Where have you been kicked out of?

lol!!!!

 

:chillpill::chillpill::chillpill: ehm ...shoes are pesky but wearing fins over dry land is degradating

 

Today, the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, after having been there having a good time for five hours (and seen by perhaps over a thousand individuals) with mother & stepfather. I had checked the site yesterday for any mention of footwear policy; none to be found.

Nothing I / we said mattered to the obviously bored, antagonistic individual; it didn't take long in the line of shot-down-by-me reasons for him to just spit out "private property". :frown:

I'm going over my memories of it and determining what I did wrong in the encounter. Certainly saying, "You're going to ruin our day over this?" was one of them, in addition to jokingly saying as a suggestion, "I didn't see anything, nope, nothing at all."

No, next time it's straight to the one on the other end of that little black radio transmitter. They can look me in the eye when they fire off about any or all of the four primary myths concerning forgoing footwear. :devil:

(Btw -> hehe.)

 

Well, see they already had your money so whats the diff to them?

 

Actually, it's quite ridiculous that a shoe policy (posted somewhere or not) is enforced at a ren fair, when there are barefoot performers dressed in costume befitting the era, especially as peasants or beggars, which is historically correct, too.

I've visited quite many such fairs in Germany, and a few years ago, the event organizer had a small line posted on their web page that recommended (not ordered!) people to wear sturdy shoes for their own safety. However, that was never enforced at the fair's gate nor were the security people (formerly dressed in historic garb, too, as city bailiffs) on the hunt for barefooters to throw them out. The recommendation of wearing shoes is by now gone from their web site, and there are still many barefooters among the performers as well as the visitors, happily wiggling their toes.

Since they had the idea to kick you out from that fair after having been there for hours, I would write to the organizer, asking about a refund for you and your relatives - I'm sure that you didn't only pay the admission fee but also spent money on food and drinks already, too.

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I found that the Minnesota Renaissance Festival doesn't have a policy against bare feet; it was just one un-knowledgable individual who thought there was one. I'm not too happy about / regretting my previous post's "No, next time it's..." line now... :frown:

 

No need to feel bad about it, IMO. It sounds like you were (rightfully) pissed off about the things happening. Actually, the approach itself, finding the person in charge (or at least the one issueing the ban on bare feet) and confronting him/her is the best to do. The poor employee carrying out the order might be on your side, while the manager persons are the ones to catch and to learn the lesson of bare feet being healthy, sturdy and perfect to walk anywhere.
:daisy:

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

i wonder if it is better asking before. i mean, if they don't want me barefoot inside, i don't want to pay for being kicked out minutes later without refund especially if it's not explicitly forbidden by visible signs placed outside. but if i ask before buying the ticket i shift all the weight over the business owners and staff which will be forced to make the painful choice of rejecting a paying guest or tolerate and let me in, sparing me (and us) time and money. something like "i've got no shoes, is this an issue?" and if they answer yes well screw you guys, im going home

 

Even though my query has nothing to do with going barefoot (which I love doing, BTW), I'll ask: How does Cartman's expostulation translate into Italian?

 

Andate a farvi fottere. Io me ne vado (a casa).

 

Mille grazie! It does sound better in Anglo-Saxon!

 

or Andate tutti affanculo, io torno a casa

 

Bekijk 't maar, ik ga naar huis!

 

so far, just my momma's womb..

 

jeez. just one cameo appearance of E.C. was enough to hijack the whole thread, lol :2thumbsup:

 

Appropriately Cartman-like, don't you think?
(I love going barefoot! HA! This thread is RELEVANT!)

 

Indeed.

My stepfather sent them an e-mail last week and in it he pointed out that a "friend" had sent an e-mail (my way of politely asking after-the-fact if there was such a policy) that had received a response from Minnesota Renaissance Festival management.

This was their response to my e-mail, with mine quoted:

A few days later they called stepfather, left a message wanting to talk, and today he spoke to them. I conversed with him via AIM which he has on his cellphone:

What illogical assholes! NO policy—to be found anywhere—and their e-mail above saying what it does—yet still getting kicked out?! "Unwritten policy" is also known as "I'm making shit up."

Let's not forget that all banning of bare feet is founded upon myths, fears, and utter falsehoods in addition to personal beliefs and things like "Zero Tolerance". "Zero Tolerance" = Zero Brain / Cognitive Function!

 

oh scary gravel..

 

Yeah. Ooooooooh scary, dangerous gravel! I spent five hours not just walking on it, but not paying attention to the ground as I was constantly focused on everything / everywhere else. Zero injuries / issues.