Monday, March 9, 2015

Natural Products Expo West: High on Security, Low on Use



Well the legionnaires weren’t asked to help out at the Natural Products Expo West. That was great. No disrespect or discrimination intended. As I explained in earlier posts, the elderly workers just weren’t able to read driver’s license quickly. And one I guessed didn’t understand that people washed their hands which wore off hand stamps. 

What this year did have is a long line or Trade Show Temps who were situated at the entrance of the convention center itself. Every time you went into the convention center, you had to show your ID. That wasn’t much of a problem.

What was a problem is that once you exited the convention center on Sunday after the show closed, you couldn’t get back in. Not to use the bathroom, not to return to your friends who were holding heavy bags for you, nothing. I thought it was complete overkill. There was also a sort of Express line for those who bought superpasses. If you didn’t have one, you had to go down several doors. That line was seldom used. So there were a lot of security doing nothing. And with two to four security for each door—not entry, DOOR—you had to squeeze by them just to get in after being checked.

I thought it was a lot of money spent by the event for very little in return.
There was no enforcement of the 1-bag rule even at the end of the show.

Somewhere in between what they did last year and this year would be preferred.

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