Commercial failings

[pauliewalnuts]

Massive queues to get in as well today. No idea what caused the holdup.

They've been frisking everyone before they get to the turnstiles at the Trinity Road for the last several months.

They're the world's least convincing security guards - I have never, ever seen any asked what something is. I take a bottle of water (with top on which is a no-no) every week, and have never been asked what it is during the pointless frisk.

The queue to get through was massive today.

[PeterWithesShin]

Was it this fella?

[pauliewalnuts]

Was it this fella?

Pretty similar!

[Des Little]

Cash only in the Holte Suite. Welcome to the 1960s here at Villa Park.

[Olof's Beard]

Massive queues to get in as well today. No idea what caused the holdup.

They've been frisking everyone before they get to the turnstiles at the Trinity Road for the last several months.

They're the world's least convincing security guards - I have never, ever seen any asked what something is. I take a bottle of water (with top on which is a no-no) every week, and have never been asked what it is during the pointless frisk.

The queue to get through was massive today.

Truly pointless innit. I had a bag, opened to top zip to reveal my jacket, he didn't even have the slightest rummage. I'm not the most naturally suspicious looking character but I could have had anything in there.

[London Villan]

The searches are totally pointless. As for taking bottle tops off 6 years olds...

[adrenachrome]

Cash only in the Holte Suite. Welcome to the 1960s here at Villa Park.

Card only at Edgbaston apart from the members' areas. Don't know which is is worse, to be honest.

[andyh]

I must admit to laughing while queuing to get in. The bloke in front of me said who is going to give the steward the biggest hug?
Then as he stood there with his arms spread waiting to be frisked he threw them around the steward and hugged the bloke for dear life.
The steward hugged him back while pissing himself laughing.

Little things make life better.

[adrenachrome]

I must admit to laughing while queuing to get in. The bloke in front of me said who is going to give the steward the biggest hug?
Then as he stood there with his arms spread waiting to be frisked he threw them around the steward and hugged the bloke for dear life.
The steward hugged him back while pissing himself laughing.

Little things make life better.

I knew a chap that pulled a stunt like that on the Northern Line just south of Highgate. Prosecuted for frottage and sent to Belmarsh.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Cash only in the Holte Suite. Welcome to the 1960s here at Villa Park.

Same in the Holte pub after. There was a homemade A4 note by the door advising of this but not everyone noticed this. The young couple in front of me queued for ages before ordering 4 pints between them, only to discover it was cash only, when they needed to pay by card.

A very generous man next to them overheard and paid for their drinks too!

[Clampy]

I'm not sure why some people take just their card out with them. Surely its best to carry cash and use your card if you run out?

[Marlon From Bearwood]

As for taking bottle tops off 6 years olds...

This has been a bugbear of mine for sometime now, however we’ve now cracked it. The stewards don’t frisk children so my lad removes his bottle top, puts it in his pocket and carries the drink in through the turnstiles. Once through, he puts the lid back on the bottle. We then walk up the steps, high fiving each other.

[GarTomas]

I'm not sure why some people take just their card out with them. Surely its best to carry cash and use your card if you run out?

Card much faster though for all concerned surely.  No messing with change and having to count it!

I rarely carry cash these days anymore.

[purpletrousers]

I'm not sure why some people take just their card out with them. Surely its best to carry cash and use your card if you run out?

Card much faster though for all concerned surely.  No messing with change and having to count it!

I rarely carry cash these days anymore.

aye. I go places that don’t take cash anymore. Know folk who just carry their phone with a payment system.

[Lastfootstamper]

I'm not sure why some people take just their card out with them. Surely its best to carry cash and use your card if you run out?

Card much faster though for all concerned surely.  No messing with change and having to count it!

I rarely carry cash these days anymore.

aye. I go places that don’t take cash anymore. Know folk who just carry their phone with a payment system.

Me. I carry an emergency card if I remember, cos there's always somewhere that still thinks it's 2015.