baldrick
hmmmmm
i still don't really understand why you feel you were messed about.
Stewarding for Oxfam, anyone here interested?
- Thread starter Sunray
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jontz01
taking refuge in the loft
Volunteering for Oxfam at Glasto last year was brilliant, I'm going for it again - I got to see a hell of a lot more of the festival than I would've as a punter and finished all my shifts by 8am Wed morning.... If I can get the time off work I want to do Womad and Bestival too....
zenie
>^^<
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
Beautiful days will fill up fast as will bestival and camp bestival I suspect. And the obvious ones glasto/reading/leeds will be gone pretty much immediately.
We're still in debates about what we'd like to do this year. Derv's on for Glade but I suspect I'll be babysitting
, we're both doing glasto but not with oxfam, I'm favouring camp bestival over womad just for a change and bestival is just before I run out of maternity leave.
Should anybody fancy something else - just for charity, not at a festival then Derv and I are doing Trailtrekker 2009 30/31 may, a 100k walk in 24hrs. We're running a checkpoint and will need people to work with us. If you fancy coming along then I can put more details about it up if anybodys interested. There's no festival attached so it would just be because you wanted to do something for charity. Its in Skipton North Yorkshire. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/trailtrekker/index.html
Wiskers
We're still in debates about what we'd like to do this year. Derv's on for Glade but I suspect I'll be babysitting
, we're both doing glasto but not with oxfam, I'm favouring camp bestival over womad just for a change and bestival is just before I run out of maternity leave. Should anybody fancy something else - just for charity, not at a festival then Derv and I are doing Trailtrekker 2009 30/31 may, a 100k walk in 24hrs. We're running a checkpoint and will need people to work with us. If you fancy coming along then I can put more details about it up if anybodys interested. There's no festival attached so it would just be because you wanted to do something for charity. Its in Skipton North Yorkshire. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/fundraise/trailtrekker/index.html
Wiskers
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
They do state quite clearly that you will be expected to attend a training session before the festival season or on site and an on site briefing.
ph - pls come to glade
are you going again? (sorry, you might have said but i haven't read the whole thread)
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
Hmm... there might not be places at BD then by the time we've decided whether we're going or not.
If it's not pricey to get up there then I'm still up for it
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
Yup, it is today if you have already worked. For people that haven't worked before, I think applications open next week.
Its Open now, My Glastonbury and Bestival are booked.
On this point, it's completely and totally out of order to bugger off and sleep in welfare when you're supposed to be on fire watch. Fire watch being the thing where if somebody has a tent fire, you're the one who's supposed to radio for help.
So, if you're going to come and take the piss, I'd rather you just jumped the fence and got in free. At least that way we'll know we're short in a particular area rather than thinking it's covered when it's not.
Cheers all
struggling to see your point, of course you have to attend a briefing before the festival starts. You don't just turn up and get told to stand somewhere and if it did work like that then they'd be breaking the law.
So, there are three (sometimes two) 8 hour (sometimes 6) shifts to be worked and nothing more. If you're seriously complaining about having to attend a briefing and presumably the fire briefing as well then I'd suggest you were utterly naive.
I'd seriously doubt that Reading was badly organised, they've been doing it for years there.
It's fine to only do it for a ticket by the way, just so long as you turn up on time for your shifts, do what's required and don't take the piss out of your fellow stewards and punters by bludging off.
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
Do what I do - just turn up with a hi-viz vest on, blag a staffbackstage pass if you haven't already, and then enjoy the free beer, as the bar staff usually think you're a steward instead of just a drunken chancer!
Only time I got caught was at the Big Chill, and even they just laughed about it.
Even got to park the car in the disabled area, so no queue when it was home time.
Result!
Only time I got caught was at the Big Chill, and even they just laughed about it.
Even got to park the car in the disabled area, so no queue when it was home time.
Result!
Oxfam spaces fully booked already?
Prompt or what ....
I'd imagine Sunray's saying he's booked Glasto and Bestival for himself
Glasto does fill up very quickly though. My sister got in as a first timer last year but she had to be prompt cos once it's open to first timers (ie next week), the Glasto places are all gone within a day.
With our lot, different setup from Oxfam I know, most Info Stewards were doing it both to genuinely offer their knowledge/experience AND to gain the free ticket privilege, kind of a virtuous combination really.
Our senior people always stressed the need to be reliable too which is 110% fair enough.
Thora
Differently Ethical
On this point, it's completely and totally out of order to bugger off and sleep in welfare when you're supposed to be on fire watch. Fire watch being the thing where if somebody has a tent fire, you're the one who's supposed to radio for help.
So, if you're going to come and take the piss, I'd rather you just jumped the fence and got in free. At least that way we'll know we're short in a particular area rather than thinking it's covered when it's not.
Cheers all
JTG, I understand you're bitter but I really think it's time to let it go now, it's been months. I don't really get what your problem is
JTG, I understand you're bitter but I really think it's time to let it go now, it's been months. I don't really get what your problem is
Try reading the post. It's about people taking the piss and making the festival that bit more dangerous than it should be.
Perfectly clear. You're a safety steward, you're there to keep people safe. Not to fuck off and catch up on your sleep because you took too many drugs the night before.
Oh well, I won't have 175 quid next week so won't be doing Festivals with Oxfam
Wait and see, not all of them fill up immediately. Glade rarely fills up at all. When you've got the spare cash, take a look and see what's available
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
JTG, I understand you're bitter but I really think it's time to let it go now, it's been months. I don't really get what your problem is
Just jump the fence next time Thora. Spending a 12 hour shift with that rotund smelly hippy droning on would drive me to distraction.
baldrick
hmmmmm
it's nothing to do with him being bitter, it's the fact you were trusted to do an important job in terms of safety, but instead you and your shift partner took it in turns to go to sleep and not only that but you apparently think that this is entirely acceptable behaviour.JTG, I understand you're bitter but I really think it's time to let it go now, it's been months. I don't really get what your problem is
Thora
Differently Ethical
Tbh, though he may have a point, he's only making it now (rather than, say, to me at the time) because it gives him an opportunity to have a little dig at me. But I'll leave it at that
