Going to the Natural Products Expo West can be hazardous.
Because of the Legionnaire’s. No, not Legionnaire’s disease. But the elderly
Gestapo.
The show, I suppose, hires the elderly legionnaires—I’m
guessing that’s who they are because they are in uniform—to staff the
entrances. But it can be very hazardous. Why?
They check IDs. Which takes longer than it should because
they’re eyesight in not great. Whoever thought about putting them with that
task is clearly not thinking.
They stamp hands after checking IDs. Simple enough, right?
Except the fact that the ink on the stamps wears off easily when you wash my
hands. Last year, I got my hand stamped then washed my hands. When I went back
into the exhibit hall, the elderly woman at the door argued with me claiming
that I got my hand stamped yesterday because it was faded. I guess she never
fucking washes her hands. She was so irritating.
At the end of the show, the organizers put them at all the
exits making sure no one leaves with more than one bag. They seize anything
over the limit. I just brought an oversized duffel bag and made periodic
luggage dumps at the Hilton.
I love the Natural Products Expo West, but the Gestapo
nature that they exact in the operation of it leaves much to be desired. Since
they offer free exhibit hall entry codes and their verifying of qualifications
is not stringent, it seems they should be doing more clamping down prior to the
beginning of the show.
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