions though. I'm still not accepting I'm not going haha! Lost hope I think!

Who would stop you? Get the money paid in to someone else's account? There are always ways round stuff like this. 

[Gemsie85]

1 hour ago, august1 said:

The dc services stewarding closes tonight if anyone wants to go down that route

Would have to ditch the kids if we went down this route unfortunately so it's a bit of a no go for us  good luck to anyone applying that way though. 

Sadly i think this year is a no go for us!

[Lucy92]

6 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

Who would stop you? Get the money paid in to someone else's account? There are always ways round stuff like this. 

I'd have to give them my national insurance number so tax etc is linked to that. 

[ads1980]

2 minutes ago, Lucy92 said:

I'd have to give them my national insurance number so tax etc is linked to that. 

What issue does it cause to your contract though? I'm a contractor if that helps?

[ads1980]

4 minutes ago, Gemsie85 said:

Would have to ditch the kids if we went down this route unfortunately so it's a bit of a no go for us  good luck to anyone applying that way though. 

Sadly i think this year is a no go for us!

Do you know anyone else going? 

[Lucy92]

11 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

What issue does it cause to your contract though? I'm a contractor if that helps?

I'm not a contractor it's just a clause in my contract. It's probably something to do with working time and tax allowance. And the fact id be taking time off work to do paid work. My boyfriend is in the same boat so we'd rather do non paid volunteering work 

[ads1980]

8 minutes ago, Lucy92 said:

I'm not a contractor it's just a clause in my contract. It's probably something to do with working time and tax allowance. And the fact id be taking time off work to do paid work. My boyfriend is in the same boat so we'd rather do non paid volunteering work 

I'm pretty sure they can't enforce that as it becomes restrictive earning. Anyway, it's up to you guys if you'd rather play it safe. How much do you think we'd actually get paid. I bet it's only minimum wage  so it won't be much?

[ads1980]

Also just thinking of ways round this too, there would be nothing to stop you paying the whole lot in to a pension fund?

[Lucy92]

34 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

Also just thinking of ways round this too, there would be nothing to stop you paying the whole lot in to a pension fund?

True. I guess for me I don't want to hassle my current job and actually id rather do it unpaid and give something back to the festival  we're still hoping for drop outs in the litter crew or oxfam something that helps the festival out as well

[ads1980]

3 minutes ago, Lucy92 said:

True. I guess for me I don't want to hassle my current job and actually id rather do it unpaid and give something back to the festival  we're still hoping for drop outs in the litter crew or oxfam something that helps the festival out as well

Ok, good luck! There's always a way round things. You could donate all your earnings back to the festival. And I'm pretty sure your employer wouldn't begrudge you doing that. 

[Lucy92]

Just now, ads1980 said:

Ok, good luck! There's always a way round things. You could donate all your earnings back to the festival. And I'm pretty sure your employer wouldn't begrudge you doing that. 

Ah that's a nice idea  

[musky]

42 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

I'm pretty sure they can't enforce that as it becomes restrictive earning. Anyway, it's up to you guys if you'd rather play it safe. How much do you think we'd actually get paid. I bet it's only minimum wage  so it won't be much?

Yeah, they can. Extra work may impact on someones duties in their main job, which can be enough for an employer to add a clause into the contract. It could fall foul of working time regulations, and some jobs like HGV drivers have specific regulations dictating their working and rest hours.

Yeah, I work for a company that employs HGV drivers.

[ads1980]

1 minute ago, musky said:

Yeah, they can. Extra work may impact on someones duties in their main job, which can be enough for an employer to add a clause into the contract. It could fall foul of working time regulations, and some jobs like HGV drivers have specific regulations dictating their working and rest hours.

Yeah, I work for a company that employs HGV drivers.

That's fair enough and I can understand that. But what I mean is that if you tell them what you're doing, unless it causes an issue like you've raised, I'm sure they wouldn't say no. 

[musky]

6 minutes ago, ads1980 said:

That's fair enough and I can understand that. But what I mean is that if you tell them what you're doing, unless it causes an issue like you've raised, I'm sure they wouldn't say no. 

Certainly wouldn't hurt to ask.

[Gemsie85]

1 hour ago, ads1980 said:

Do you know anyone else going? 

Friends of ours are going but they're on the litter crew, don't know anyone else going this year sadly (I have very few friends )

[cb4747]

4 hours ago, gherring8 said:

http://www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/dont-pee-logo-contest-winner-announced/

bit of a sour puss on Twitter not happy with the winner! (Not sure if it's showing the tweet properly)

Edited June 1, 2016 by cb4747

[drraoulduke]

8 minutes ago, cb4747 said:

bit of a sour puss on Twitter not happy with the winner! (Not sure if it's showing the tweet properly)

What a catty thing to say.... Bizarre the people Glastonbury attracts, guess they just pretend to be nice when they get through the gates

[cb4747]

1 minute ago, drraoulduke said:

What a catty thing to say.... Bizarre the people Glastonbury attracts, guess they just pretend to be nice when they get through the gates

Exactly. I went to reply but didn't have enough characters to say what I wanted then realised someone with an attitude like that didn't deserve the effort.