[Blacklabcollective] Jan 26 show review

[Lindsay Kasting]

In regards to this but also the attack on Blood Alley and also the other
rumours that have been circulated about how activist type/queer/alternative
spaces have been targeted lately, I think tightening up our security
protocols might be an important conversation for us to have.

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Lindsay Kasting <l.kasting86 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Did anyone see anything? Was there no security or other staff or even pals
> around to back you up when they were refusing to leave? That sounds fucked
> and super stressful!!! Sorry you had to deal with that!!! Also kind of bums
> me out that noone backed you up in that situation, sounds like something
> that could have really escalated, especially with the person refusing to
> leave!!!
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Quinn Roseblade <
> quinn.roseblade at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Totals from the show were:
>> $190 Door
>> $261.75 Bar
>>
>> It was a good show, bands ran smoothly and it ended at 11pm.
>>
>> However, there was an issue that has been brought to light in the Black
>> Lab Facebook messages. Someone is claiming that I didn't handle a situation
>> the way they wanted, and they are looking for someone to clarify Black Lab
>> policy for them since they feel they were mistreated. I did my best, and
>> feel like it was a hard situation to navigate.
>>
>> This person (Lou) says their ex walked by them and punched them, so they
>> wanted that person (Tracy) to be asked to leave. I immediately talked to
>> Tracy, who told me that Lou was her abusive ex and they were lying about
>> any physical altercation. She said she wasn't going to leave, even if I
>> thought she should, because she knew it wasn't fair. So I let Lou know
>> there wasn't much else I could do, and mostly just tried to hear them out.
>> Lou let me know they appreciated me talking to them, but they weren't
>> satisfied with my response and think I should have made Tracy leave due to
>> alleged physical violence.
>>
>> I am not the police or a judge or whoever in this world seems to think
>> they're qualified in being in the middle of these situations. It was really
>> stressful to keep the show going on time while also dealing with this. I
>> hope we can make this clear for people to avoid situations like this in the
>> future.
>>
>>
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