The stewards are not there to sort out trouble they are only there to bollock you if you dare step into the cross hatched area with a pint in your hand.If it’s that bad and genuinely scary or personal abusive then Stewards should deal with it surely?
that happened to me once….. stepped on the hatched area, pint in hand and alarms going off, search lights and 2 stewards came from no where and gave me a right bollocking!The stewards are not there to sort out trouble they are only there to bollock you if you dare step into the cross hatched area with a pint in your hand.
Perhaps certain management could set a better example with there dictator attitude .I’ve had a number of reports after the last couple of home games of a few fans giving a really hard time to the guys and gals serving at the concourse bars. I know we all get frustrated when things aren’t going too well at the Club, but it seems that frustration is occasionally spilling over into abusive and aggressive behaviour towards the staff behind the counters. It’s not acceptable and they don’t deserve it. Please show some patience and treat them with respect. They are family. Thank you. UTMP!
In good faith and in your role as SLO, you make a polite request to respect our staff (why would they make up stories of mistreatment?), who are there to earn a basic wage & to serve our supporters.I'm absolutely approachable (though I don't wear hi viz - must be someone else) and just approached you. Have you ever contacted me? Do you follow me on FB, Twitter in Gazette?
If you personally aren’t abusing the staff it won’t cause you any problems, so why you getting so pissed about it. Anyone in any walk of life should be able to go to work without facing abuse, profanities or threats of violence. As Patrick Swayze’s character said in Roadhouse, be nice.Nope it’s just another one to beat the fans with.
The same message came from the heroic Kevin Sinfield in his speech after his last walk - "be nice to each other and the world will be a better place".If you personally aren’t abusing the staff it won’t cause you any problems, so why you getting so pissed about it. Anyone in any walk of life should be able to go to work without facing abuse, profanities or threats of violence. As Patrick Swayze’s character said in Roadhouse, be nice.
I did send mine back game before last"My good man, whilst I do appreciate this is likely gourmet standards for you and your sort, trust me when I say this is far from reaching the Egon Roney seal of approval."
If it’s keeping your knees warm, I’m sorry to inform you your flask is leaking.Take your own in a tartan flask, helps keep your knees warm under a tartan blanket too
So I'm told
Jesus ChristIf you personally aren’t abusing the staff it won’t cause you any problems, so why you getting so pissed about it. Anyone in any walk of life should be able to go to work without facing abuse, profanities or threats of violence. As Patrick Swayze’s character said in Roadhouse, be nice.
I did send mine back game before last
Spot on x3 staff anywhere shouldn’t be abused and if you are using the concourse bars you should know they simply can't cater for large numbers so having to wait for service is inevitable.** Hell…
Just don’t abuse the staff ffs!
It’s a reasonable enough request
Or your incontinentIf it’s keeping your knees warm, I’m sorry to inform you your flask is leaking.
Exactly right 100%So it’s ok to beat the bar staff with a stick but not the fans ?
It’s someone’s son or daughter serving you, it’s not difficult to be polite and there is certainly no need or justification for abuse.
Why is everyone so precious and touchy about messages like this If it’s not you then just read and move on surely.
If you're finding it difficult to make meaning from your life then instead of being a ** on a message board why don't you apply to be the SLO and see if you can do it better?More interaction to start with. What have you sent on Twitter this year? 2 posts? You walk around with a silly high viz on I can’t see any benefit to the fan base that you bring in your role. Not approachable and almost anonymous on social media. Waste of space.
I know him….
Know him? I’ve just reported him for having a short crust.I know him….
Yes, it's another stick. The SLO thought he'd come on here specifically to piss you off with an untrue conspiracy theory.Do you know the full facts of any alleged 'abuse'
Or is this just another stick to beat our fans with
No. Respect is quite a serious thingIs this a joke
You also don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see that if the staff get fed up of being abused they’ll leave and without staff nobody will be getting served anythingSpot on x3 staff anywhere shouldn’t be abused and if you are using the concourse bars you should know they simply can't cater for large numbers so having to wait for service is inevitable.
Have you been peeping through the balcony window?
I hope you clicked your fingers brusquely and then just pointed at the pie in disgust with a withering look of discontent and confusion at how anyone could see fit to serve such muck and were then plied with Armagnac by the staff in an attempt to placate you.
I've got so carried away with this daft conceit about the lounges, I can only imagine you all wearing top hats and having your horses taken to the stables by skivies, your coats collected and placed in a cloakroom whilst piano music plays gently and a waistcoated barman greets you with 'Ah, Mr Fielding. Your usual sir?'
Don’t get these really impatient bellenders!You also don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see that if the staff get fed up of being abused they’ll leave and without staff nobody will be getting served anything
If I didn't know better I'd grass you up from my - excellent reception - home broadband.I was furiously clicking on my grassing up app in the stadium to report a whole host of frankly unacceptable behaviour but as there’s no wifi it doesn’t work.
So instead I resorted to random acts of abuse screaming at Jordan Thompson.
I've witnessed the abuse Phil I saw a fan giving the girls in the west real abuse because they ran out of pies.Do you know the full facts of any alleged 'abuse'
Or is this just another stick to beat our fans with
When I get asked fair and pressing questions I attempt to get answers and feed them back to those who've asked them. I never post 'off piste' stuff. I've no idea where that came from. The one-woman football show was put on at the football club, sponsored by a Blackpool fans' group and I publicised it in my role as liaison officer for anyone who might want to know about it.Problem with all this is, and why I think he gets stick is, people ask fair and pressing questions about issues around the operation and fan engagement. They get scant reply.
Then when we do hear from him - it’s usually some off piste stuff that has nothing to do with fan engagement and issues at the club relating to fans. The update about that one woman football show was frankly ridiculous and complete mission overeach.
Even this message was left open to ridicule, the concourses are clearly run poorly, is there any update on why this is? What we can expect next season, bear with us sort of stuff?
Let's be clear the OP was just a generalised comment with no specifics or context to the allegationsLet's be clear. No-one deserves obnoxious insults being thrown at them. The bar staff are trying to do a job. Just let them do it. Anyone who behaves nastily and throws insults about, deserves to be thrown out if the ground.
I've fed similar reports back and the Club is aware of the issue. I agree something needs sorting. One for SD meeting.Can I just say the pre order bar is completely and utterly pointless, I pre order on the machine before the game for beers at half time I then went down at half time and the queue to collect was longer than the queue to just queue up and buy a beer it’s absolutely pathetic the concourse and staff are proper shit and something needs to be sorted out I spent 12 quid pre ordering beers and never collected them because I’d have had to miss the second half ridiculous.
Now that sounds like a reasonable point that needs sorting out.Can I just say the pre order bar is completely and utterly pointless, I pre order on the machine before the game for beers at half time I then went down at half time and the queue to collect was longer than the queue to just queue up and buy a beer it’s absolutely pathetic the concourse and staff are proper shit and something needs to be sorted out I spent 12 quid pre ordering beers and never collected them because I’d have had to miss the second half ridiculous.
But why do you need to know these things? Just take the issue at face value. It doesn't require further justification.Let's be clear the OP was just a generalised comment with no specifics or context to the allegations
What kiosk was it? When did it happen? What was said? Was there any punishment? Where the stewards or police called? Etc etc etc
Reading the OP it reads like it's common for this sort of thing and I'm sure it isn't
Anyway I'm not arsed
Of course it doesBut why do you need to know these things? Just take the issue at face value. It doesn't require further justification.
Frustrating I want to spend money and I’m sure hundreds of others do but it’s so painful they must be losing so much money, those rapid fill machine where they fill the beer from the bottom in about 2 second need to be installed along with loads more tills and more staff. Half time in the north is chaos.Now that sounds like a reasonable pont that needs sorting out.
If there is a point about the staff bring abused, which is better...to ensure that you take note and don't abuse the staff, or seek further justification for the assertion?Of course it does
The queue in the South isn't much better and there are loads more serving tillsFrustrating I want to spend money and I’m sure hundreds of others do but it’s so painful they must be losing so much money, those rapid fill machine where they fill the beer from the bottom in about 2 second need to be installed along with loads more tills and more staff. Half time in the north is chaos.
and in a way even replying to this does you no favours.When I get asked fair and pressing questions I attempt to get answers and feed them back to those who've asked them. I never post 'off piste' stuff. I've no idea where that came from. The one-woman football show was put on at the football club, sponsored by a Blackpool fans' group and I publicised it in my role as liaison officer for anyone who might want to know about it.
No sorry I want context to the accusationsIf there is a point about the staff bring abused, which is better...to ensure that you take note and don't abuse the staff, or seek further justification for the assertion?
Good postand in a way even replying to this does you no favours.
Even if you think this or other posts or replies are insulting as the SLO you need to rise above it instead of clapping back with snide remarks about ‘not knowing where this comes from’ or ‘what a strange comment’ as a rep of the club you cannot really say that stuff to the supporters you’re liaising with, no matter how bad you think they are. It does you no favours.
Again, I think I asked a decent question about why the staff might stick, me or anyone else on this thread raising valid points and trying to help you and the club by pointing this out don’t even get a holding reply of ‘thanks for your input, the kiosk work is difficult and with the infrastructure we have it compounds this. The club are working on some solutions and we’ll have an update to you at the end of the season for a roll out at the start of next season’
Instead any amount of constructive or needless criticism of you or the role is replied to immediately with you rising to everything.
Honestly it really isn’t a good look and honestly I’m not sure why you operate as you do.
Honest question do you have any background in comms?
Interestingly on the comms for the one woman show, no one was interested as you said in your follow up piece, ‘ shame not many people saw it’
Possibly driven by yourself a re think of the comms priorities at the club could be undertake.
There’s loads that could be improved with the comms to the fans from yourself, but it’s take a bit of work, as I understand it you do this voluntarily and part time.
Not needed. I think the SLO speaks truthfully.No sorry I want context to the accusations
So why is the so called incident such a secretNot needed. I think the SLO speaks truthfully.
I haven't called out anyone. I've said that the SLO's message is worth taking on board - by us all.So why is the so called incident such a secret
If you are gonna call fans out on an Internet forum at least give some detail on the incident