If you are the person who abandoned a tent full of crap at EMF: We are going to find you.
You have enraged a group of people who enjoy puzzles and suddenly have a lot of free time.
Run.
If anyone has drone photos of Thursday afternoon, specifically covering the area behind stage B, I would really like to see them
We have now reconstructed their entire travel itinerary from a receipt, a scrap of packaging, and a packet of tobacco.
Regrettably there is no red string on site.
@jonty I'm sorry you're having to deal with this.
If they turn out to be up my way, please do come and stay when you visit.
@jonty Those who do salvaging from the utter mess left behind at Leeds Festival and similar have taken great interest in the amount of effort that's been put into this :D It simply shows the huge culture difference between EMFCamp attendees (and how amazingly tidy they can be) compared to the utter chaos I rifled through last year in the aftermath to recover items to donate to those that need it. Festival Republic have a lot to learn about fostering better Festival cultures.
@stanto Things you will enjoy:
* The reusable cup vendors are absolutely astonished that we returned 95% of cups. Apparently that is the highest amount they've ever seen returned from a festival by a huge margin.
* The bin vendor was shocked that all the bins were present and correct, and none of them had been damaged.
* Some locals walked their dog through the site during teardown and say they love us because all the other festivals leave so much rubbish on site. They want to come in 2026.
@stanto @sarajw As a decades-long Glastonbury attendee I have been very distressed to see how it's got worse year-on-year despite the "TAKE IT HOME" message being reinforced incessantly.
There was a visible shift the first post-pandemic year in 2022. Feels like attitudes changed somehow. I'm hoping it's temporary.
@jonty @stanto lived in Bristol for 12 years and never made it to Glastonbury, more's the shame!
The price was always just too high, I was too goody-goody to sneak in, and too lazy to volunteer 😅
Probably just takes a few rich non-hippies to leave their stuff (because they can afford to, and are lazy) and more follow suit.
@jonty This reminds me of a comment from the bar staff one year at the hotel where UK Games Expo is held: “We love it when you come because you drink like ruby players and behave like chess players”. Nerd culture seems to be well above average in its ability to have a good time without causing misery for others. Something to be proud of.
