This must be my week to rant. There must be a huge proliferation of newbies at all the shows I do, because it seems like 75% of them have never heard that you are to UNLOAD your vehicle, PARK your vehicle, THEN set up your tent and stuff. This is the 'rule' at 99% of shows, so unless there is a proliferation or rude, lazy or stupid vendors, they must be new, correct? Same goes for load-out. Great promoters are controlling load-out by not letting the vehicles in to the show grounds until they have verified that the tent is down, and all is packed up. Of course, if it is raining, the tent goes up and then put everything under, and the opposite at load out. That is the only exception. The other peeve is the guys that show up late, are still allowed to set up while the show is open. Just plain ridiculous. If you are not there on time, you don't get to participate that day. If Promoters would enforce this, it would stop. I don't want to hear about traffic, car trouble, or getting lost. All excuses, and none worth messing up the show. Plan. Expect Traffic. Buy a GPS. Get to the show the day before if needed. Just don't hurt my sales by setting up while I am trying to sell. It's unprofessional and inconsiderate. Ok, now you can all throw rocks at me, but it's not really hard to follow the rules. Of course, you would have to read them and give a d$#n.
