Got kicked out at Kansas City

CJMST3K

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

starmap3333 wrote:

wrong move man - you're just going to get lambasted as a perp by these people. i've been booted too, know it was bullshit, vented here (probably for some validation), and got the same "oh too bad it's your fault". sorry you had to endure another asswipe security guard thinking there will be stage diving and eddie jumping off the pa stack.

I sense a common theme here...nothing is ever your fault, and you always have an excuse for your actions!

blondieblue227

riffrandall wrote:

Ever done concert security? I'm guessing it SUCKS big time.
Dealing with drunks who get out of their seats & then put their hands on you as a guard... no surprise that there's a zero tolerance policy. Theres nothing that says you have a right to a picture.

Shitty situation for you, though. Buy the boot

interesting view.

sorry that happened thou.
it goes to some men's heads sometimes....being a rent-a-cop. or a cop for that matter.

you just never know.........

so best do what i suggested in another thread:
put down the camera and fucking jam out.

Backspacer_Backer

i used to have a feisty little girlfriend like yours, so i know the type. she thinks she can put her hands on a security guard or cop b/c he won't have the balls to return the favor. she got what she deserved, and so did you. stay in your god damned assigned seats, assholes. i get sick of being crowded in by a bunch of dumbasses roving around the arena trying to score better seats, take pics, or whatever the fuck else dumb douche nozzles like you and your girlfriend do. no disrespect.

Open

ed243421 wrote:

RC153010 wrote:

Security should worry about the people who are smoking weed. The smell is awfull.

i think YOU smell awful

+ 1

youngster

PJ_Lukin wrote:

All in all, venue security guards are overzealous. IMHO.....They should act in a professional manner consistently, remembering that the people are there to have a good time and paid a lot of money to do so. If there were no complaints by other patrons or there was not an attempt to disrupt the show, I think there should be some leeway there. It was only a picture for crying out loud.

BTW.. if Ed saw that, he would have flipped a bit.

Yeah, Ed isn't afraid to confront overzealous security guards...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAoCNdCjZUk

JS81606

I would like to hear what the security guard has to say. Would his story differ from yours? I would have done the same as you would, I'm just saying, what's his story.

neilybabes86

RC153010 wrote:

Security should worry about the people who are smoking weed. The smell is awfull.

:roll:

norm

CJMST3K wrote:

JOEJOEJOE wrote:

starmap3333 wrote:

wrong move man - you're just going to get lambasted as a perp by these people. i've been booted too, know it was bullshit, vented here (probably for some validation), and got the same "oh too bad it's your fault". sorry you had to endure another asswipe security guard thinking there will be stage diving and eddie jumping off the pa stack.

I sense a common theme here...nothing is ever your fault, and you always have an excuse for your actions!

Ledbetterman10

joehale wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

joehale wrote:

If you were there and you saw it- yeah I'm that guy. First and foremost, sorry for the disturbance that was caused that night, but I just need to vent a little. Here is my side of the story:

My wife and I were seated most of the way back on the floor where we could not see much. She kept trying to snap a picture of the band with no luck. After some careful observance, she decided there was enough foot traffic up and down the aisles that she could walk toward the stage, snap a pic and come back to her seat. I decided, "what the hell, I'll go with you." When we got close enough for a pic, we were met by a security guard who told us to go back to our seats. My wife quickly tried to take the picture before she turned around and that bastard security guard deliberately shined his flashlight right into her camera. She tried to move his hand (my wife is all of 5-foot-2 and anything BUT a threatening figure) and he began shoving her violently, grabbing and pushing her right on her breast. When I saw this, my natural reaction was to jump in and DO something. So, I pushed the guard. Things get a little fuzzy at that point. He took a swing at me and I dodged it and when the pushing and grabbing was all over, I was in an armlock and being escorted outside.

I'm sure there will be people on here who will lambaste me as a trouble maker. You know, one of THOSE people who show up to the concert and ruin it for everyone. But, I can assure you that it is completely out of character for me to get into or cause anything like this to happen, and in the end, it really only affected my wife and me, but I still think the security guard could have been a lot less zealous.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

I side with security on this one. I don't agree with him pushing or grabbing your wife (though I suspect you may be exaggerating this a little) but I do think that he should have blocked the picture and sent you back to your seats. I'm not usually much of a stickler for the rules....but if you guys walk up front and are able to take pictures, then they'd have to let everybody and that would cause chaos.

Not exaggerating. In fact, I had to take a really deep breath before writing this to make sure I didn't over do it. This is putting things very mildly. When I left there I was pretty fired up. And, like I said, there were SO many people in the aisles-taking pictures, making recordings with their phones, etc....

wow. well that's fucking crazy man. ya gotta fight for your wife in that situation if he really does put his hands on her, but you guys probably could have sued if it was just him pushing her and there were witnesses.

Bummer ya got kicked out. I wasn't there but I saw the setlist and the first set was right up my ally. Did you at least get to see the majority of the show?

ajedigecko

man....i wish you had a "used" itouch/ipod that was approximately 70.00 bucks in value. you could have taken some good pictures with my extra ticket.

Pearlybaker

One of the worst cases of out of control security I've ever experienced at a concert was at Grateful Dead in NJ 10/89. I was at these shows and they were literally riding around in golf carts beating up people after the show in the Brendan Byrne Parking Lot.

It seemed each night that they got away with it - the next night it got worse. Unfortunately, this poor guy paid the ultimate price.

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/12/nyreg ... gewanted=1

mauichick

joe2317 wrote:

If you were there and you saw it- yeah I'm that guy. First and foremost, sorry for the disturbance that was caused that night, but I just need to vent a little. Here is my side of the story:

My wife and I were seated most of the way back on the floor where we could not see much. She kept trying to snap a picture of the band with no luck. After some careful observance, she decided there was enough foot traffic up and down the aisles that she could walk toward the stage, snap a pic and come back to her seat. I decided, "what the hell, I'll go with you." When we got close enough for a pic, we were met by a security guard who told us to go back to our seats. My wife quickly tried to take the picture before she turned around and that bastard security guard deliberately shined his flashlight right into her camera. She tried to move his hand (my wife is all of 5-foot-2 and anything BUT a threatening figure) and he began shoving her violently, grabbing and pushing her right on her breast. When I saw this, my natural reaction was to jump in and DO something. So, I pushed the guard. Things get a little fuzzy at that point. He took a swing at me and I dodged it and when the pushing and grabbing was all over, I was in an armlock and being escorted outside.

I'm sure there will be people on here who will lambaste me as a trouble maker. You know, one of THOSE people who show up to the concert and ruin it for everyone. But, I can assure you that it is completely out of character for me to get into or cause anything like this to happen, and in the end, it really only affected my wife and me, but I still think the security guard could have been a lot less zealous.

Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.

That totally sux..in no way did security have a right to lay a hand on any part of her..and for taking a pic in the aisle? come on people you really think security was justified? that's ridiculous and she should file a complaint as should you. security's there to defuse situations, not incite them
hope yr going to more shows and have a better experience

smartin9000

To the OP, I can't say I'd risk anything to snag a picture of the band, but if I was in you situation I'd be in jail right now. Good on you for not letting a security guard get away with some bullshit! Sorry you two missed the show, but glad you're "okay".

brainofe

i was there on the aisle (row 19 seat 1) and saw the entire thing happen, and your story is way over exaggerated. At first I thought it was two different incidents but now i see they were related. What I saw was a ton of people walking up the aisle to take pictures and every one of them being turned away by this little old white lady and a younger looking guy with big head phones. Only once did I see head phone guy shine a light directly into someone's camera after telling them to go back which i guess it was your girlfriend. There was absolutely no physical contact by the security guard or your girlfriend, after he told her not to take a picture, she tried taking one anyway so he flashed the light directly into the camera. Your girlfriend just turned and left. Moments later that same security guard is pushing some skinny white dude out towards the back. My guess is that you got offended that he shined that light to ruin the picture and decided to be Mr. Macho to impress your girl. I hope it worked.

norm

plot thickens!

josevolution

norm wrote:

plot thickens!

Don't worry Norm here in NY we are so use to seeing the band every yr that no one takes picts anymore you have to actually throw something at the band to get kicked out ..

norm

josevolution wrote:

norm wrote:

plot thickens!

Don't worry Norm here in NY we are so use to seeing the band every yr that no one takes picts anymore you have to actually throw something at the band to get kicked out ..

ed and i are buds...we bonded last year when i was front row at la2 :P

81

norm wrote:

plot thickens!

Nothingbetter

We were told by the staff there that the BAND specifically asked that the rows be kept from people clogging them up for safety. The staff took to that seriously, which they should have. People that weren't heading to their seats were told to clear the isle and go back. I don't see anything wrong with that.

My wife and I had row 27 (floor section 1 - 323xxx) seats at the isle and she was so excited because she's 5'2 and gets shafted every time we're on the floor. A couple of douchebags kept walking up and standing RIGHT in front of her. We asked them to move and they kind of did...then staff moved them. I appreciated that. The other time, another guy was standing right in her way and she asked him to move...he just did a 360 and gave her a look. No staff was around so I told him to move. He was giving me sh*tty looks so I said "You don't have a ticket up here, right?" To which he agreed. I said "Do you want me to go get security?" He just looked at me and then I got pissed. I said "GET THE F**K OUTTA HERE!" He was sizing me up a bit and said "You're gonna talk to me like that?" I told him it wasn't working the other way..then he walked off.

Security NEEDS to take care of those situations so they don't escalate and ruin it for those of us trying to have a fun time. Losers that don't want to shell out the money to get a good ticket, or aren't big enough fans to have joined the fan club, don't need to be ruining it for the rest of us. I was fortunate it didn't escalate because that's the last thing I wanted to do was get kicked out, but I was tired of the disrespect...especially to my wife.

Easties

RC153010 wrote:

Security should worry about the people who are smoking weed. The smell is awfull.

You mustn't have smelt the good stuff.