Pushing to the front

[krisskross]

It can sometimes be very annoying, if your near the front you should be there to watch a gig not to chat.

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

I can just imagine you lot at Woodstock.

"Oh, good lord, I was just appreciating the finer nuances of Creedence Clearwater Revival when a rather unsavoury looking gentleman with long hair had the temerity to encroach upon my three-foot-radius personal tranquility zone. Not only that, but, unbelievably, he was actually talking to somebody, whilst the music was on. Naturally I left the festival immediately and wrote a pretty ruddy strong letter of complaint to the organisers. Its thanks to people like me that these festivals don't degenerate into blind, ugly fun."

[Mardy]

I can just imagine you lot at Woodstock.

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

one guy managed to stop you getting through a crowd of thousands... he must have been a big bloke

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

and I can just imagine you anywhere. 'f**k anybody else, what I want is more important than anything or anyone else'

[krisskross]

Yeah, your right. Actually it's really cool to try and stop people from politely passing you on their way back to meet their friends, by using your elbows to ignorantly and obnoxiously obstruct someone's progress. No idea why I got annoyed by it!

[MEGABOWL]

what if you're not very tall, and the person who has just taken up their position in front of you means you can't see anything anymore?

[Mardy]

Basic politeness costs nothing, but beyond that it's just one of them things and to worry too much about it is going to inhibit your enjoyment more than anyone elses.

[Billy09]

Think you might need to re-read it. He stupidly tried to stop me. I then decided to stay behind him, for reasons which are then explained.

Yeah, you should have seen him. He was a right dork!

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

I guess you dont have the brain capacity to walk around someone in a big crowd

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

take it it was the dork thing that made this ok, and that had he been a 20 stone steroid abuser you would have thought different?

[Billy09]

Well, I have pissed on bigger people too.

[drugged]

It's unrealistic to expect everyone to stay in position during a gig...

But in saying that, it's undoubtedly rude to barge your way past people - yeah, move into where there's room and move with the crowd in the gig, whatever, but it's hugely inconsiderate to barge past people to the front. I'm sorry but you can't deny that.

You can forever say 'theres no rules/no one has any right to a place in a standing gig', and that's true, but surely you want to be atleast somewhat considerate to your fellow man? regardless of rules, don't you have any feeling that the person who has spent time waiting patiently for their favourite act standing at the front, deserves that place because of their patience?

Not to mention if everyone took the "i'm pushing to the front as there's no rules against it" - it'd be absolute chaos for everyone and no-one would ever get anywhere. Pushers have actually got a lot of thanking to do from those that stay in place meaning they themselves don't get pushed backwards.

It's not about rules - it's about being decent to your fellow man, and appreciating the effort/dedication others put in.

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

Here here. Sense, there.

And also, if someone doesn't get out of your way even after several polite requests to do so, piss on them. Maybe they'll learn some manners that way, the ignorant twunts.

[Filthy]

Here here. Sense, there.

And also, if someone doesn't get out of your way even after several polite requests to do so, piss on them. Maybe they'll learn some manners that way, the ignorant twunts.

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

I would even start chanting "Please move or I'll piss on you" like a kind of mantra. It'll pre-emp any ignorant twunts that may get in your way and could turn into a fun glastonbury tradition.

[JodiB]

If only everyone could be like Bobby Mcferrin, Standing where you wanted would be no problem at all.

Edited June 9, 2009 by JodiB

[Wooderson]

Here here. Sense, there.

And also, if someone doesn't get out of your way even after several polite requests to do so, piss on them. Maybe they'll learn some manners that way, the ignorant twunts.

[Filthy]

what?... pissing on people??

I'm hoping you're being sarcastic

[Katster]

Getting to the front slowly and politely is fine. Idiots who push and don't care who they hurt is not fine.

[ivan]

Getting to the front slowly and politely is fine. Idiots who push and don't care who they hurt is not fine.

[remote]

I've never really been one for getting right to the front anyway, but I find it easy enough to get far enough forward to be surrounded by fans of the band you're watching. I'm more responsive to people who say excuse me as opposed to those people that just barge into my back and expect me to let them stand right in front of me.

[amfy]

This thread is very sad.

It annoys me when people arrive late and push past me.........but then I let it go.....

There is really no point in remaining annoyed - what is that old saying? - "Resentment is like drinking poison yourself and expecting the other person to suffer" - something like that.

Anyway - it just came to me one time when a whole line of lads in their 20s traipsed through as I was waiting for an act to come on and one of them yelled "Dudes on a mission!" as he went past me and I thought "What a bunch of tw*ts!" and then it came to me - I was just sad that my days of "being on a mission" were long gone!

Glastonbury is as enjoyable as it ever was to me but it I would be lying if I said it was quite the adventure it was when I was younger - but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be for other people. Good Luck to the "Dudes on a mission" - they may seem a bit tosserish to my tired old eyes but they're just having the time of their lives!

...and it's just come to me that I don't remeber what band I was waiting to see, but the thought of the dudes on a mission still kind of makes me smile!

[Balumba]

I can just imagine you lot at Woodstock.

"Oh, good lord, I was just appreciating the finer nuances of Creedence Clearwater Revival when a rather unsavoury looking gentleman with long hair had the temerity to encroach upon my three-foot-radius personal tranquility zone. Not only that, but, unbelievably, he was actually talking to somebody, whilst the music was on. Naturally I left the festival immediately and wrote a pretty ruddy strong letter of complaint to the organisers. Its thanks to people like me that these festivals don't degenerate into blind, ugly fun."

[ALABASTER CODIFY]

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