[Sca-cooks] Some disturbing news about one of thefoodmerchantsatPennsic

[Rosalyn MacGregor]

Good My Lord,

Was that this year perhaps? If so, I suspect you were challenged by Viscount
Sir Edward, the Landocrat for Pennsic. If you look like media, and you're on
your own, you can expect to be challenged in a hostile manner. There is a
whole office--Pennsic Media Liaison--just to handle people who want to film
the people and activities at Pennsic. Viscount Edward, known affectionately
in the East as Fast Eddy, will be the Autocrat for Pennsic next year.

Next time, I'd suggest bringing a regular hand-held camera/video camera and
you'll have no problems.

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Rosalyn MacGregor
(Pattie Rayl)
Pennsic 32 Media Liaison
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Phelps" <phelpsd at gate.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Some disturbing news about one of
thefoodmerchantsatPennsic


>
> In response to:
>
> > > dark hair and a beard who over the years could never seem to bother to
> be
> > > polite to anyone and whose favorite litany was first "PAPERS LET ME
SEE
> YOUR
> > > PAPERS" then later "MEDALLION LET ME SEE YOUR MEDALLION" as he got
right
> up
> > > in people's faces like some nasty East German border guard at "Check
> Point
> > > Cooper".
>
> Was written:
>
> > That sort of thing has never happened to me with any Cooper staff or any
> > official event staff, including security.
>
> Well it happened to me dressed in full kit behind a tripod the size of the
> Eiffel Tower with two medium format cameras on it trying to set up a
series
> of shots with a dozen or so armored people just off the field.   Of course
I
> do not remember seeing him with any one else.  Perhaps he slipped his
lease
> on the occasions I saw him and went rogue. :-)
>
> Was further written:
>
> > But it's sure happened more than once to mewith Generic Drunk Scadians
or
> > and Generic Stupid Event Attendees who thought it would be damn funny.
>
> In reply:
>
> That is on the plus side for the Coopers... Pennsic does tend to attract
> rowdies.  I'm not saying that we are all easy to deal with and we are, I
> suspect, well out of the mainstream.  I just found the Coopers and their
> minions and Mr. Black Beard in particular relatively lacking in civility
yet
> conversely relatively abundant in arrogance.  The attitude seemed to be
> something like the bumper sticker that one sees occasionally in South
> Florida, "If it's Tourist Season Why Can't We Shoot Them", i.e.,
>
> we like their money so...
>
> we must put up with them...
>
> but we don't have to like them...
>
> or be polite.
>
> Daniel
>