What single thing at faire hurls you off into the depths of rage?

[Archer]

Dear Merlin, I am regretting doing the necro on this thread.  None of these things seem to be worthy of hurling any well balanced person off "into the depths of rage".  

Our forum host just about had the negativity threads under control and thus, my regret for doing a necro with this thread with a negative topic/theme.  

Now, standing ready for the stones to fly this direction.  Its more fun to focus on the positive side of this co-creation for purposes of entertainment.  

If I stand alone on this idea, then by all means . . . carry on with focus on the negativity if this is what we must have and must feed upon in the place we come for fun and unity of thought and purpose.

[KiltedPrivateer]

yeah those are pretty special too. how bout' improperly worn kilts? that is getting rather annoying!!!!!!! and my latest favorite, kilts with cowboy boots??

Ya woke me back up - Apparently you've never been to a highland games in Texas.  We wear our boots with everything, including our kilts.  I'm one of the original Kilted Cowboys.  Traded in my Wranglers for kilts 6 years ago and haven't looked back. 

I'll take a good pair of Lacers or Work boots over Ghillies any day.  However, today is my laid back day so its a denim kilt with t-shirt, hoodie and SAS sandals.

Keepin It Kilted

[PollyPoPo]

Hey, Archer,

If nothing else, you made me Google "necro on this thread" because I did not know what it meant.  Never too old to learn, eh.

[Archer]

Hey, Archer,

If nothing else, you made me Google "necro on this thread" because I did not know what it meant.  Never too old to learn, eh.

Learned it from some folks much younger than me,  who instructed that I should learn what they call a meme.  

Similar to Bump, Necro is a sister term of Bump for reviving really old and inactive topics back to the first page. Depending on the forum, intentional necromancy of a thread that has ended discussion and inactive for a long time is prohibited. This is also called "necro-trolling", and more commonly "necroposting".

It was my sin, responding to Merlin's story of liter justice that caught my eye.

In a mere three posts, we've brought it away from negativity and made it a positive learn experience.

Perhaps a change of the topic name would move it away from being a negativity thread.  Its good to take a negative and turn it into a positive.

If that can't be done, maybe lock the sucker up to re-direct toward the positive aspects of what we gather here to discuss and do for entertainment and high excitement.

For the necro. . . an apology was in order.  

[Merlin the Elder]

"...Merlin's story of liter justice..."  I'm trying to figure that out. Like Bones would say, "I don't know what that means."

I think "depths of rage" is a bit strong for most of the issues we've been discussing, and for the most part, it has simply been discussion. While you are so very right that faire is for fun, there are occasions and incidents at faire when problems arise.

The thing about this thread, as opposed to the negative threads you mentioned, is that there may be a legitimate purpose for this one, if kept on target. That purpose is to inform those who own, operate, or staff faires around the country that there are issues that they may wish to examine and watch for to protect themselves from injured patrons and/or possible legal repercussions.

We're all having fun at faire ... we like to keep it that way. 

[Captain Teague]

Another peeve, not really a rage is danes who bring pets and expect you to take pictures with them and have no worry over whether you might have an issue with it.

We were at a Faire and a trio of goths came walking by, one of which had a snake wrapped around her hand and she was well into her cups. So she bounces up remarking how kewl we look and she MUST have a picture with us. I had time to remark that neither of us were comfortable with snakes, which she ignored before draping her arms across our shoulders. Fortunately for her she draped the snake one across Lady Gryphons shoulder, not on mine or there would have been a very lively reaction ( I have a distinct phobia of snakes ). To the couple with hers credit, the guy snapped a pic as quickly as he could and the girl, seeing us both turn a deep shade of pale and the girl moved VERY quickly to remove the other girl from us and dragged her off down the walkway, lecturing her all the way.

Some people do not like animals at all. Some have phobias. Always best to ask first.

(And like Merlin, I find this thread not just about negativity. It is and can be very helpful advice to anyone from any angle of attending as to trouble issues and yes even up to legal ramifications )

[Archer]

"...Merlin's story of liter justice..." 

lol, it was a reference that I was prompted by your story of the shop keeper who swept up her driveway and then she dumped it back in the car. 

"Litter" was incorrectly spelled.  Finger mumbling this morning, apparently.  Blame it on age and carpal tunnel. 

[Merlin the Elder]

LOL!  Okay... NOW I get it... I thought maybe it had something to do with the volume of Jack Daniel's I drink in a week... 

[kcdcchef]

Ya woke me back up - Apparently you've never been to a highland games in Texas.  We wear our boots with everything, including our kilts.  I'm one of the original Kilted Cowboys.  Traded in my Wranglers for kilts 6 years ago and haven't looked back. 

I'll take a good pair of Lacers or Work boots over Ghillies any day.  However, today is my laid back day so its a denim kilt with t-shirt, hoodie and SAS sandals.

Keepin It Kilted

fine. you're in texass. you guys do everything a little different down there, and from what i have seen in my travels to the lone star state, you do everything in cowboy boots. so i'll let that slide. but in Maryland and New York, where no one has on cowboy boots?

[Betty Munro]

Just lightening the mood round here ...

Do they even sell cowboy boots in NY and MD?  LOL!  Some folks have to choose the least of evil in garb ... what do you wear on your feet with a kilt if you don't have gillies or ren boots?  I guess I'm just so happy to see a man in a kilt I barely notice what he's got on his feet.  Much like you probably wouldn't notice the elastic in my polyseter chemise.    LOL!

   

[Dinobabe]

Some people do not like animals at all. Some have phobias. Always best to ask first.

THANK YOU!!! 
I was bitten in the face by a dog (a very friendly and sweet dog, yeah right...) when I was small.  Don't EVER, EVER, EVER assume everyone just LOOOOVESSS dogs or any other animal.  I am scared to death of dogs and I assume all dogs will bite me.  That kind of thing sticks with you.  This has also led to a distrust of dog owners.  Be responsible for you pet and respect others, please!

[Zardoz]

Just lightening the mood round here ...

Do they even sell cowboy boots in NY and MD?  LOL!  Some folks have to choose the least of evil in garb ... what do you wear on your feet with a kilt if you don't have gillies or ren boots?  I guess I'm just so happy to see a man in a kilt I barely notice what he's got on his feet.  Much like you probably wouldn't notice the elastic in my polyseter chemise.    LOL!

   

I rode up to a bike rally in upstate NY in 1983, and people were asking about my boots all the time!

what do you wear on your feet with a kilt if you don't have gillies or ren boots? The same shoes you'd wear if you weren't wearing a kilt. It's not a uniform!

[Lady Rebecca]

This doesn't cause me rage, but it does greatly annoy me - when faires are so out to make a profit that they stop caring about the paytrons. For example, the faire that I went to yesterday, which apparently is known for having hot weather (and is a very dry, dusty faire), was charging $4 for a small-sized soda. That is more expensive than Disneyland. I'm really glad I brought a whole bunch of water with me, but when I ran out, I left the faire. I'm not paying through the nose just because I'm a "captive" audience. And the food prices weren't much better.

[Archer]

This doesn't cause me rage, but it does greatly annoy me - when faires are so out to make a profit that they stop caring about the paytrons. For example, the faire that I went to yesterday, which apparently is known for having hot weather (and is a very dry, dusty faire), was charging $4 for a small-sized soda. That is more expensive than Disneyland. I'm really glad I brought a whole bunch of water with me, but when I ran out, I left the faire. I'm not paying through the nose just because I'm a "captive" audience. And the food prices weren't much better.

A price can and often does annoy on first blush but,  those of us that are getting up there in age would say that some of the real problem lies in the fact that your dollar only buys about 1/4 of what it did in our earlier years of life.  The blame should at least in part be on the devaluation of our dollar and the middlemen who make, transport, package and handle things before it gets to our hand.  So yea, for one who used to get a softdrink for a dime, then fifteen cents, then a quarter and pumped fuel all day for 19 cents a gallon, it does cause sadness (if not annoyance) to see what our nation has allowed to happen with the value and purchase power of our dollar.  I guess I don't blame the operators or vendors at faire for this because they didn't devalue our dollar and therefore,  I can't lay the blame on that sadness or annoyance at the vendor or faire operator's doorstep.

[Merlin the Elder]

It's certainly true that prices do rise over time, but that doesn't quite excuse a $4 Coke. I do expect higher prices at faire than on the "outside," but there is a limit to what is reasonable. I, too, remember the "good old days" when I could get a dollar—that much usually being reserved for a special occasion such as a birthday—and using that to ride the bus downtown, go to a movie (often a double feature), get a Coke and some popcorn, and making it back home on the bus. All for a dollar...