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

[Rowan MacD]

. Our biggest concern was male dogs peeing on our work, so I had to hang stuff above a certain point.   
I suppose there's always something to watch out for at any venue.

Gah! I hadn't even thought of that.
  Any vendors have issues with indiscriminate scent marking?  We all tend to concentrate on the solid waste control, and I can see dogs lifting their legs on just about any vertical surface; tents included.
   I would probably lose it if a dog decided to lift his leg on my gown.  Thank goodness, it hasn't happened yet!

My gripe (annoyance actually), forgive me if it was covered in an earlier topic:

  People who attend a small faire, and then proceed to disparage it to anyone who will listen by comparing it to a much larger one, 3 hours away.   It's like comparing a local carnival to Disneyland.       
   We all know it's small, we know  they don't have a bazillion vendors and the cast is all volunteer, and not as numerous, well dressed, trained, etc.  as, for example, MRF or TRF.
  It's a young faire, still growing, and they've only had a hard site for 4 years.
  They also charge less than 1/2 of what the bigger venues do at the gate.   

   If it's not sophisticated enough for you, then please stay home, or  better yet, go there.
   You are not making yourselves look worldly, or 'too cool for your Podunk operation' by standing around making sour observations to people who don't want to hear them.

[Sitara]

Several years ago, I was in line to enter faire and a dog peed on me. The owner was horrified and proceeded to try and wash my skirt in the water bowl at pet gate. I reassured him that I would be fine, went back to the car and changed into a clean skirt. At least I was wearing a plain cotton skirt so it was easily washed with no lasting harm done.

[Rowan MacD]

Several years ago, I was in line to enter faire and a dog peed on me. The owner was horrified and proceeded to try and wash my skirt in the water bowl at pet gate. I reassured him that I would be fine, went back to the car and changed into a clean skirt. At least I was wearing a plain cotton skirt so it was easily washed with no lasting harm done.

Urine was used in the middle ages and Renaissance to lighten hair,  so I would expect you would need to get that out of the fabric ASAP so that it doesn't discolor, especially the darker colors.   If it was my Celtic or Peasant wear, I'd just rinse it off at a faucet and let it dry. No harm done.

   

[Nidhoggr]

Several years ago, I was in line to enter faire and a dog peed on me. The owner was horrified and proceeded to try and wash my skirt in the water bowl at pet gate. I reassured him that I would be fine, went back to the car and changed into a clean skirt. At least I was wearing a plain cotton skirt so it was easily washed with no lasting harm done.

Urine was used in the middle ages and Renaissance to lighten hair,  so I would expect you would need to get that out of the fabric ASAP so that it doesn't discolor, especially the darker colors.   If it was my Celtic or Peasant wear, I'd just rinse it off at a faucet and let it dry. No harm done.

Well now I know how to more naturally age things hehe

[raevyncait]

Patrons who blatantly ignore what booth owners/workers are telling them, until it's said it 4 times, or physical action is taken.  Patrons who insist on specific examples/details about how the product is made. Examples from this weekend:
Artisan: "Sir, we request that you not photograph our items, please."
Patron 1: *ignoring artisan* click click
Artisan: "Sir, again, please do not photograph our items"
Patron 1: *changes angle of photo from hanging items to items on counter* click click
Artisan: "SIR, PLEASE, we have asked that you stop photographing our items!"
Patron 1: *looks indignant and moves to another section of shoppe* click click
Artisan: *waving hand in front of lens* "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to move away, and stop photographing our items!
Patron 1: *backs off to a distance that he can still photograph, but can't get detailed images with the camera/lens he has* "grumble grumble"

Patron 2 (coincidentally, the spouse of Patron 1): "Can you tell me how these are made?"
Worker: "We use essential oils mixed into skin-safe, cosmetics grade oil to create the perfumes
Patron 2: "No, I mean, can you tell me what is in this one?" *holds up bottle of popular blend*
Worker: "That is one of our light floral blends."
Patron 2: "Can you tell me what is in it?"
Worker: "It's a mix of some of our florals."
Patron 2: *looks at worker like worker is a moron* "WHICH florals"
Worker: "I don't know the specific recipe"
Patron 2: *looks annoyed*
(did you SERIOUSLY expect to be given a propietary recipe by a vendor, especially given that your husband has been blatantly taking photos of the various bottles of oils, especially the one for which you're trying to get the recipe?)

And then there are the ones who INSIST on picking up bottles, despite being told repeatedly "Please leave the bottles in the rack, pull out the cork, and sniff of the scent on the cork." I've had to actually take bottles from people's hands to show them how to leave the bottle where it belongs. Kids, actually are pretty good about just taking the cork out, especially after they've been told. Adults, on the other hand, are not so cooperative much of the time.

[Queen Bonnie]

 I get the Question"- Who are you supposed to be?" How rude.

[LadyFae]

I get the Question"- Who are you supposed to be?" How rude.

The Riddle Master at our Fest told my sister, me, and my girls that we "aren't real fairies" because we didn't stop to answer his riddle.  My girls were heartbroken and frankly, he hurt my feelings, too!
Another Jackwagon told my sister that her Noble garb was boring and that she wasn't pretty enough.
Seriously, what is WRONG with some people?!?!?!?

[Rowan MacD]

I get the Question"- Who are you supposed to be?" How rude.

The Riddle Master at our Fest told my sister, me, and my girls that we "aren't real fairies" because we didn't stop to answer his riddle.  My girls were heartbroken and frankly, he hurt my feelings, too!
Another Jackwagon told my sister that her Noble garb was boring and that she wasn't pretty enough.
Seriously, what is WRONG with some people?!?!?!?

Queen Bonnie-"Why, I am myself of course, there is no comparison! " LOL.

Lady Fae-I'm so sorry. 
   Some folks are just born mean and spiteful.  Poking fun at others is their pathetic attempt of making themselves fell superior, because they are aware that no one else thinks they are.
    Manners are rapidly becoming a thing of the past.

[Nidhoggr]

The Riddle Master at our Fest told my sister, me, and my girls that we "aren't real fairies" because we didn't stop to answer his riddle.  My girls were heartbroken and frankly, he hurt my feelings, too!
Another Jackwagon told my sister that her Noble garb was boring and that she wasn't pretty enough.
Seriously, what is WRONG with some people?!?!?!?

What an weed puller!  If someone said something like that to my daughter or wife, ESPECIALLY if it was my daughter and she was made to cry, I would have been livid.  Quite possibly to the point of "You might say she's not a 'real fairy', but if you speak to any other child like that again you're going to find out what a viking/pirate I am.  On top of that, I am going to the casting director/owner/whatever and reporting this because you have completely overstepped your bounds as a character."

[Rowan MacD]

  I wonder what the Riddle Master considers a 'real' fairy to be?
    Lady Fae's girls are as 'real' as any others there.

[Aderin]

Poor manners!

[RenStarr]

This past season at I was sitting on a bench taking a rest beside a food vendors shop when I overheard a conversation between some Danes that were behind me (behind some lattice).

It went something along these lines:  "I hear there are camp grounds here, but there's no way I'd camp out here.  I've heard those people drink heavily into the night, start running around naked, and have orgies."

I didn't say anything at the time, but debated in my mind if I should of said something or not.  My first reaction was to just laugh.  After thinking about for a few minutes it kinda ticked me off alittle bit.  Talking about something that they don't know to be a fact and talking about it in a judgmental kinda way didn't sit well with me.  I'm not saying nothing along lines has never happened, but I've never seen anything along those lines myself (open nudity and orgies).   Sometimes others's perceptions leave ya with an OMG/did I really hear that kinda reaction.

[Merlin the Elder]

I'm trying to figure out why "...those people drink heavily into the night, start running around naked, and have orgies" is considered to be a bad thing to start with.  It wouldn't have done any good to try to correct their thinking. Like politics and religion, people get misinformation in their brains, then refuse to believe the facts.

[jackrocks]

Man! Now, see, I TRIED to talk my husband into camping at the grounds in June, and he says it's too much work to haul the trailer up and set it up for just two days.
I feel like I am really missing out!

[Aderin]

LOL thank you jackrocks i needed that.