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[fred quimby]

Just now, Skip997 said:

I have to wonder why the Green Fields bosses keep inviting me back.

I have to wonder why I'm one of the first on the list for the Dragon Field crew.

Real mystery that!

Think Glastonbury Rear of the Year helped 😃

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

I have to wonder why the Green Fields bosses keep inviting me back.

 

Real mystery that!

no mystery, those who know - know, Glastonbury is clique central.

[stuie]

6 minutes ago, Neil said:

a freeloader who only posts about his freeloading not his working. never seen him post about working until just now.

You're full of sh*t - took about 10 seconds to find this.

 

On 6/29/2023 at 11:18 PM, Skip997 said:

After finishing the late shift I go for a wonder and bump into the same crew from last night, turns out they’re the Food Groove cooks. We wonder around a while, ending up sitting in the West Holts arena and chatting. I give them a couple of Guerrilla bar cards, which proves to be a great move as cheap/free food and drink becomes available at one of my favourite onsite cafes.

Wednesday is the day the public tickets holders arrive and the day of the opening ceremony. It takes place in the south east of the site in Kings Meadow, more commonly known as The Stone Circle field.
It’s just about the only thing going on on Wednesday evening and tends to draw most people on site.

I’ve never been as I’m always on shift, by choice, and I much prefer the relatively quiet of the Dragon Field gate. People movement is always an issue before, during and after the ceremony. Junctions and pathways become shut down and diversions are put in place.

Shift finished and off for my only visit to the somewhat exclusive Guerrilla bar, a “hideout” for “old school” crew, hidden behind a stage in Shangri La. It’s busy, but not too busy, probably for the last time this weekend it’s comfortable. A couple of blokes are playing and singing on the small stage, lyrically it sounds like “Beans on Toast”, but really I have no idea. I bump into a few mates, make some interesting contacts, will we ever speak again?, and dance.

 

[Skip997]

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2 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Think Glastonbury Rear of the Year helped 😃

 

[Neil]

saw one of my favourite glasto big bods this morning as it happens.

[Neil]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

You're full of sh*t - took about 10 seconds to find this.

where he talks about his freeloading!

[stuie]

4 minutes ago, Neil said:

where he talks about his freeloading!

where he talks about completing his shifts. 

 

[Neil]

7 minutes ago, stuie said:

/free food and drink becomes available

definitely not a freeloader, and troll guy stuie was so focused on trolling he missed the freeloader_boast.

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

I was just thinking the same 😛. talks about scoring free food 😛 

Trading food for some much sought after passes!

TRADING all part of the alternative ethos of the festival

Anyway why has this topic become all about me. The work I do in exchange for my Glastonbury ticket is no ones business but mine, my bosses and the rest of my crew.

So let's get back on topic.

Edited January 9, 2024 by Skip997

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

Trading food for some much sought after passes!

Anyway why has this topic become all about me. The work I do in exchange for my Glastonbury ticket is no ones business but mine, my bosses and the rest of my crew.

So let's get back on topic.

good shout Skip ... on topic now please (MOD ) 

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

Trading food for some much sought after passes!

something that cost you nothing. punters will pick up the cost of your free cafe food. which makes you as bad as any billionaire - riding on the backs of the less fortunate.

[fred quimby]

9 minutes ago, Neil said:

where he talks about his freeloading!

Does it?

I also work for my ticket like skip, our contribution goes towards the festival and instead of paying us the cash goes into charity (how much not so sure). Food and drink I have in my area all profits go to chosen charity of the area

Not that I really want to get into it.

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

So lets try this one @Skip997

Work can be good when it has some meaning and is fulfilling/enjoyable to the person doing it.

[fred quimby]

2 minutes ago, Neil said:

something that cost you nothing. punters will pick up the cost of your free cafe food. which makes you as bad as any billionaire - riding on the backs of the less fortunate.

That is certainly an odd take, but need to get back on topic.

Tories eh

[Neil]

1 minute ago, fred quimby said:

That is certainly an odd take, but need to get back on topic.

Tories eh

yeah, like freeloaders tend to be tory at heart.

[Skip997]

3 minutes ago, Neil said:

something that cost you nothing. punters will pick up the cost of your free cafe food. which makes you as bad as any billionaire - riding on the backs of the less fortunate.

Christ all f**king mighty

The way your going on you'd think I was robbing people of 100's instead of just accepting a couple of mugs of coffee and a meal. Unasked for by the way.

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Skip997 said:

Christ all f**king mighty

The way your going on you'd think I was robbing people of 100's instead of just accepting a couple of mugs of coffee and a meal. Unasked for by the way.

from the way you wrote your boast it seemed like you knew you were making an exchange!

[stuie]

10 minutes ago, Neil said:

definitely not a freeloader, and troll guy stuie was so focused on trolling he missed the freeloader_boast.

Please don't misquote me - I didn't post what you quoted. 

I love that when I tell you you're wrong your only defence is that I'm a troll. 

You are absolutely crazy.

 

 

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, stuie said:

Please don't misquote me - I didn't post what you quoted. 

I love that when I tell you you're wrong your only defence is that I'm a troll. 

You are absolutely crazy.

He's completely barking, and for some reason has a massive "chip on his shoulder"

[Neil]

Just now, stuie said:

Please don't misquote me - I didn't post what you quoted. 

I love that when I tell you you're wrong your only defence is that I'm a troll. 

You are absolutely crazy.

 

you thought you were proving me wrong, but by presenting his freeloader_boast you proved me right and saved me having to find an example of his freeloader_boasting.

[Neil]

Just now, Skip997 said:

He's completely barking, and for some reason has a massive "chip on his shoulder"

the chip on the shoulder is yours and your double standards about it made me feel it should be called out. 

[steviewevie]

what's so wrong with freeloading anyway?

[fred quimby]

15 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

It is on 

So if you take "free" food one way or another someone pays for it.  In the case of Glastonbury it will be the average punter for sure.

very much on topic

Blimey down an odd rabbit hole here.

You would maybe then have to consider waste and the cost of disposal. So some free food could lower those costs . I very must doubt also that some traders factor in the overall cost of each portion against a couple of meals or a coffee they give away. Infact I know that as fact in  most places.

15 minutes ago, Barry Fish said:

It is on 



If you take from the benefit system then someone has to pay for that.

very much on topic

Agree

Edited January 9, 2024 by fred quimby

[Neil]

1 minute ago, Barry Fish said:

if you hold up a mirror to the left, they are always on the right 😛 

True story

he's not of the left he's of the freeloaders!

[Skip997]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

what's so wrong with freeloading anyway?

At the level I allegedly do it, absolutely nothing.

We're talking a few pence for a couple of coffees and volunteering which means the cost of my ticket gets donated to charity.

Completely evil behavior it has to be said.