Ladder Events? [organizer of Hot Import Nights Manila 2012]

[OTEP]

They advertise a car show from 12nn to 7pm. Fair enough. I just want to see some cars. I leave The Medical City at 3pm and get there a little past four.

I've been a car show attendee since around 1988 and this one has got to be the one with the longest line. Suprisingly, the crowd inside isn't really that big. Why the long line? Because there is only a guy or two slowly selling tickets. They must be newbies since they couldn't even identify who their boss is. They were just hired to sell tickets as per one of the guys at the ticket counter.

At around 4 pm we fall in line. By 5:30 we were nearing the ticket booth when one of the female organizers announced that only the Php400.00 VIP tickets will be allowed admission after 6pm.

The female patron in front of me complains to the female organizer. Showing the ticket announcing a car show from 12nn to 7pm and a party afterwards. The female organizer reasons that even though the party is at 8pm, they will have to clear the place before 8pm. The female patron cries fraud saying there were no prior announcements that the venue will close at 6pm and that some of them had come from work (hindi naman kami puro students with allowances from mom and pop). The least the organizer could have done was announce that general admissions would be until such time only instead of surprising the patrons who are in line that they can no longer enter. Siyempre sinegundahan ko yung female patron since her argument is valid. A polite announcement a few days or hours before didn't hurt anyone.

What happens next surprises me as the female organizer hurls a pen towards the female patron and storms away. The female patron doesn't even flinch (haba ng pasensya) and just goes away. The female organizer leaves also.

I identify myself as being from Tsikot.com to one of the persons wearing an organizer's uniform and would like to get the name of the female that nearly hit me with the pen she hurled. Surprisingly, the guy ran away!

Not wanting to cause a scuffle, I just go back to the Rotary Club meeting next door and leave shortly thereafter.

The least the organizer could have done was identify until what time they would be admitting general admissions even before the show date. And that they could have at least made their lines faster (it stretched until the side of the WTC Manila) so that people who arrived at 4pm would still have a fighting chance to view the cars on display.

Not all of us go there to watch jiggling silicone and half naked ladies...

Some pics to follow.

[renzo_d10]

Well, that was a bad experience.

I myself cannot fall in line for 1 1/2 hours just to have a ticket.

Maybe I should reconsider going to MIAS instead of this

Hmmmm.

[OTEP]

Ticket:


Hurling pen lady:


Back of hurling pen lady:


Hindi naman siguro 'kopal' sa Tsikot.com ang babaeng ito?

[renzo_d10]

No pics of the ladies ... erm ... cars, doc? Or you didn't proceed inside?

[OTEP]

Hindi na. Thinking of MIAS also. May mga gusto lang din akong tignan na units on display dito. But not worth Php400 x2 (dalawa kami) if you ask me.

Pano kami papasok eh ayaw na ni hurling pen lady?

Feeling ata ng production outfit, success is measured by how long the line is. I've seen bigger crowds in the other local shows without having to resort to mile long lines.

[renzo_d10]

Hindi na. Thinking of MIAS also. May mga gusto lang din akong tignan na units on display dito. But not worth Php400 x2 (dalawa kami) if you ask me.

Pano kami papasok eh ayaw na ni hurling pen lady?

Feeling ata ng production outfit, success is measured by how long the line is. I've seen bigger crowds in the other local shows without having to resort to mile long lines.

Yung transport show sa SMX last year maraming tao, but the line was relatively fast-paced.

Dun nalang nga siguro ako sa MIAS, this coming Thursday, para hindi dagsa rin.

[OTEP]

Sabi ng aking bubwit ay sadya daw pinahaba ng organizer yung pila ng general admissions so people would be forced to spring for the VIP tickets.

I guess there's a grain of truth to that since there were events people hawking VIP tickets along the general admissions line.

I'll see if things change tomorrow. Once all the party people have left and only the auto enthusiasts are left.

[CVT]

Ticket:


Hurling pen lady:


Back of hurling pen lady:


Hindi naman siguro 'kopal' sa Tsikot.com ang babaeng ito?

Kopal iyang nanghagis ng pen.... :twak:

Parang si Sgt. Slaughter iyang hurling pen lady na iyan, a?!...

Para tuloy takut na takot iyong chick na nakasuot ng stripe na white and red long sleeves.... :hysterical:
15.2K:froggy:

[vinj]

Very, very poor professionalism on the part of the organizer. :nono:

I have stopped going to the small shows already since its almost like a dime a dozen where i see the same displays. I try to go to some of the bigger shows when i have the time (MIAS, Transport Show). Signs of ageing as I also prefer looking at restorations more than the modified vehicles.

And my apologies to the photography enthusiasts out there as i can get irritated with all those guys crowding the cars to take photos of the girls; some of them can just be plain "off". Nice tip from GH for me to go early in the morning when the doors just open.

[IMm29]

Whoa! Siya pa ang galit! Unlike you, Doc Otep, I would've probably not stopped until someone gave me a decent explanation as to WTF was going on and a profuse apology from hurling pen lady.

What kind of an events outfit are they running? Tsk Tsk! And that complaint was warranted by the way you folks had to wait in line for over an hour just to get in.

[tomboy]

Parang tomboy ah. Baka gusto nya sya yung magtwo-piece?

[renzo_d10]

Wala na party party ngayon diba? Sana mas maluwag. If the wearher will be fine later, ill go. If not, sorry arianny hahahaha

[greatauror28]

Punta na!

Just to lighten things up (and also the weather), let me share this take last 2010 during b2b carshow at The Fort.

[absinthe]

Natakot ata yung "bouncer" nung nagpakilala si TS na member ng Tsikot, tumakbo palayo e.

I think I'm going to the upcoming MIAS. Wanna see the all-new Ford Ranger.

[SiRbossR]

Me too, i'm goin to the MIAS.

[renzo_d10]

I'll most likely go i the weather stays fine throughout the day. Nung papunta kasi ako kahapon puro baha na nadaanan kaya i took a uturn nalang and headed to somewhere else instead.

[onemph05]

HIN in the States has been on the down turn, dead. They have canceled shows and people had the long road to get their refunds. Seems they're attempting to hold shows, where word hasn't spread.

[tomboy]

Ako kahit isang beses hindi pa ako pumunta sa car show. Pero bakit kailangan lagyan ng chipangga? Hindi ba enough ang kotse to attract?

[renzo_d10]

Hirap lang talaga pag may models na maganda, lalong sumisikip yung area kasi dami photogs.

[robot.sonic]

Hirap lang talaga pag may models na maganda, lalong sumisikip yung area kasi dami photogs.

pati pantalon sumisikip din bigla.