Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca (Greg J. Lorenzo)7/1/03 >I hate to say it but have you considered that maybe being a little more >verbally assertive with these people would have forced them to back off? >I'm not suggesting that you should ever go beyond that but rather you >seem to know what your rights were and are in these type of situations >why not demand them? > >As you've said these were rent-a-cops overstepping the bounds of what's >reasonable. I believe that I took each verbal exchange to our mutual limit. I have a pretty good feel for when someone is about to ³lose it,² including myself. And I choose not push others, or myself into ³loosing it.² On those points which I felt confident in knowing my rights I expressed my rights, courteously and powerfully, which made them angry. When they started talking about throwing me out. I told them to speak civily to me. Noone needs get thrown anywhere. At other times they maintained authority, siting rules which I had now knowledge of and had to take their word for, such as, ³any professional photographers are required to have permits before bringing professional gear onto the grounds.² I asked them where that is posted and thatıs when the discussion shifted to bodys being thrown about. The bottom line comes down to: I was on their turf (arguably private property opened to a paying public) where their rules and rule book was not accessable to me. I have since researched the actual ³media permit requirements of the venue² and will follow up with reasonable complaints and according to their procedures. Fond regards, G e o r g e L o t t e r m o s e r, imagist <>Peace<> <>Harmony<> <>Stewardship<> Presenting effective messages in beautiful ways since 1975 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ web <www.imagist.com> eMail george@imagist.com voice 262 241 9375 fax 262 241 9398 Lotter Moser & Associates 10050 N Port Washington Rd - Mequon, WI 53092 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html