Argh.

[logomancer]

When I took the e-gaming position for TCon, I had no idea I would be micromanaged to this degree. At the first meeting, nius and jdunson and anterus were basically telling me how to do inventory and check-in/check-out for the games and game systems. I found that annoying, as I was perfectly capable of the basic thought required to put something like this together. Now they're expecting me to enforce a strict "no food or drink" policy. According to them, this applies to me too. So now I'm expected to be in that room 24 hours a day (in order to run the tournaments and keep an eye on the equipment) with no caffeine and no food. Unless, of course, I can pry someone from Security to watch the room for me. Which isn't likely, given the fact that there's a half-dozen people willing to do security overnight.

I tire of being treated like an effing lackey. I am just as qualified to run a room as anyone else, and I've seen MAGFest run a gaming room with people being responsible for food and drink in the room. They should at least have enough sense to realize that I'm responsible enough with food and drink to let me have a sealable bottle of Coke while I'm on duty. Apparently not. Grr.

I look forward to the day when I am treated as an equal and not just as somebody's pawn.

Comments

[yubbie.livejournal.com]

Oh for god's sake ross, get the tree out of your ass. You know what? People do go to panels. I do. And gosh, there's people there with me. At least, I expect they're people, not some kind of robot zombie that the technicon overlords secretly funded in order carry out the high cabals wish to maintain unneeded functions. Meanwhile, I have never set foot into the spiel area except for the time I had to get through them to unload a truck. By using the same completely fucked up logic you like to use, I can thereby assume that no one goes to those games anyway, and we can just drop them, the only people pushing them are those hopeless out of touch gamers who still think people want board games, for God's sake.

I'm sorry that technicon couldn't cater itself entirely to your interests, but unlike folk like you'd who'd rather piss and moan about how we suck because your favcrite ass didn't get seriously kissed, we try to balance it so that everyone who comes can find *something* they enjoy doing, besides just hanging out in the lobby.

[rbandrews]

Odd that you'd mention games, since I actually didn't. I do enjoy going to Technicon, which is why I'm willing to brave airport security and fly across the country to do so. Perhaps you should read what I said instead of what you wanted to bitch about...

[yubbie.livejournal.com]

because I know your pet peeve.

[rbandrews]

Again, odd. That wasn't so much a "pet peeve" as my job, since I was Spiel's Technicon Monkeyboy and all.

Anyway, I didn't mention it, and you seem to have laser-focused on one tiny aside in a comment not even directed at you.