Therealstory
05-12-2008, 02:30 PM
My wife and I treated ourselves to a "kid free" weekend and attended this years Stagecoach music festival. Overall we had a wonderful time. Sadly our first night we had some trouble..which is why I am writing.
We had been sitting for hours in a nice spot, we could see the screen sitting in our chairs and enjoy the music. (we are in our mid 30's)
As the evening progressed these girls who somehow were attached to the group sitting next to us showed up. They had to be younger than 21 as everyone over 21 had the wristbands to drink and had this group been old enough to drink, they'd have had the bands. Anyway, my wife is a Desert Storm Nurse Veteran, she has had 15 knee surgerys and has back problems due to her military carreer and is unable to stand for long periods, which is why we chose the spot we did so she could sit and enjoy the show.
About half way through John Fogerty the group made their way between the people's chair in front of us and our blanket. They began dancing and jumping around screaming and stayed there. We could no longer see from our seated position. We asked nicely if they wouldn't mind moving over and explained my wifes reasons for needing to sit. We were ignored.
We asked again if they would move and were told to "party, wooooo, why would we want to sit"
This was upsetting and angered by their disrespect we went to find an event staff/security guard to assist us. All we were asking is for them to move into the 8X5 spot they had and allow us to enjoy the concert seated. They then said we could move in front of them if we were going to continue complaining, and we did just to salvage the evening.
Things would have been fine from there if they had left us alone.
They began taunting my wife and I. Screaming "B*#CH" and "You're such a awful person,why can't you have fun" and "f-ing this and that" This bordered on insane. We simply asked for some kindness and understanding.
We ended up having to get the police to come over and tell them to knock it off. This was our special weekend and these girls gave it a rough start.
They should be ashamed of their actions. If our daughter ever disrespected someone this way I'd be dissapointed.
We didn't ask them to leave, just move over into the large space they had rather than being in a line in front of us.
Everyone..respect your fellow concert goers, you all paid the same to get in (turns out this group had won free tickets on the radio, figures)
Let everyone enjoy the show, and if someone is disabled for any reason..
respect their needs as some day you may need someone to do the same for you.
I do believe that I was a witness to this event. From what I could see, it looked as if the younger crowd (in their mid 20's) were dancing with each other and having a good time. I saw an older same sex couple begin scooting their chairs up as if to push them out of their area. Then the older lady began yelling because the young girls continued to dance as if, they wanted to ignore the older lady and continue their fun. After a few words were exchanged I could see the standing group inviting the older couple to sit in front of them so they could see and so they could continue to dance. As the women were moving their chairs I saw them point their fingers in the young girls face and yell some words. More words were exchanged then I was SHOCKED to see the older Lady pick up her chair and threaten to hit the young lady with it. After the whole issue was said and done the older lady (with the bad knees and bad back) Stood through the entire eagles concert. So the fight was pointless anyways and as far as I could see was started by the elderly couple. I agree that people should respect their elders but I also believe that older people should also have respect. Their was a lot of people at then festival and it was a grass area with no assigned seating. Everyone needs to respect everyone. The whole crowd was standing for the concert, if you are disabled then the venue will make the appropriate arrangements for you. I saw many arguments over the weekend and was shocked to see this post. Their are always two sides to a story.
We had been sitting for hours in a nice spot, we could see the screen sitting in our chairs and enjoy the music. (we are in our mid 30's)
As the evening progressed these girls who somehow were attached to the group sitting next to us showed up. They had to be younger than 21 as everyone over 21 had the wristbands to drink and had this group been old enough to drink, they'd have had the bands. Anyway, my wife is a Desert Storm Nurse Veteran, she has had 15 knee surgerys and has back problems due to her military carreer and is unable to stand for long periods, which is why we chose the spot we did so she could sit and enjoy the show.
About half way through John Fogerty the group made their way between the people's chair in front of us and our blanket. They began dancing and jumping around screaming and stayed there. We could no longer see from our seated position. We asked nicely if they wouldn't mind moving over and explained my wifes reasons for needing to sit. We were ignored.
We asked again if they would move and were told to "party, wooooo, why would we want to sit"
This was upsetting and angered by their disrespect we went to find an event staff/security guard to assist us. All we were asking is for them to move into the 8X5 spot they had and allow us to enjoy the concert seated. They then said we could move in front of them if we were going to continue complaining, and we did just to salvage the evening.
Things would have been fine from there if they had left us alone.
They began taunting my wife and I. Screaming "B*#CH" and "You're such a awful person,why can't you have fun" and "f-ing this and that" This bordered on insane. We simply asked for some kindness and understanding.
We ended up having to get the police to come over and tell them to knock it off. This was our special weekend and these girls gave it a rough start.
They should be ashamed of their actions. If our daughter ever disrespected someone this way I'd be dissapointed.
We didn't ask them to leave, just move over into the large space they had rather than being in a line in front of us.
Everyone..respect your fellow concert goers, you all paid the same to get in (turns out this group had won free tickets on the radio, figures)
Let everyone enjoy the show, and if someone is disabled for any reason..
respect their needs as some day you may need someone to do the same for you.
I do believe that I was a witness to this event. From what I could see, it looked as if the younger crowd (in their mid 20's) were dancing with each other and having a good time. I saw an older same sex couple begin scooting their chairs up as if to push them out of their area. Then the older lady began yelling because the young girls continued to dance as if, they wanted to ignore the older lady and continue their fun. After a few words were exchanged I could see the standing group inviting the older couple to sit in front of them so they could see and so they could continue to dance. As the women were moving their chairs I saw them point their fingers in the young girls face and yell some words. More words were exchanged then I was SHOCKED to see the older Lady pick up her chair and threaten to hit the young lady with it. After the whole issue was said and done the older lady (with the bad knees and bad back) Stood through the entire eagles concert. So the fight was pointless anyways and as far as I could see was started by the elderly couple. I agree that people should respect their elders but I also believe that older people should also have respect. Their was a lot of people at then festival and it was a grass area with no assigned seating. Everyone needs to respect everyone. The whole crowd was standing for the concert, if you are disabled then the venue will make the appropriate arrangements for you. I saw many arguments over the weekend and was shocked to see this post. Their are always two sides to a story.