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A spinoff of the "Death at Roo" topic, how a lot of newbies and younger types were heavily unprepared for what was happening this weekend...
I'm sitting in the back of the What Stage area at the beginning of WSP. Since I'm wearing a Red Sox hat and a Red Sox shirt, people figure I'm from New England.
Some cute gal walks up to me, asks if I'm from Massachusetts. She's looking for someone to drive her home tonight to Boston. At least, she could get a ride to New York but would have needed someone to pick her up and take her the rest. I tlell her I'm flying to Providence on Tuesday, and wouldn't be of help.
Five minutes later, there's a kid walking around with a sign offering money to get him back to Connecticut. Me wearing Boston stuff, he asks me if I'm going back. I tell him I'm flying to Providence on Tuesday, and wouldn't be of help. As he was leaving, he turns back and asks if I wanted any coke.
I'm sure I would have been asked more, but I left WSP early to beat out traffic.
Kids, if you're a thousand miles from home... don't you think you should have some idea of how to get back?
I'm sure other people have stories of just the ridiculousness of some people - expecting something way different than what is reality.
I felt like I was overly prepared than most but I was still not ready for what was to come. I had loads of water, shade, battery fans, toilet paper, sober, etc. but I felt there were way to many people and that bonnaroo was not prepared enough. Seemed to be 15 porta potties for every 5,000 people and about 5 water filling stations for everyone and about 1,000 square feet of any shaded area. I could have dealt with it until, the dirt and dust came and covered everything and took all the air there was to breath. It didn't help either that all my neighbors were raving about bassnectar and all the other techno and their friend molly.
I dont understand how someone can drop almost $300 on a fest ticket that is hundreds of miles from their home and not even do a little research about what it's like/what they'll need/etc.
There were also a few guys behind me at the Superjam. They were smoking a bowl, drinking beers, seemed kind of out of it. One of them told me they were leaving after the Superjam to go home... to Chicago. Had to be at work the next morning.
I don't feel sorry for someone being that crazy. I just hope they can make it back ok.
Post by leathertuscadero on Jun 13, 2011 1:24:20 GMT -5
Unless you make this a 21 + festival,you are going to have kids looking for the party.Multiply that times ten when you have artists with a young fanbase like Eminem and Lil Wayne performing.I don't know about the rest of you,but 18 year old me wasn't quite as level headed as 45 year old me therefore I can't hold these kids to the same standard as their older counterparts.Yes,it's common sense to hydrate,but while I was easily drinking 7-9 waters a day a "kid" might consider 2-3 enough.Still,I don't fully blame Bonnaroo.Where are the parents?!?!?!? I saw one guy walking in when we were entering the grounds that looked about 15 and all he had was his backpack.As we passed him he started talking to my daughter and we couldn't make sense of anything he was saying because the kid was totally tripping at 7 am on the first day.There's certainly enough blame to go around for everyone,but there are definitely some parents out there who are either asleep or just don't give a leno.
I dont understand how someone can drop almost $300 on a fest ticket that is hundreds of miles from their home and not even do a little research about what it's like/what they'll need/etc.
