Unread postby Eric » Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:54 pm
jneilvindy wrote:
I almost went with unionized or full time yearly salary with benefits but hey, I'm lazy today so I didn't bother to look it up if the cleaning peeps was paid outta Larry's pocket
It's not coming out of "Larry's pocket" - it's coming out of yours (and mine, and every other Burner's). Part of what our tickets pay for is "playa restoration" - assuming we were allowed to exist without it, the playa would look like a more nightmarish version of this by now:
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That crap takes 6 weeks to clean up, but due to the idea of Leave No Trace, ours gets cleaned in less than a month (and that's due to the hard working DPW MOOP-crew picking extremely small crap out of the playa).
Everything for this event - every fee, every portapotty, every first-aid station, every single thing is paid for by our tickets - including the staff that runs it. You might think about that next time you complain how the money is being spent, because the only way to change it is to not buy the ticket in the first place (since it is in no way a democracy).
jneilvindy wrote:
If I was The larry I'd be charging as much as possible too! I don't feel the ORG owes me anything I'm not willing to pony up the cash for. I wish I'd thought of burning man back in the 70's!
The Org (not "Larry") doesn't charge as much as possible - they could charge $600-1,000 a ticket & still sell out, we just wouldn't be the ones who could afford to go. They keep the prices as low as they can with everything those tickets have to pay for - and be glad they do, otherwise it really would be BroMan.
Alright you fuckos, don't make me split this off from Page Two as well. This thread is already moving far beyond being simple venting to becoming an attack vector, and that is not what is was designed for.
Oh lord I'm doomed! I'm like laughing here being a smart-ass, seriously I'm not attacking anyone or anything in this thread
When I say stuff like out of Larry's pocket I'm being sarcastic in that I think ANYTHING they pay for is cutting into Larry's super-rich luxurious lifestyle. Man it's all about the hookers and blow I thought!
I fully support every reasonable effort in encouraging attendees to keep the playa clean. Personally I'm a neat freak and find it hard to deal with people who can just casually litter or be slobs. Especially out in public.
Personally I LOVE the camp shaming of the after action moop map and don't care if everyone involved is a tree loving earth hippy or gets paid for playa restoration! For all I know they get free tickets and the right to stand in the Larry blowjob line from birgins right after gate
Everyone needs to Three little fonzie it!
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