Can someone please explain?

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: Can someone please explain?

I was in the campervan field so maybe have just missed it but I was completed non plussed by the things people left behind.... why?

There were tents.. and not just tents that were up but tents that were packed up and just left..... sleeping bags in perfect condition ..maybe just needed a wash... clothes.. bottles of achohol (WTF?) those sun shade things whos name I can never remember allways think its pagoda but its not ..ok a lot were trashed but loads were ok....

... can someone please explain the mind set of just leaving such stuff, maybe its my age but to just leave a £100 tent WTF!!!

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:58 pm Post subject: Can someone please explain?

these people are just idiots with money to burn

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: Can someone please explain?

daft tosssers, i need a new sleeping bag too arrghh .. someone left a huge red sofa bed in the field we were in !! shame i only had a VW Polo Wink

I`d grab all these things n car boot em if i had the space to get em all !!

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: Can someone please explain?

we has the sofa for the festival weather lounge Smile

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: Can someone please explain?

Good stuff it was so stoooopid to waste it Very Happy

plus it turns into a bed so ya can get more on it hehehe ... obv. not for sleeping tho as that`s not allowed Wink

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

i dont no if the big chill is always knee deep in rubish and crap, wallowing around like pigs,and altho i found people friendly,i get the impresion that these hoo ray henries dont give a fuck.especialy in such beutiful settings,i thought they were dickheads...hope they dont all come to sunrise next year(hopefully)...rubbish dumping toffs...our site was almost spotless...rant over Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

Yeah, that's progress for you - humanity becomes ever more efficient at turning natural resources into landfill sites full of shit. With a particularly valuable contribution from stupid idle cnuts who have too much money (and who probably complain about having too little). Evil or Very Mad

Mind you, my old tent was way too small for festy use. I now have 2 rather nice ones that only cost the sweat it took to lug them home Cheese Face

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

bloody good work my man Wink

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

zenecho wrote (View Post): › I was in the campervan field so maybe have just missed it but I was completed non plussed by the things people left behind.... why?

There were tents.. and not just tents that were up but tents that were packed up and just left..... sleeping bags in perfect condition ..maybe just needed a wash... clothes.. bottles of achohol (WTF?) those sun shade things whos name I can never remember allways think its pagoda but its not ..ok a lot were trashed but loads were ok....

... can someone please explain the mind set of just leaving such stuff, maybe its my age but to just leave a £100 tent WTF!!!

I was in the camperfield, and we noticed some campers in an old mouldy caravan. Shocking state it was, even more shocking come Monday to see the owners had buggered off and left it in the field Shocked

theres just no need for that

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

Sadly, abandoning £50-£100 worth of gear (tent, gazebo, mouldy old caravan, anything bought just for a festival) appears to be coming more popular. There was a surprising amount of stuff abandoned at Mudrise.

I assume the thinking goes something along the lines of its not much in comparison to the rest of the costs of attending, I don't (want|need|have space for) it, and I'll dump the chore of getting rid of it on somebody else.

"Please take your rubbish home with you."

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:41 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

Quote: › someone left a huge red sofa bed in the field we were in !!

We saw that being carried in, I said at the time that they'd leave it behind! Glad it's gone to a good home Smile

Mudrise was an extreme example, people left in a hurry, so there was some excuse as to why they didn't pack up muddy tents etc. But there's no reason for the waste at Big Chill (and other big festies I suppose).

We have 'spare' tents that we've rescued, one came in handy at BC when it was loaned to some peeps who were a bit cramped in their van Smile

Others make great playhouses for the kids Smile

At BC we rescued a fully working, portable (with handle and wheels) fridge!

Melvin

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

It seems more and more people with no idea are going to festivals. Glasto 2005 the theme was lets end poverty and because it rained and things got muddy loads was abandoned. Bloom last year the amount of rubbish left strewn all over the field was utterly disgraceful. The Big Chill they have a big sign saying leave no trace and again the amount of rubbish in the mornings by the stages and left behind after the festival was appaling. These people really need to be educated about the effect they are having on the world they live in. However they all seem to be of the someone else will clean it up attitude probably due to the fact that that is what happens at home. Mummy still cleans up after them. We should go and party at their houses and laeve them in a shocking state and maybe then they will get the idea!!

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

stonedinnocentfrankenstei wrote (View Post): ›

Quote: › someone left a huge red sofa bed in the field we were in !!

We saw that being carried in, I said at the time that they'd leave it behind! Glad it's gone to a good home Smile

What amazed me about that sofa is that is was not wet/stained/broken/ruined in any way at all, it was in fact pristine considering it had been in a damp field for a few days. Glad it has been acquired for the lounge cos it was well comfy and will 'house' loads of peeps when made into a bed. I can see the mammoth bed + balloon sessions now Wink

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

I just don't get it either. How hard is it to pack up and put your rubbish in the bin. Even if wasted Rolling Eyes

Some people must get paid to much to leave a tent and sleeping bags at a festival. Fuck, we need a festival revolution....what to do?

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

I suggest we all get together, preferably whilst munted in the FW lounge at a festy and write a book...........

FESTIVALS FOR DUMMIES!

Gh0sty wrote (View Post): › We should go and party at their houses and laeve them in a shocking state and maybe then they will get the idea!!

i think you already have. if you remember, you ruined joys carpet and now her neighbour hates her Wink

i remember at Glastonbury years ago (more than 20 years probably Sad

) that i looked really hard before I left and found a couple of friendship bracelets and a little bag and was really pleased!! now you're tripping over the stuff!

Leaving cheap tents behind I could understand the thinking, but an entire sofa? Crazynesss.

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Can someone please explain?

i dont no if its about how cheap things are...its about,rubbish.litter and disrespect for the land..ALL diswanted crap should still be taken away not just left for other people to deal with.... Evil or Very Mad