Thanks for all the positive back up peeps. Apart from that one incident I really did have a great couple of evenings wandering around.
THANKS AGAIN for making the security job so easy.
A couple of thoughts:
Not sure if wandering around in pairs would solve the problem....more likely to be seen as confrontational....less likely to hear exessive noise if you're chatting to your mate...more likely to disturb others.
Ditto the ability to 'summon help'. Its better to walk away if people don't cooperate than to risk provoking matters and disturbing even more peeps.
Our 'friend' wanted me to go and fetch Ian.....I'm sure Ian would have really appreciated being woken up to sort things out.
His family/friends/collegues eventually took things over and quietened him down. Up to that time they had been totally unprovocotive and had cooperated. I suspect that the guy intimidates peeps to see/do things his way....I know many peeps would have felt threatened and intimidated if they had had the audacity to approach him.
The friendly...non confrontational approach really did work. How many of you who weren't partying realised that at least 8 largeish groups of peeps were drinking and chatting until the early hours on both nights. One partying group of about twelve peeps actually complained to me about the noise from 'sir'. Have to admit I thought it was them initially
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but they were great.
Ian is in a difficult position with this particular long standing member of the club and there are other factors involved so we should accept his descisions and if the guy turns up again I/we shall deal with it then (I have a bottle of mouthwash already giftwrapped
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).
From what the guy said he is a forum member...but had never heard of me so it has to be wondered how often he reads anything.
If he turns up at a North West meet he almost certainly will not be made welcome and if it is one of the several meets that I organise each year he won't even get on the booking list.
I feel that I've made my point. Everbody (except one) that I encountered on Friday and Saturday nights were brilliant...cooperative, considerate and friendly.
Lets leave things to calm down for now and see what happens.
After all 'retribution is always best served cold'.
cheers
H
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