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Little Mix

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Not1SuperMum · 21/07/2018 21:46

AIBU to think that when you being physically and verbally abused over a period of time at a Little Mix concert, call for security support, they come and they tell you they can't do anything as they can't get you out. Does this country never learn, large crowds must be managed, particularly when people have too much alcohol.

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19lottie82 · 21/07/2018 21:49
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SouthWestmom · 21/07/2018 21:52

Kent? What actually happened?

SandyFagina · 21/07/2018 21:53

What have little mix got to do with you being a wet lettuce?

NicoAndTheNiners · 21/07/2018 21:53

Blimey, I assumed it would all be little kids with their mums.

RhythmStix · 21/07/2018 21:54

Do tell, OP.

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BitchQueen90 · 21/07/2018 22:10

I went to one of the shows and I was surprised that alcohol was being served. There was a lot of arguments around us about people who were "pushing in" to the front. There was a drunk bloke who got made to move by security.

condepetie · 21/07/2018 22:22

I thought it'd be kids and their parents too.

I guess you move away? It's a big crowd, there's plenty of space to go to. It's not acceptable obviously but I would think security are more worried about children being hurt or (if alcohol is being served) fights happening between adults.

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Not1SuperMum · 21/07/2018 22:24

Little Mix themselves have little to do with it. The event organisers and security have a lot to do with it. If you think it's being a wet lettuce to not find it acceptable that a 13, 12, 10 and 9 year old and shouted at in their faces, shoved and pushed and generally intimated, then we have different values.... Each to their own.

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HateSummer · 21/07/2018 22:25

Now you know how asylum seekers and refugees feel fleeing war torn countries.

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Not1SuperMum · 21/07/2018 22:25

If only security had moved these instead of saying it was too busy to take us to safety. They closed the bars because of the fighting.

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condepetie · 21/07/2018 22:27

Oh, children are involved in the abuse! You did not mention that until just now.

Spam88 · 21/07/2018 22:28

That's horrible :( Were you standing OP? I thought kids weren't normally allowed to stand at these things.

paceyswife · 21/07/2018 22:28

I was at a little mix concert last week, alcohol was served and I saw none of this. Sorry you got a shit time of it OP

condepetie · 21/07/2018 22:29

To take 5 people to safety somehow is an impossible task, what do you expect from the security? Of course children should not face abuse but I don't think we're hearing the whole story. Where were you? In the middle of the crowd with nowhere safe to go? Did security witness the event? Did the assailant continue or run away?

paceyswife · 21/07/2018 22:29

Hatesummer bit off topic Confused

RhythmStix · 21/07/2018 22:31

Yes, having to flee Syria/Libya / Niger is just like going to.a Little mix concert Hmm

What a dumb, moronic post.

UrghBullTee · 21/07/2018 22:32

Now you know how asylum seekers and refugees feel fleeing war torn countries.

You what love? Confused

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Not1SuperMum · 21/07/2018 22:32

We couldn't move away, the barrier was in front and the group had penned us in, hence why we called for security. They shouted at them, they didn't listen. Others were trying to help us. If only we could have just moved. In the end we managed to get out and left the concert, by this time we had 4 terrified children

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Holidaysyet · 21/07/2018 22:32

I hate the level of drinking at concerts, the amount of gigs I've been to where there have been fights because of alcohol is ridiculous. Someone at one gig was so drunk they urinated where they stood.
I was at Take That in Manchester last May and we had the gig completely ruined by drunks there too who were a total nightmare to the point we officially complained about how unsafe we felt.
That's where they make their money though on booze sales.

At another gig last week and a drunk man spilt his pint all down the back of a little girl. It's bloody ridiculous.

NicoAndTheNiners · 21/07/2018 22:32

Last night’s concert I believe was 100% standing.

Pingipinguin · 21/07/2018 22:33

Drip drip drip

dalmatianmad · 21/07/2018 22:33

Was this Derby by any chance?

Livedandlearned · 21/07/2018 22:39

My dc went to a gig with their dad and a man was so drunk he fell onto my son, covered him in beer and hurt his back, my son was only 11. It was a family event.

Why do people get so drunk they can't stand up?!

mrs2468 · 21/07/2018 22:43

I didn't think children under 14 were allowed to stand or was this a seated area?

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