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Originally Posted by BittieBucks Eric
Why would I want to look at the bigger picture?
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That's exactly the attitude that got those parents into the fine situation they're in. (see what I did there? "fine" situation? Cause they were fined? ha) (ya you see what I did there) :D
But it's true, I've seen it happen with my own eyes at other events. One person or group goes ahead and sets up wherever they want, no permits etc. You (the event people) ignore it (because it's 'just kids'), then 20 mins later there's a few extra hotdog carts, a couple burger carts, an unauthorized souvenir stand, and later a few people have set up tables to sell their leftover yard sale crap. Pretty soon you've got, like someone already said, a MINEFIELD of annoying hawkers to get through in order to get to the event. And hey, you let the kids do it, right? So what's good for them is good for the rest.
Several times while working large outdoor concert events I was witness to the same thing happening with parking. One person would pull up at the side of a vital access road and park their car thinking Hey, why should I park where I'm told to, half a mile away, when there's a perfectly good spot right there by the concert? It's obvious their vehicle shouldn't be there but they did it anyway. It was left unchecked for a while and sure enough 45 mins later there were over 20 vehicles parked in that area on both sides of the accessway all but blocking it (and thus preventing the larger entertainer vehicles from gaining access to the backstage area). Every one of those vehicles had to be towed, moved or otherwise hauled out of there, at full expense to the owner of course.
Yes, damn straight rules are rules. They're there for a reason, not just to "keep you down".
What about the rules of the road? Should we flout them as well? Hey, if it's just a couple of kids riding an ATV why should they have to abide by any existing rules? They're just kids right?
Sorry, no sale. They should have gotten a permit or else had their sale either at home or at least further away from the event they were attempting to leach off of.