Thank you Fenway security!

theflagem

Thanks for doing a great job of keeping out those scammers who were trying to get into our section (A4) without a ticket on
Tuesday night. It's just great when people try to sneak friends into a row they don't belong in. All it took was one text and they
responded within a minute checking tickets in our row and giving the grifters and their oversized poster tubes the boot!

Gern Blansten

Good deal....how did you know who to text?

lolobugg

1-800-NOGRIFTERS

theflagem

Gern Blansten said:

Good deal....how did you know who to text?

I could tell there was going to be a problem before the show started so I googled Fenway Park security looking 
for a phone number to call and found that they have a text number which was even better. I waited a couple of songs
into the show to confirm they had no intention of leaving and sent the text. Couldn't believe how fast they showed up to handle
the situation

CROJAM95

It happens at all shows

they are usually over the top drunks

if they play it cool I don’t care much

Gern Blansten

theflagem said:

Gern Blansten said:

Good deal....how did you know who to text?

I could tell there was going to be a problem before the show started so I googled Fenway Park security looking 
for a phone number to call and found that they have a text number which was even better. I waited a couple of songs
into the show to confirm they had no intention of leaving and sent the text. Couldn't believe how fast they showed up to handle
the situation

That's awesome.  Nothing shittier than refugees in your seating area.  The seats were narrow enough.  The chick next to me was not big by any means but she took over about half of my area for some reason.  My wife had a similar issue on her side so we were pissed off half the night.  No refugees....just seat hogs.

I had that issue at Soldier Field when we saw GNR a few years ago.  We had a front row of a floor section about 3/4 of the way back on the floor.  A dude and two chicks just parked their asses right in front of us like they owned the place.  I grabbed a security guy to move them but they came back....then the guy got pissed at us for not wanting them there.

CantKeepmedown

They were pretty lax on the turf, I thought.  There were a couple occasions when I hadn't even got the tix pulled up on my phone and they just waved me through.  Glad to hear that were responding so quickly to the problems.  

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

NDJeff7

They were really lax on the turf. I was with my wife and took a screenshot of the 2nd ticket and just texted it to her, so she'd have it in case she needed to go to the bathroom, etc. But I was thinking, if I had a buddy sitting in another part of the stadium, what would prevent me from texting him a screenshot of the ticket and him just showing that to get down to my turf seats?

droptheleash9

CantKeepmedown said:

They were pretty lax on the turf, I thought.  There were a couple occasions when I hadn't even got the tix pulled up on my phone and they just waved me through.  Glad to hear that were responding so quickly to the problems.  

Disagreed. I sat on the turf on night 2. In the hallway out to the field I had my ticket checked twice and then 2 times more on the field. Felt like I was entering Fort Knox.

bootlegger10

NDJeff7 said:

They were really lax on the turf. I was with my wife and took a screenshot of the 2nd ticket and just texted it to her, so she'd have it in case she needed to go to the bathroom, etc. But I was thinking, if I had a buddy sitting in another part of the stadium, what would prevent me from texting him a screenshot of the ticket and him just showing that to get down to my turf seats?

It was done.

theflagem

I don't know why they didn't also use wristbands for the turf seats, they could have have different colors sections A, B etc.

NDJeff7

bootlegger10 said:

NDJeff7 said:

They were really lax on the turf. I was with my wife and took a screenshot of the 2nd ticket and just texted it to her, so she'd have it in case she needed to go to the bathroom, etc. But I was thinking, if I had a buddy sitting in another part of the stadium, what would prevent me from texting him a screenshot of the ticket and him just showing that to get down to my turf seats?

It was done.

I was thinking, that with the tickets just on your phone it's actually easier for people to sneak their friends in and out of the good seats. I was really surprised that there were no wristbands of any sort.

Merkin Baller

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

F Me In The Brain

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

People smoke throughout almost every show I go to.  @Fenway 1, I smelled weed for about every song.

ed243421

ed243421

F Me In The Brain

Ha!

lolobugg

F Me In The Brain said:

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

People smoke throughout almost every show I go to.  @Fenway 1, I smelled weed for about every song.

almost got tossed for smoking a vape. (no weed just nicotine)

nicknyr15

Security did a great job at the merch booth at gate A also. Sunday night people tried cutting the whole time and security were tossing them to the back. Tuesday they set up the zig zag rope thing to block that shit from happening. 

lolobugg

while we are at it, I would like to thanks the TSA agent at the Newark airport for molesting me during a "pat down".

deadendp

lolobugg said:

while we are at it, I would like to thanks the TSA agent at the Newark airport for molesting me during a "pat down".

It was Newark.  No disrespect to those here, but I found Newark to be like flying into hell.  Not surprised.  

mcgruff10

deadendp said:Newa

lolobugg said:

while we are at it, I would like to thanks the TSA agent at the Newark airport for molesting me during a "pat down".

It was Newark.  No disrespect to those here, but I found Newark to be like flying into hell.  Not surprised.  

Newark is terrible.  For the past five years I try to fly out of philly.

Merkin Baller

F Me In The Brain said:

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

People smoke throughout almost every show I go to.  @Fenway 1, I smelled weed for about every song.

As did I, but that doesn’t change the fact that my friend got tossed for smoking at Fenway 1, and I’m surprised to hear a guard was cool enough to just tell someone to “put it out.”

curmudgeoness

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

Huh. I swear, two security guys decided to come watch part of the show in our section, and they stank of weed when they left.

seanwon

Merkin Baller said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

People smoke throughout almost every show I go to.  @Fenway 1, I smelled weed for about every song.

As did I, but that doesn’t change the fact that my friend got tossed for smoking at Fenway 1, and I’m surprised to hear a guard was cool enough to just tell someone to “put it out.”

My Cousin was caught in the Pavilion Club section smoking a J and Security told him to "put it out, smoking isn't allowed here".  Then turned and walked away, without making sure he did.

JimmyV

Having lived my entire life here, I am stunned the title of this thread was not intended to be sarcastic.

Merkin Baller

seanwon said:

Merkin Baller said:

F Me In The Brain said:

Merkin Baller said:

Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

Security guy told me to put my joint out in B5 during GTF on Tuesday. I tried telling him the show just started but he didn’t seem to care. 

You're lucky that's all that happened.

My friend got tossed for smoking a J on Sunday (but it was during RITFW so he wasn't too worried about it).

People smoke throughout almost every show I go to.  @Fenway 1, I smelled weed for about every song.

As did I, but that doesn’t change the fact that my friend got tossed for smoking at Fenway 1, and I’m surprised to hear a guard was cool enough to just tell someone to “put it out.”

My Cousin was caught in the Pavilion Club section smoking a J and Security told him to "put it out, smoking isn't allowed here".  Then turned and walked away, without making sure he did.

I believe it, I had no problem smoking either night, but I still tried to be discreet about it. Some security guards are cooler than others. 

Milestone

Merkin Baller said:

F Me In The Brain said:

As did I, but that doesn’t change the fact that my friend got tossed for smoking at Fenway 1, and I’m surprised to hear a guard was cool enough to just tell someone to “put it out.”

That’s why I love the west coast. The security guards smell like weed. 

CantKeepmedown

We had no issues with joints. Just cupped it and tried to be discreet.  I fee like as long as you're not putting it right out there, they'll give you a pass.  The security guy in our area (facing the stage, to the right of B6) was walking up and down the aisle singing his lungs out.  He was clearly a fan and having a great time.  

GreekFreak

nicknyr15 said:

Security did a great job at the merch booth at gate A also. Sunday night people tried cutting the whole time and security were tossing them to the back. Tuesday they set up the zig zag rope thing to block that shit from happening. 

I think I was in that line...was it the bald guy that was screaming at people and tossing f bombs?