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

[analise]

I'm like Lady Toadflinger. I would love to be able to show off my dog but...

...she's afraid of strangers. Especially those who [she thinks] try to grab her head/collar/face. And she has a fear bite reaction.

So I keep her out of those situations.

[Merlin the Elder]

I have two dogs...the "little" one runs over 100 pounds... While I love my dogs, I cannot imagine trying to deal with them at a faire.

I have a dog fear as well...of SMALL dogs. I ...do... not... like... them! And I have an issue with some small dog owners: we take our to a dog park for just a few minutes a day 5-10 minutes at the most. Someone drives up and wants to put their dog in with mine. "Aw, come on! Our chihuahua is not going to hurt your Akita and Malamute!" Well, you a$$hat, if either of my dogs steps on your dog, your dog is dead. Use your bloody brain!

Sorry...got off on a tangent... Why would someone want to bring a dog to the faire if it's not part of a persona?

[Kate]

If the animal is well-behaved what is the problem?  I've seen many ill-behaved children who should be leashed instead.

My parents have four Newfoundlands (yes, in FLORIDA!), each weighing at least 150 pounds.  You wouldn't know it because they're so gentle.  My parents usually only come out to faire once a year and bring the dogs each time.  The dogs LOVE the socialization and the attention they get.  They're so happy, you can see it on their faces!



Granted, my parents are RESPONSIBLE Dog-parents who clean up after their animals and make sure they're properly hydrated.  MORE than I can say for some parents who spend more time "hydrating" themselves in a bar while their child runs wild.

[Merlin the Elder]

Beautiful animals! 

[Kate]

Beautiful animals! 

Thank you!  Best brothers and sisters and only child could ask for! 

[Merlin the Elder]

My comment ... why would someone bring their dogs... was not a criticism, so I hope nobody took it as such. It was a genuine question.

My Malamute would love the attention, but he would water anything that wasn't moving.  My Akita, even though she's the sweetest animal I've ever had, would be too much to deal with.

[Kate]

My comment ... why would someone bring their dogs... was not a criticism, so I hope nobody took it as such. It was a genuine question.

My Malamute would love the attention, but he would water anything that wasn't moving.  My Akita, even though she's the sweetest animal I've ever had, would be too much to deal with.

I completely understand.  Some dogs cannot handle crowds.  The Newfs are all safety certified to be service dogs and can handle people, they are gentle and do not bark, snap, or go near people unless the person wants them to.

I understand people not like dogs, but I don't like children (AT ALL).  If I asked people not to bring them to faire I'd be considered a horrible person.

[Rowan MacD]

Sorry...got off on a tangent... Why would someone want to bring a dog to the faire if it's not part of a persona?

I hear you, Merlin but to be fair, there are quite a few rescue organizations here that bring dogs to faire, and those are not persona.  Nor are the vast majority of the dogs that are brought by patrons.  That said,  I really haven't had a problem with any dogs at faire with the exception of a few pets brought on site and allowed to run loose inside the shoppes.  
   I adore dogs, but that doesn't mean I will welcome a slobbering, shedding, overly friendly Lab jumping or rubbing against my skirts in close quarters.  
   
 

[Merlin the Elder]

Service animals and those brought in for adoption...those dogs are there for a purpose. I guess I'm questioning the average Joe bringing his mutt with him (no offense, Joes of the forum), and again, I'm just curious why you would want to. I'm not saying you shouldn't...I think I'm being misunderstood. I apologize for that!

Kate, I'd love to get into a big pile of Newfoundlands and just hug the begeebies out of them! Or Akitas, Malamutes, St Barnyards  , Great Pyrenees... I just love big dogs! Let's face it...I'm like Ellie May...I just like critters. How's this for a sweet face?


...off on another tangent...

[Kate]

CUTE!

...Tangent continued...

The Newfs know me as their big seester so I get dog-piled quite literally when I show up at my parents' house.  Once they calm down from the excitement of seeing me they're great pillows!

[raevyncait]

Not really rage, but peeves I have are

uncontrolled children... whether they be participant/vendor, playtron, or patron.  In my experiences, the ones I've been aware of have been patrons & playtrons, as the participant children I know are tended to, either by a sitter, their parents, or sometimes me, as I have friends with a granddaughter who is on shire with them anytime they are both there, and I'll take her to a show or two sometimes during the day. Playtron children, some of whom are the spawn of folks I know, I have no issue with saying "hey! your behavior is unacceptable and rude." and several of them know that I've been told by the parents that I may take whatever measures necessary to correct the behavior.

rude people in general. Yes, the bosom you are ogling is mine (and original equipment), and while I realize I have them displayed, they are still MINE, and no, I am not open to allowing you to bury your face (or anything else) in them.  No I am not hot in this outfit as I'm wearing natural fabrics, but thank you for your concern as you stand there dripping in sweat wearing your hotpants and platform biker boots

My vendor complaints (and, having visited 8 different faires and a half a dozen other festivals/garbed events with vendors in the past 3 years, virtually all for multiple days, it's not always a specific vendor, nor is it a specific faire) include:

1-I am wearing an obviously well worn & much loved item (purchased several years early, at this very faire, from a vendor in your section of the faire) when I enter your shoppe to try on your version of said item. It is VERY poor taste to tell me (as I sit there in my clearly well worn garb and multiple accessories, with my FOF pin displayed visibly on my bodice) that once I try on YOUR product, I will never want to go back to the other shoppe again, because your product is SOOOO much better.  That sir, cost you the sale of not one, but TWO of that item, as well as the sale of anything else in your shoppe.

2-I came into your corset shoppe fully outfitted in well-known products, (Moresca, Silver Squirrel, Ophelia's, Medieval Moccasins), laced into my Moresca as snugly as I can be.  When you FINALLY deign to acknowledge my presence and answer my question with regard to my dear friend's CUSTOM 5 corset order that she asked me to check on while I was visiting from TEXAS (halfway across the country), I find that you have ONE item in a size that might reasonably fit me, and I ask to try it on.  You lace me into it, and it feels fine... not tight enough, but you assure me that it's fine, and that when I lose 5-10 lbs, it is still going to fit me. I drop a couple of hundred bucks in your shoppe, and off I go in my new corset. The next morning, when the rogue I was with tied me in, it laced completely shut, and was still not giving me the support of my Moresca.  Granted, you were nice about refunding my money, however the fact that I repeatedly stated the day before that I a-thought it wasn't tight enough, and b-was ONLY on shire that weekend as I live in TEXAS, your offers to have something my size the following weekend were patronizing, as was the fact that you weren't even willing to tell me how your sizing worked so I might order something online. I totally understand not tying the average patron tightly into a corset or bodice, but you unlaced me from a Moresca which reduced my waist by 2-3 inches easily, if you had LISTENED to me when I told you I thought it was a bit big, instead of trying to push the sale, you would have saved the waste of time of sale/refund, AND kept me from telling people I don't trust you & that your customer service is less than stellar.

3-I allowed myself to be talked into putting a lovely one of a kind piece in your display case on layaway 2 weeks before final weekend. Yes, I was willing to drop more than a car payment on this beautiful piece.  The very next day, I lost my job, with no notice whatsoever, no severance, and limited savings. The following weekend, I was never able to get to your shoppe when you didn't have 8 people deep, or when I did, you pretended not to see me.  Final weekend I finally managed to catch you in the shoppe on Saturday afternoon and told you of my situation, explaining that since I had no idea when I might start working again, I just couldn't justify a car payment on a piece of fun, no matter how much I loved it.  Your lack of sympathy or empathy, and downright RUDENESS was completely uncalled for, especially considering that you refused to refund my slightly less than 10% downpayment.  Your claim that you would have sold it already is ludicrous (I'd been looking at it all season, and it was NOT marked "sold" or anything while it was still on display after I put my deposit down). Rest assured that I (and my friends who have several of your pieces, love your work, and were equally insulted by your treatment of me) will continue to pass your booth without purchasing anything next season, just as we did this past season.

Overall, however, I don't have a big problem with folks at faire. I do find that at some festivals vendors that I know from Scarby are umm, less friendly... I don't know if it's a case of they don't recognize me out of the context of Scarby, or if it's the atmosphere of the festival.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

smoking I'm outside i want to breath the fresh air from the trees not your lung blackening posion

[crashbot]

I smoke a pipe or cloves, but only in open areas.

[Lady Rebecca]

smoking I'm outside i want to breath the fresh air from the trees not your lung blackening posion

Seconded. I especially noticed it at BARF - there was cigarette smoke all over that faire. Pipes I don't mind so much, it's the cigarettes and cigars that bother me.

[Kate]

If a faire is outside, I don't see the problem...

As far as I know, that's still legal.