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Re: Prolific Upcoming Weekend!
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Mon, 9 Dec 2002 01:39:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains.org, James Trobaugh writes:
> In lugnet.trains.org, Mike Walsh writes:
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> > "Ted Michon" <ted@michon.com> wrote in message news:H6toDM.C7@lugnet.com...
> > > One angry party this weekend wanted to know why we (LEGO, she assumed) put
> > > plastic barriers around the display to keep her kids from playing with the
> > > bricks. She thought it was a very poor thing for TLC to (entice people to
> > > come and then keep them out).
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> > This is a good reason to have a play area. You keep the hands off your
> > layout but still let people touch bricks. Play areas can be a lot of work
> > but I really like having them. Some of the creations that kids come up with
> > are really pretty cool.
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> Good point, whenever little ones try to touch the layout and I have to
> "correct" them, I always end my statement with "we have a play area over
> here and you can touch all you want"...this sends them heading right for the
> play table with a smile.
Wow. I'm apalled at that parent's lack of respect for your efforts. I
would have set them straight that you are not working for LEGO and that the
display represents the hard work of a group of private individuals. They
don't let you touch the models at LegoLand, either, and for the parent to
assume that their kid can just go touch something like that simply because
it is displayed in public is wrong-headed. That parent is clearly not
teaching their child to respect the property of others.
NELUG's approach to kids touching our display is to watch closely and bite
our tongues as long as nothing irreversible is being done. Usually, the
parents will tell the kids not to touch things before we have to; worst case
we have to put a few figs back where they belong after the kid moves on.
Once in a great while we have to ask a child not to touch, and they usually
obey immediately.
We don't ordinarilly use barriers or "Do Not Touch" signs, although the
organizers of this weekend's Festival of Trees provided classy velvet ropes
to keep people back a foot or two. Even so, I saw a few kids standing on
the wrong side of the ropes to get a better view, and no dammage was done.
p.s. We had a great show this weekend and took lots of pictures. Our
new-style table legs worked out very well, cutting setup/teardown time
without tremendously affecting the stability of the tables. The tree that
we sponsored had one open bid and a few sealed bids before we left; the
final auction is taking place this evening. The sponsors of the event were
very happy with our appearance and promised to give us better placement
(right out front) for next year's event now that they understand what we are
all about.
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| (...) I remember when I was a kid and had walked into a model RR shop...how the seemingly crusty old owner had warned me not to touch dem' trains. Of course most kids today have half-a$$ed parents who never did learn to respect other's property (...) (22 years ago, 9-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| (...) Good point, whenever little ones try to touch the layout and I have to "correct" them, I always end my statement with "we have a play area over here and you can touch all you want"...this sends them heading right for the play table with a (...) (22 years ago, 8-Dec-02, to lugnet.trains.org)
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