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Originally posted by techweenie
The teamsters have most major venues locked up. I understand the worst is McCormick Place in Chicago. If you're responsible for a booth setup, you bring a pocketful of $50s.
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Oh yeah, used to do e3 at Staples every year. You want something done you better have cash. My "petty" cash would run $500-$1000 per day.
One day we needed some stuff back at our hotel and we needed it in a hurry. No time to find the union guys to carry it outside.
We pulled a van up to a side door and went to our booth the back way. Loaded stuff up on dollies and rolled it out of there.
We made it all the way outside and were loading the van when some guy on a forklift sees us.
Next thing you know we are surrounded by 4 or 5 really big dudes who seemed to pop up right out of the ground.
One guy in our party thought it was a good idea to try and reason with them, he learned that was a bad idea.
We threw some cash on the ground, they let go of our guy and we got the hell out of there as fast as we could.
Scott