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Not sure if talkin about it on the net takes away your positive karma, but I want to hear about people helping each other out at Bonnaroo. Part of the Bonnaroo spirit is about helping out your fellow man/woman. So lets here some good stories Inforoo.
Post by candyflippedaround on Jun 17, 2010 17:20:26 GMT -5
on thursday we took a walk to get some food, standing there we found a cell phone in the grass. called the last dialed number and found out whos it was and told him where to meet us. walking to that point we got a laugh out of going "cell phones, heady cell phones"
We also found a cell phone on Thursday. It had been dropped in the mud. We called several people without avail. We finally texted a few people, and found someone from her group. They met us and picked up the phone a short time later.
I'll get the ball rolling. Our neighbors in Biff Tannen were from Canada. It was their first Bonnaroo, and like normal they were a little under prepared for the heat and humidity of TN. After everyone in our group got settled in and set up we had an extra canopy. Seeing them in need, we set up the extra canopy around their tents to provide some much needed shade. It helped them out tremendously, and they were very grateful. It always feels great to help someone else out.
That was quick. I didn't even have time to type my post. Way to go guys, I'm proud of ya.
I also helped a guy locate his phone. He was sitting just inside Centeroo with a sign that said "have you seen my phone?". I let him use mine to call his, and shortly after a handshake and thank you he was on his way to the ferris wheel to meet a guy and get it back.
Post by daisychain on Jun 17, 2010 18:19:38 GMT -5
I must have sprayed at least a dozen people down with sunblock in Centeroo. I also had a misting fan spray bottle that I kept filled with ice & water and ran around spraying all the poor souls that looked like they were melting. I handed out glow jewelry at the night shows to people who were dancing but didn't have any glow gear. I also adopted a bunch of virgins camped near me who were really ill prepared and hooked them up with shade, Bodyglide, sunblock, aloe, TP, toilet seat covers and some lanterns. :-)
Post by fireontiger on Jun 17, 2010 19:50:10 GMT -5
Ah, I've got one - I bought these goofy bubble guns (basically just bubble wands with battery operated fans that you dip into bubble solution). We were sitting in the beer garden listening to Weezer and blowing bubbles at the hippies, and this 5-year-old girl on the other side of the fence was going wild jumping around in the bubbles - so we opted to entertain her for probably the better part of fifteen minutes. That little girl totally had the time of her life!
And in a story that proves that Bonnaroo karma is real, we got backstage at Deadmau5 not five hours later because the Mau5 liked our mau5heads. Paying it forward really works, for serious!
Our neighbors were from Philly and they had a huge van that got stuck in the mud. Deep ass mud. Buddy and I were trying to push it out and then two more people walked up and asked if we needed help and we got that bitch right out.
Post by indigrainbowlove on Jun 17, 2010 21:45:48 GMT -5
i saw friends helping their stumbling drunk friend along, lots of high fives and hugs, someone randomly picked up a plastic cup and recycled it with the most beautiful smile on her face like it truly made her happy, someone was going through making sure people in line for conan had their tickets and telling them where to go if they didnt have any, saw lots of people sharing food and drink and pleasantries with random people, someone told me not to sit against the walls and why (vomit/urine/other), people asked me several times if i was ok, there were some people that kept tossing the balloons at the flips instead of popping them after they heard there was money in them which made me happy, i saw someone help two seemingly inexperienced late arrivals thursday night throw up their tent and give them beer, saw people sharing camp equipment all over the place, all kinds of good karma
Post by midwestjam on Jun 17, 2010 22:07:17 GMT -5
I carried a 1 gallon zip-lock bag around in my bag with me the whole time i was there and everytime i seen someone done smoking a cig i let them use my bag to dispose of the butts. I was really disgusted with all the garbage on the grounds with all the cans everywhere on the farm.
I found a cell phone too. Got it to it's owner within 30 minutes. made me happy. I had a photo pass, so I needed to have plenty of ear plugs on me at all times. you can never have too many when you're shooting up front for every show. people kept asking me if I had extras and I ended up giving all of my new ones away. i was left with just one pair, but i made sure not to lose those.
Someone helped to jump us off on the last day. We re-payed them with the rest of our water (4 bottles) and a few cans of beer. They also had to have their car jumped and felt our pain. lol
I ordered a carton of clove cigarettes from Indonesia. I don't really smoke much so I just brought the whole carton so I could hand them out to people. I overflowed widthwise onto both of my neighbors campsites (ours were marked) so I was glad to be able to move my tent back some for my neighbors on the other side. I went to walmart every morning and filled my neighbors coolers with ice. A few tall guys offered to take pictures of the stages for me.
Post by shaggyfort1e on Jun 18, 2010 0:13:49 GMT -5
Thursday within about 10 minutes of getting into centeroo for the first time, some random guy handed me a beer. Didn't want anything in return, just randomly picked me out of the crowd to give a free beer to.
As far as my good deeds, I found a credit card at Thievery Corporation, and to make sure no one could get any of their info, I went ahead and ripped it up, and dumped the pieces into separate trash cans.
A few girls were having a hard time with water at the Deadmau5 show. I always have my Camelbak full, so I split water among three other people. One girl was named Katie, but I don't know the rest. Thanks to the other people in the crowd spraying water everywhere!
Post by tangerinetrees on Jun 18, 2010 6:57:37 GMT -5
Our neighbor Tom flew in from Connecticut so he was limited in supplies. We let him hang with us under our canopy, shared our papers, phillies, shade, and chairs with him. As well as sun block and aloe !!!!!!!!! I brought so much extra with me I'm glad
This drunk-off-her-ass girl at adult swim thursday night kept shouting: "how you living biggie smalls?" And, I shouted back: "IN MANSION AND BENZES!" and she said: "YES!!!!" *High Five*
haha I loooove egging them on and getting into their madness. Love u 'roo peeps!
I was walking by at Dave Matthews I think (maybe?...don't remember) and some kid had his walled two feet away from him. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him if he was missing his wallet. He quickly grabbed it and started thanking me! Wallet looked pretty thick with some cash so hopefully I saved the kid a lot of trouble
AND !!! Oh my god. While waiting in line my friends left me as the traffic started moving. I had no cell phone or water or anything. I kinda freaked out, begged other cars to give me a lift but no one stopped. Then I saw other people standing on the side and I approached them and asked them to use their cell. They actually offered to give me a lift! Thank you guys from NYC!! I will forever be grateful for your generosity when so many just passed me by. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I hope that your kind act gave you tons of great karma and an amazing Bonnaroo!!!
Oh... (lol... i keep remembering all this shit). You are welcome three guys from NYC for us caring that you had no shade and lending you our extra ez up. We also offered for you to come join us on numerous occasions under our large shade tent b/c you all looked like lobsters baking in the sun. Would have been nice if you said thanks and a goodbye when you packed up your cars and left... we were still packing up right next to you...
Post by cory's beard on Jun 18, 2010 19:49:00 GMT -5
I was front center for Ween, and the people behind me held up a blanket for shade, which wound up covering me as well. Earlier, I had bought a cheap umbrella from the general store that I had been using for shade. I passed it up behind me and told them to "give it to somebody who needs it."
I actually got it back like 20 minutes later, which I was totally not expecting. It's now my lucky umbrella.
Post by questionablesanity on Jun 18, 2010 20:52:00 GMT -5
Cole and I found a phone, just immediately took it to lost and found which was weirdly close.
We got to Roo Thursday around 330am, camp was set up by 5am. We drank some beer then I napped but Cole stayed up partying. By SAturday morning, he was a little rough and decided on a pick-me-up should do the trick. He got kind of sick, weak, shaky, and his temp was 105. I stayed at camp with him until he cooled down. We walked the campground for a bit until he got his legs back, then raged til 6am.
I totally believe in Roo karma because I've never had any problems while at Roo. There's got to be something to that.
A Thieve's Parade 2/24 Conspirator 2/26 Kevin Smith 3/11 Keller 3/17 Papadosio 3/18 JJ Grey 3/25 Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer 3/26 Toubab Krewe 3/27 O'Death 4/11 Budos Band 4/22 EOTO 4/28 Summer Camp 5/6-29 All Good
At deadmau5 and the lunar stage after that I was crazy dehydrated from dancing so much and perhaps another reason, so I was looking for people with water and offered to pay a buck for a few gulps. I did this throughout the night and no one accepted the buck just gave me the water and told me to have a good time.
During the day I brought my mister, sprayed it around everybody. Most of the time the people around me introduced themselves, in a few cases they shared their corn with me
I pretty much shared corn with anyone I met during shows. One such fellow corn-head ended up giving me a really great deal on some fungus.
My karma was really short acting. If one were to believe in karma.
Oh yeah and on thursday we quit the line in the morning and took a break at welcome center a ways away. Some girls came up to us and asked if we could give them a jump. So I did, so yeah. Funny thing is we were just on a conversation about karma.
I spent half an hour laying down in the grass over near the cinema tent solo while I was waiting for someone, and multiple people came over to ask me if I needed water or help - made me feel good knowing that people were looking out for each other.
Thanks to the guys near us during volunteer camping who came back to camp every time there was free stuff being handed out to tell us about it - they were super young and already so awesome!
And thank you to the AAA guy who drove 45 miles in the middle of the night to come tow us to Walmart, and then went above and beyond by coming in to make sure we bought the right battery, and THEN installing it for us so we didn't have to wait until the auto guys came in at 8am. Loved him the most!!
Some of the people napping on the ground freaked me out. My friend started the trend of gently shaking people just to make sure they were just asleep. During the late-night raves (DeadMau5, I think), there were a lot more people sleeping. This one guy was laying there with a very expensive camera by his side, so I woke him up and ran off.
I got more free beer and party favors this year than any other. Lots of nice folks around if you know where to find them...
Post by myscatterheart on Jun 20, 2010 15:42:02 GMT -5
I don't know if I did anything for anyone, I hope I did - but thanks majorly to the tire guy in Chattanooga who helped bolt my bumper back on for my drive home after a blowout. It isn't in his job description, and I know up north people would tell me to fuck off if I asked for that kind of help. I'll be paying more attention to helping others, methinks. Cuz I didn't deserve that. But I appreciate it beyond belief.
My buddy lost his cell phone at the Flaming Lips show, and when our mutual friend texted him the person who found it replied with "Lost phone, will bring to lost and found after the show" So many great people at Roo.
I don't know if it's really karma-worthy so much as common decency but I got flagged down as I was leaving Monday by a couple from Texas whose battery was dead and gave them a jump. I DID bring extra schedules to hand out for people who didn't get one but I didn't encounter anyone who needed one.
I DID bring extra schedules to hand out for people who didn't get one but I didn't encounter anyone who needed one.
You should have attended the shows that I was at. I came across at least 5 people who needed schedules and let them glance at mine. Next year I'll bring extras.
I guess this is good Karma or an awesome camp mate. I like Jello shots. Okay I like them a lot. I made close to 120+ jello shots this year. Dry Ice cooler extended their life until Sunday. Everyday before leaving camp I had a jello shot or two or three or four or more. What ever I did not use from that tray I went around to the camp next to mine and beyond and gave away free Jello Shots. Peoples reactions were priceless! The main reason I made so many, was just to gift away, so I can see the joy of someone getting something for free. My favorite reaction goes something like this.
Me: "Hello, my name is Bryan and I am camped over there under that Quonset Hut. I made Jello shots and have some extra, would anybody care for one?" Her: {strange look @ fat, hairy, sweating guy, with no shirt holding Jello Shots} "How much are they?" Me: "Free" Her: "What is the catch?" Me: "No catch, they are free?" Her: "Why you giving away, FREE Jello Shots." Me: "Because I can." Her: "What is in them?" Me: "I use finest handle bottle of Vodka I can find at ABC, for around $10 and Jello of assorted flavors." Her: "That is all?" By this time others have helped themselves. And then she did as well. As I leave I say, "If you feel sleepy, just lay down and I will see you later." and I give a wink as I walk away. From my experiences at Black Rock City, I have adopted the idea of gifting and it entertains me every time I gifted away Jello Shots or Bacon people were waiting for the "Catch" or asking "How much?". No catch, just free.
