A few years back I was at a PJ show in London and overheard a couple of the merch stall staff talking saying that not one person had said please or thank you to them all day. So I am not surprised if every now and then one of them snaps at a customer.
I’m going to the next London show to right this wrong.
Don't go to a merch stand expecting the price to be calculated correctly every time. Leakage. Get in, and get the F out. If your Large shirt fits like a Medium, get the F out. All part of the excitement that is merch.
If you get the posters first and roll them up while they’re grabbing all of your other shit sometimes they don’t get rung up at all. Then if your shirt is the wrong size it’s not really a loss. Order of operations is important here.
PRMDAS (Please remember my dear aunt Sally).
Posters Roll them Medium T-shirt when you asked for a large Deck, skateboard All the stickers & buttons Socks
My mother called me a bitch motherfucker once. Once.
Johnny Dangerously! A very underrated 1980's comedy.
I love this thread.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.
So….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick
when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and
2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy
goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again,
im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L
not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what???
You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about
to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can
squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the
merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie
that doesn’t fit
So….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick
when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and
2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy
goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again,
im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L
not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what???
You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about
to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can
squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the
merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie
that doesn’t fit
To fit the thread's theme I'm gonna imagine she said "all sales are final haaaaaahd on"
So….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick
when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and
2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy
goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again,
im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L
not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what???
You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about
to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can
squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the
merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie
that doesn’t fit
To fit the thread's theme I'm gonna imagine she said "all sales are final haaaaaahd on"
So….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick
when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and
2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy
goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again,
im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L
not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what???
You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about
to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can
squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the
merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie
that doesn’t fit
To fit the thread's theme I'm gonna imagine she said "all sales are final haaaaaahd on"
Can’t say for sure if this was you, but sounds like it… I saw some yelling/complaining go down between a customer and the merch staff. It looked to me like the customer was the more aggressive one. When I asked the merch guy what that was all about, he just said the customer was “yelling at me and freaking out”, so had to politely ask them to leave.
I echo others’ sentiment… If there’s no recording of it, there’s really no proof. The merch people are saying it was you yelling and swearing at them, not the other way around.
I’ve seen merch workers look a little impatient at times, but them swearing at you… I don’t buy it.
Can’t say for sure if this was you, but sounds like it… I saw some yelling/complaining go down between a customer and the merch staff. It looked to me like the customer was the more aggressive one. When I asked the merch guy what that was all about, he just said the customer was “yelling at me and freaking out”, so had to politely ask them to leave.
I echo others’ sentiment… If there’s no recording of it, there’s really no proof. The merch people are saying it was you yelling and swearing at them, not the other way around.
I’ve seen merch workers look a little impatient at times, but them swearing at you… I don’t buy it.
Can’t say for sure if this was you, but sounds like it… I saw some yelling/complaining go down between a customer and the merch staff. It looked to me like the customer was the more aggressive one. When I asked the merch guy what that was all about, he just said the customer was “yelling at me and freaking out”, so had to politely ask them to leave.
I echo others’ sentiment… If there’s no recording of it, there’s really no proof. The merch people are saying it was you yelling and swearing at them, not the other way around.
I’ve seen merch workers look a little impatient at times, but them swearing at you… I don’t buy it.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.
So….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick
when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and
2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy
goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again,
im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L
not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what???
You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about
to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can
squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the
merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie
that doesn’t fit
I'd make a big scene over this. Idgaf
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A few years back I was at a PJ show in London and overheard a couple of the merch stall staff talking saying that not one person had said please or thank you to them all day. So I am not surprised if every now and then one of them snaps at a customer.
I’m going to the next London show to right this wrong.
This was at one of the O2 shows in 2018. I definitely made sure to be as kind as possible to them at the Hyde Park shows and it paid off when one of them went above and beyond to track down the last of the XXL PJxVolcom hoodies for me.
I always thought it would be interesting to work a bar at a venue for a year or so just to see which bands had the best/worst fanbases. Went on the football stadium tour in Amsterdam before PJ played the Ziggo Dome over the road in 2014 and the tour guide said that when they host concerts the absolute worst crowds are the likes of Tom Jones or anyone who primarily appeals to the 50+ yr old women audience. He told us that some guy who is like the Dutch version of Tom Jones played a 3 night run of shows there and they made more in alcohol sales across those three nights than in an entire season of football matches.
In the UK currently everyone is expecting the Oasis re-union concert crowds to be absolutely awful.
2012 - Manchester (UK) 12 Jun - Manchester (UK) 13 Jun 2014 - Amsterdam (NL) 16 Jun - Amsterdam (NL) 17 Jun - Leeds (UK) 8 Jul - Milton Keynes (UK) 11 Jul 2017 - Rio de Janeiro (BR) 21 Mar 2018 - London (UK) 18 Jun - London (UK) 19 Jun - London (UK) 17 Jul 2022 - Vienna (AT) 20 July - Prague (CZ) 22 July - London (UK) 8 Jul - London (UK) 9 Jul 2024 - Manchester (UK) 25 Jun - London (UK) 29 Jun - Lisbon (PT) 13 Jul
In the UK currently everyone is expecting the Oasis re-union concert crowds to be absolutely awful.
lol
I can't wait to see Oasis next year! Not just to hear their music again but to see how the crowds act during the shows. I've seen Oasis five times before they broke up in 2009 and they always had crazy crowds.
Do you know what it's like to fall in the mud and get kicked... in the head... with an iron boot? Of course you don't, no one does. It never happens. Sorry, Ted, that's a dumb question... skip that.
In the UK currently everyone is expecting the Oasis re-union concert crowds to be absolutely awful.
lol
I can't wait to see Oasis next year! Not just to hear their music again but to see how the crowds act during the shows. I've seen Oasis five times before they broke up in 2009 and they always had crazy crowds.
I missed the Oasis craze, but definitely get a kick out of the fanbase.
Love that this thread blew up. Here is the culprit.
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If I was behind you and you were rolling posters I would be pissed. They have tables for that....or at least they did at Wrigley
I was trying to roll up the posters as he was getting my other merch.
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2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2 2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2 2021: Ohana I, Ohana II 2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno 2023: St. Paul N1 & N2 2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
How many shirts did you try on or change your mind about
One.
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2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2 2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2 2021: Ohana I, Ohana II 2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno 2023: St. Paul N1 & N2 2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
Who calls someone a bitch mother fucker when no one is around and then runs?
Sorry you had your merch experience tainted.
I would stop buying merch. That'll show that bitch mother fucker. /
Agreed. I felt better after that because I knew the guy was a coward.
2000: Los Angeles, San Bernardino
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2 2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2 2021: Ohana I, Ohana II 2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno 2023: St. Paul N1 & N2 2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
Who calls someone a bitch mother fucker when no one is around and then runs?
Sorry you had your merch experience tainted.
I would stop buying merch. That'll show that bitch mother fucker. /
Lol. That's pretty much what he did. Ran into the back.
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2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2 2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2 2021: Ohana I, Ohana II 2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno 2023: St. Paul N1 & N2 2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
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Have a great day!
Posters
Roll them
Medium T-shirt when you asked for a large
Deck, skateboard
All the stickers & buttons
Socks
I love this thread.
Merch worst experience at Fenway
DarthedvedderSo….. long line for merch, but it was moving fast. Tried to be quick when it was my turn. Got a hat and a hoodie. Only sizes left were L and 2XL. I’m like, give me the 2xl. Pay and walk about 5’ and my buddy goes, that sweatshirt looks small. Check the size, and it’s a L. Again, im like 5’ away from the table and tell the girl, hey you gave me the L not the 2XL. She’s like, sorry, all sales are final. I’m like what??? You messed up, not me. She’s like sorry, that’s our policy. Shows about to start and I didn’t want to make a scene… so I’m like, mate I can squeeze into a L. It’s snug. Write 10 club and the directed me to the merch sales, but that’s really ridiculous. I paid over $80 for a hoodie that doesn’t fit
Can’t say for sure if this was you, but sounds like it…
I saw some yelling/complaining go down between a customer and the merch staff. It looked to me like the customer was the more aggressive one. When I asked the merch guy what that was all about, he just said the customer was “yelling at me and freaking out”, so had to politely ask them to leave.
I echo others’ sentiment… If there’s no recording of it, there’s really no proof.
The merch people are saying it was you yelling and swearing at them, not the other way around.
I’ve seen merch workers look a little impatient at times, but them swearing at you… I don’t buy it.
Whoa!!!!
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Fenway 9/15/2024
I always thought it would be interesting to work a bar at a venue for a year or so just to see which bands had the best/worst fanbases. Went on the football stadium tour in Amsterdam before PJ played the Ziggo Dome over the road in 2014 and the tour guide said that when they host concerts the absolute worst crowds are the likes of Tom Jones or anyone who primarily appeals to the 50+ yr old women audience. He told us that some guy who is like the Dutch version of Tom Jones played a 3 night run of shows there and they made more in alcohol sales across those three nights than in an entire season of football matches.
In the UK currently everyone is expecting the Oasis re-union concert crowds to be absolutely awful.
2014 - Amsterdam (NL) 16 Jun - Amsterdam (NL) 17 Jun - Leeds (UK) 8 Jul - Milton Keynes (UK) 11 Jul
2017 - Rio de Janeiro (BR) 21 Mar
2018 - London (UK) 18 Jun - London (UK) 19 Jun - London (UK) 17 Jul
2022 - Vienna (AT) 20 July - Prague (CZ) 22 July - London (UK) 8 Jul - London (UK) 9 Jul
2024 - Manchester (UK) 25 Jun - London (UK) 29 Jun - Lisbon (PT) 13 Jul
Ohana (USA) 27 Sep 2024
Ohana (USA) 29 Sep 2024
Enjoy the reunion.
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2
2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2
2021: Ohana I, Ohana II
2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno
2023: St. Paul N1 & N2
2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2
2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2
2021: Ohana I, Ohana II
2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno
2023: St. Paul N1 & N2
2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2
2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2
2021: Ohana I, Ohana II
2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno
2023: St. Paul N1 & N2
2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2
2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2
2021: Ohana I, Ohana II
2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno
2023: St. Paul N1 & N2
2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2
2003: Irvine, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara
2006: Los Angeles N1 & N2
2011: Mexico City
2013: Wrigley Field, Los Angeles N1 & N2
2014: Austin City Limits Weekend 1
2015: Mexico City
2016: Fenway N1 & N2
2018: Seattle N1 & N2, Missoula, Boston N1 & N2
2021: Ohana I, Ohana II
2022: San Diego, LA N1 & N2, Oakland N1 & N2, Fresno
2023: St. Paul N1 & N2
2024: Vancouver N1 & N2, Vegas N1 & N2, Los Angeles N1 & N2, Seattle N1 & N2, Dublin, Manchester, Missoula, Wrigley N2, Boston N1 & N2, Ohana N1 & N2