**BAM Feedback Thread**
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Well said old man.
BAM, or formally known as the Mt Hammy Meet was originally created for this reason exactly. The food and music is just a fun bonus!
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bought 2 tickets and wasn't about to wait that damn long for my # to be called
i know others did the same... so to hear you guy where running low on food is SHOCKING, good thing everyone that paid didn't stick around to wait to be served.
other then that i LOVED the location/ setting
the turnout in vendor's square was weak (not your fault) especially since the room they were in was freaking AWESOME!
only suggestion would be that next time make the car show and vendor's square kinda flow into each other... (maybe that's not possible since you couldn't block the doors IDK)
i know others did the same... so to hear you guy where running low on food is SHOCKING, good thing everyone that paid didn't stick around to wait to be served.
other then that i LOVED the location/ setting
the turnout in vendor's square was weak (not your fault) especially since the room they were in was freaking AWESOME!
only suggestion would be that next time make the car show and vendor's square kinda flow into each other... (maybe that's not possible since you couldn't block the doors IDK)
Last edited by zumnwrx; Aug 10, 2011 at 09:50 PM.
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im not complaining nor did i throw a hissy fit over the food thing (use to that by now) im just saying...
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I big suggestion for next BAM that I know everyone wanted but hasn't said.
OPEN UP THE FENCE SO WE CAN DRIVE OUT THERE hahahaha, the area looked really nice to go driving around, would make a sick cone killing course 
OPEN UP THE FENCE SO WE CAN DRIVE OUT THERE
hahahaha, the area looked really nice to go driving around, would make a sick cone killing course
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From what I heard because I joked I wanted to run my Shelby down it is that it's still currently being used so no one can use it. Lol ya I asked or more so joked about it haha.
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It comes down to listening to those with a legitimate beef (pun intended). Distance to drive isn't one that I'll listen to - since those complaining don't realize that I spent the time to triangulate the distance from the major member hubs in order to come up with this location. San Jose, Santa Rosa and Sacramento - all of these are within 8 miles of being the same distance away from Alameda.
To anyone who complained about the distance to drive:
Show me a location that is:
1. Equal distance from each of the three cities listed above.
2. Contains grass and open space for the ~8 children who attended.
3. Doesn't have a temperature of 90+ degrees during the month of August.
4. Doesn't require investing over $5,000 to make it useable.
Let me know what you come up with.
To anyone who complained about the distance to drive:
Show me a location that is:
1. Equal distance from each of the three cities listed above.
2. Contains grass and open space for the ~8 children who attended.
3. Doesn't have a temperature of 90+ degrees during the month of August.
4. Doesn't require investing over $5,000 to make it useable.
Let me know what you come up with.
Hopefully Brian gets the 510 fixed by then.
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Hell yeah! Lol plus my older brother would kill me if I showed up without the Shelby.. Gotta convince him to let me reg my car up there so I can get my 40 buck tags every two years haha. Beats the grand + here that's for sure! So it will have Oregon plates in the future I hope!
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Hell yeah! Lol plus my older brother would kill me if I showed up without the Shelby.. Gotta convince him to let me reg my car up there so I can get my 40 buck tags every two years haha. Beats the grand + here that's for sure! So it will have Oregon plates in the future I hope!
Here is my feedback; aside from those complaints already posted, since we don't need to beat a dead horse.
Bear with me because I am horrible at articulating these kinds of things...
I was one of the volunteers. And just in case you don't know who I am, I am the "giant redhead with a the huge ****" [actual quote from an attendee] that worked the ticket desk in the beginning. I work as a pinup model, yes I am a curvy woman, Yes, my ***** are big, you don't need to elbow your buddies and point. They're taped in, you aren't going to get a surprise show. If you feel the need to reply to this with "wear a top like that and you are asking for it" um, yeah thanks I know what I am doing, I'm being me, vintage clothing is part of who I am, so... GFYS.
I was up at 5, there at 7:45 to help out [and I drove up from Gilroy, which sucked.]. There could have been more volunteers, sure, but after the way I was continually talked to, I am not surprised when people don't want to volunteer. Just because I look like I am working, doesn't make me your servant.
If you know me, you know I am a little weird [and I am being nice when I say 'little'], but I don't think I have ever intentionally been a stuck up *****. I tried to be helpful and friendly, but that didn't stop people from being *******s to not only me, but to the staff of the winery itself. They work for the winery, not YOU. And when they try to tell you, nicely, that the wine glasses are property of the winery and you go into the men's bathroom to put them in your pants to steal them, that makes YOU the *******. We all know that bulge in your pocket is a wineglass, because only in your dreams is your dick that big.
Here is a newsflash, you are not the president of the world, you are not the coolest thing since sliced pickles, and I don't think that driving a Subaru gives you the right to treat others like ****, regardless of how many cars were in your caravan.
I am not saying that everyone in attendance was an *******, it was the opposite, I had a great time seeing old friends and finally meeting some people face-to-face. But the jerks are what stand out in my mind, and they quickly ruin an event for me. That's my feedback, and this is the exact reason why I don't attend 99.9% of the pre-planned Subaru events [I haven't been to one since last years BAM if I remember correctly], the drivers.
XOX
Electra
Bear with me because I am horrible at articulating these kinds of things...
I was one of the volunteers. And just in case you don't know who I am, I am the "giant redhead with a the huge ****" [actual quote from an attendee] that worked the ticket desk in the beginning. I work as a pinup model, yes I am a curvy woman, Yes, my ***** are big, you don't need to elbow your buddies and point. They're taped in, you aren't going to get a surprise show.
If you feel the need to reply to this with "wear a top like that and you are asking for it" um, yeah thanks I know what I am doing, I'm being me, vintage clothing is part of who I am, so... GFYS. I was up at 5, there at 7:45 to help out [and I drove up from Gilroy, which sucked.]. There could have been more volunteers, sure, but after the way I was continually talked to, I am not surprised when people don't want to volunteer. Just because I look like I am working, doesn't make me your servant.
If you know me, you know I am a little weird [and I am being nice when I say 'little'], but I don't think I have ever intentionally been a stuck up *****. I tried to be helpful and friendly, but that didn't stop people from being *******s to not only me, but to the staff of the winery itself. They work for the winery, not YOU. And when they try to tell you, nicely, that the wine glasses are property of the winery and you go into the men's bathroom to put them in your pants to steal them, that makes YOU the *******. We all know that bulge in your pocket is a wineglass, because only in your dreams is your dick that big.
Here is a newsflash, you are not the president of the world, you are not the coolest thing since sliced pickles, and I don't think that driving a Subaru gives you the right to treat others like ****, regardless of how many cars were in your caravan.
I am not saying that everyone in attendance was an *******, it was the opposite, I had a great time seeing old friends and finally meeting some people face-to-face. But the jerks are what stand out in my mind, and they quickly ruin an event for me. That's my feedback, and this is the exact reason why I don't attend 99.9% of the pre-planned Subaru events [I haven't been to one since last years BAM if I remember correctly], the drivers.
XOX
Electra
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Here is my feedback; aside from those complaints already posted, since we don't need to beat a dead horse.
Bear with me because I am horrible at articulating these kinds of things...
I was one of the volunteers. And just in case you don't know who I am, I am the "giant redhead with a the huge ****" [actual quote from an attendee] that worked the ticket desk in the beginning. I work as a pinup model, yes I am a curvy woman, Yes, my ***** are big, you don't need to elbow your buddies and point. They're taped in, you aren't going to get a surprise show. If you feel the need to reply to this with "wear a top like that and you are asking for it" um, yeah thanks I know what I am doing, I'm being me, vintage clothing is part of who I am, so... GFYS.
I was up at 5, there at 7:45 to help out [and I drove up from Gilroy, which sucked.]. There could have been more volunteers, sure, but after the way I was continually talked to, I am not surprised when people don't want to volunteer. Just because I look like I am working, doesn't make me your servant.
If you know me, you know I am a little weird [and I am being nice when I say 'little'], but I don't think I have ever intentionally been a stuck up *****. I tried to be helpful and friendly, but that didn't stop people from being *******s to not only me, but to the staff of the winery itself. They work for the winery, not YOU. And when they try to tell you, nicely, that the wine glasses are property of the winery and you go into the men's bathroom to put them in your pants to steal them, that makes YOU the *******. We all know that bulge in your pocket is a wineglass, because only in your dreams is your dick that big.
Here is a newsflash, you are not the president of the world, you are not the coolest thing since sliced pickles, and I don't think that driving a Subaru gives you the right to treat others like ****, regardless of how many cars were in your caravan.
I am not saying that everyone in attendance was an *******, it was the opposite, I had a great time seeing old friends and finally meeting some people face-to-face. But the jerks are what stand out in my mind, and they quickly ruin an event for me. That's my feedback, and this is the exact reason why I don't attend 99.9% of the pre-planned Subaru events [I haven't been to one since last years BAM if I remember correctly], the drivers.
XOX
Electra
Bear with me because I am horrible at articulating these kinds of things...
I was one of the volunteers. And just in case you don't know who I am, I am the "giant redhead with a the huge ****" [actual quote from an attendee] that worked the ticket desk in the beginning. I work as a pinup model, yes I am a curvy woman, Yes, my ***** are big, you don't need to elbow your buddies and point. They're taped in, you aren't going to get a surprise show.
If you feel the need to reply to this with "wear a top like that and you are asking for it" um, yeah thanks I know what I am doing, I'm being me, vintage clothing is part of who I am, so... GFYS. I was up at 5, there at 7:45 to help out [and I drove up from Gilroy, which sucked.]. There could have been more volunteers, sure, but after the way I was continually talked to, I am not surprised when people don't want to volunteer. Just because I look like I am working, doesn't make me your servant.
If you know me, you know I am a little weird [and I am being nice when I say 'little'], but I don't think I have ever intentionally been a stuck up *****. I tried to be helpful and friendly, but that didn't stop people from being *******s to not only me, but to the staff of the winery itself. They work for the winery, not YOU. And when they try to tell you, nicely, that the wine glasses are property of the winery and you go into the men's bathroom to put them in your pants to steal them, that makes YOU the *******. We all know that bulge in your pocket is a wineglass, because only in your dreams is your dick that big.
Here is a newsflash, you are not the president of the world, you are not the coolest thing since sliced pickles, and I don't think that driving a Subaru gives you the right to treat others like ****, regardless of how many cars were in your caravan.
I am not saying that everyone in attendance was an *******, it was the opposite, I had a great time seeing old friends and finally meeting some people face-to-face. But the jerks are what stand out in my mind, and they quickly ruin an event for me. That's my feedback, and this is the exact reason why I don't attend 99.9% of the pre-planned Subaru events [I haven't been to one since last years BAM if I remember correctly], the drivers.
XOX
Electra
