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To sneak alcohol into a concert ?

273 replies

willwetalkinthemorning · 10/06/2023 12:38

Going to a concert tonight in a large stadium
Prices are extortionate
Your looking at £10 for a gin
I have a foldable wine bottle holder which I plan on putting gin in and putting it in back of jeans
Buying lemonade from inside with a glass than adding my own gin
Would you do it ?

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Maireas · 10/06/2023 16:01

Had anyone suggested a Tommy Cooper style fez, yet? You could get a lot in that.

Maireas · 10/06/2023 16:03

How about pretending you have piles and bring a rubber ring in to sit on? You could get loads in that.

CoreyTaylorsSoggyTshirt · 10/06/2023 16:08

Maireas · 10/06/2023 15:54

You're welcome. Some people genuinely seem to think that it's a club with the same posters! I read "MN thinks..." a lot. Which is such bollox.

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Consider me thoroughly reprimanded for using a shorthand term.

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TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 10/06/2023 16:10

RampantIvy · 10/06/2023 15:20

I think you might look a little suspicious wearing a multi pocket jacket in this weather Grin

Besides, they pat you down nowadays.

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I've only ever had my sides patted down, not that I sneak in alcohol but I've been in a lot of arenas, smaller venues and a couple of stadiums in the last year and getting miniatures would have been really easy.
Getting in even a small sealed water bottle is harder!
Murrayfield let me keep it the other week which surprised me.

Maireas · 10/06/2023 16:21

CoreyTaylorsSoggyTshirt · 10/06/2023 16:08

Consider me thoroughly reprimanded for using a shorthand term.

Your prefect badge is in the post👍

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I think I love you.
Your "Assistant to Perfect" is being delivered via DPD 😚

Megifer · 10/06/2023 16:23

thinktwice36 · 10/06/2023 15:41

are you aware that not every concert promoter makes a killing? What do you think pays for….

artist fees
security
staff
staging
lights
power
licencing
PRS fees
transport
cleaning

and that’s just the start of it. Please think about that when you are trying to steal from business who suffered horrendously during covid, often with staff who due to the nature of the work slipped through the WFH/Furlough net.

”they” are just trying to make a living and put on an event that people enjoy.

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I wouldn't pay ridiculous prices for drinks so just wouldn't bother, so I'm not stealing anything 😇

Scalottia · 10/06/2023 16:23

strawberrywhisk · 10/06/2023 14:07

Y is a crooked letter that comes before ZZZZ!

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Thank you for your amazing and hilarious insight. 🙄

Maireas · 10/06/2023 16:29

Well most people seem to be on your wavelength OP, and I hope you've got some good smuggling ideas.

Captainhook3 · 10/06/2023 16:37

Go for it…. very much doubt you’ll get caught. Enjoy the concert

NumberTheory · 10/06/2023 16:48

MovinGroovinBarbie · 10/06/2023 13:13

I'm not sure smoking weed somebody grew at home is much worse than wasting the resources of staff trying to prevent terrorist attacks etc.

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How would OP be wasting terrorism prevention resources?

HaddawayAndShite · 10/06/2023 16:51

NeverDropYourMooncup · 10/06/2023 13:16

Mathematics may not be your forté when compared to your knack for hyperbole, but if it takes a litre of vodka to get you feeling 'mildly tipsy', you have some serious problems.

I think the worst parts of working festivals and gigs are the pissed up twats who think they're being sooo very clever by sneaking in spirits. They're an absolute liability, not just to themselves by faceplanting down the stairs, but to everybody else at the gig from their behaviour. I suppose they get a little bit overexcitable because it's a bit boring working for the Inland Revenue or Local Authority Finance Team, but when they go down, it's usually somebody else who needs the medical treatment.

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The worst part of being a festival manager are smug cunt know it all’s tbh.

U2HasTheEdge · 10/06/2023 17:06

MasterBeth · 10/06/2023 13:22

Love all the people claiming they're some kind of connoisseur who can't possibly drink what's served, then planning to smuggle booze in via a reused plastic CapriSun pouch stuffed in their bra.

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I'm no connoisseur., and don't pretend to be. My favourite wine is Blossom Hill White Zinfandel, FFS.

I do want my lemonade to be fizzy though, especially for that price.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 10/06/2023 17:18

CoreyTaylorsSoggyTshirt · 10/06/2023 13:34

Back when I drank I had fake resealable tampons I got somewhere online. They had a little flask (enough for a double) in them and you just seal the top, could take a few into places without arousing suspicion at all, even if they looked at them.

I've also seen bangles, hairbrushes, scruchies with zips that could hold a couple of miniatures, and various hats, bags with fake lining, and clothing specifically for smuggling drink into places.

MN is really weird about alcohol, anything more than a whiff of babysham every other Christmas means you're an alcoholic.

I was about to suggest these. I think I found them on Amazon and posted a link in a thread started by a poor woman trying to prepare for a stint in the gulag Covid quarantine camp. I figured with rationing she could have made it withA drink a day for her time there.

Pyjamasleeveprincess · 10/06/2023 17:19

When I was younger and stupid one way my friends and I used to smuggle booze into places was in a packet of tena lady pads. Even if we were challenged on it we used to say that we had a super heavy period and would they like to check for evidence. Funnily enough, no-one did.

Places like Wares of Knutsford also sell replacement seals for bottles.

Manichean · 10/06/2023 17:20

I am very old and have a tena nappy in my bag with the booze folded inside. Nobody touches it.

StarchySturgess1 · 10/06/2023 17:37

I go to quite a lot of gigs and fewer drunk people would only improve them.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 10/06/2023 17:37

So much easier back in the day. Picture it, it was the 80’s big hair as far as the eye could see remember the small purses that matched the cute flats with tight pegged jeans. I had a good size hairspray bottle that fit perfectly in that little purse. Most often the security guy would just wave it through with a comment that nothing would fit in there. If employee of the month contender did open it all he saw was a bottle of hairspray in the 80’s being carried by a girl with 6”+ bangs.

⬇️ Not me but not too far off what I looked like.

To sneak alcohol into a concert ?
TheKobayashiMaru · 10/06/2023 17:39

StarchySturgess1 · 10/06/2023 17:37

I go to quite a lot of gigs and fewer drunk people would only improve them.

Huge difference between having a drink or two versus being drunk.

StarchySturgess1 · 10/06/2023 17:41

Huge difference between having a drink or two versus being drunk.

People who feel like they need to sneak alcohol into venues don't tend to only want one, wouldn't be worth the effort would it.

Maireas · 10/06/2023 17:42

@saltinesandcoffeecups I think that's me on the right, c.1986.

Maireas · 10/06/2023 17:43

Manichean · 10/06/2023 17:20

I am very old and have a tena nappy in my bag with the booze folded inside. Nobody touches it.

Smart move 👍

honeyytoast · 10/06/2023 17:43

IMO there’s no real point smuggling drinks in if you’re going to the bar anyway (apart from being cheaper) as you’ll miss your spots/not get close to the front.

Whatkindofuckeryisthis · 10/06/2023 17:44

Some people on here! my god!
Having a drink doesn’t make you an alcoholic and nothing wrong with not wanting to pay extortionate prices! Do it.. good luck!!

TheKobayashiMaru · 10/06/2023 17:44

StarchySturgess1 · 10/06/2023 17:41

Huge difference between having a drink or two versus being drunk.

People who feel like they need to sneak alcohol into venues don't tend to only want one, wouldn't be worth the effort would it.

Actually it is. Recently on a work trip, when out, a large glass of white wine cost nearly £10. Far easier to fill a water bottle with a glass or two and save £20 all evening.

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