how thorough do these blokes get with frisking? i mean, people pass by with mary j. in their knickers do they not?
how thorough do these blokes get with frisking? i mean, people pass by with mary j. in their knickers do they not?
I have never been subjected to anything other than half-assed, cursory security checks at Coachella. One day I was so drunk that I don't even remember going through security. The security seems more interested in stopping people from bringing in bottled water than they do in stopping contraband.
Lol they don't sell drugs. They sell water and you need water. So they make you pay inside.
Point being: they should sell Coachella brand druqs
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All bets are off this year. They had to hire added "professional" security after the rape at Stagecoach last year. That may ultimately mean nothing regarding how serious the searches are since they still need to get 70K people in through the gates efficiently, but just stash your shit well the first day just to be safe.
However, if they're doing boob-grab-pat-downs I'm sure it's just for their own benefit. Aren't new boobs supposed to be massaged regularly anyway?
I for one have never receiver anything other then a full cavity search so I guess it depends on which guard you get.
When I went in 2009 I was so drunk that the security guard gave me a high five as I passed him!
In 2010 the security pat me down on the sides of my shorts and just let me go.
At a country fest!?!?!
NO!!!!!!!
Do they go through your personal bag, like where your have clothes, underwear and bras? I would feel very uncomfortable if one of the guys were trying to touch my shit in a "wrong" way.
Bleh bleh bleh.
would kind of defeat the purpose of security if they didn't, wouldn't it?
I went in 09 and they did check my bag and I got a pat down, but the checking bag part was very lax and fast.
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How easy is it to sneak alcohol into the festival from the campgroungs? sasquatch was easy last year but Lollapalooza is always a bitch to sneak in flasks, plastic 5ths, etc... what's the protocol at 'Chella?
Are you looking forward to a cavity search?
The more you act open to a search the less they search you!
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Just wink at the black/latino guy searching you before he starts.
That will make it fast - or backfire really badly
I agree with whoever said Outside Lands was way worse. Most of the time @ Coachella it's like a pat on the back, "Welcome to Coachella!"
In '06 to save money on water we attempted to get in those 3 gallon jugs of water as "1" bottle of water. It worked half the time. The other time we didn't want to waste the water and so we yelled out " Who wants water poured on them!" It was a scorcher if I remember and quickly a nice single file line formed and we dumped out ~ 9 gallons on a bunch of people.
Anyways pat downs are "usually" fairly lax.
I once snuck some vodka into Outside Lands by wrapping it in a blanket in my backpack (it was one of those bigger Phillips flask shaped bottles). The security guard felt it through the bottom and said "What's the round plastic thing at the bottom of your backpack." I panicked for a sec, then said "That's just the backpack."
She looked at me for a minute, clearly not buying what I just told her, handed me back my bag, and let me go on through! Neither me nor my GF could believe we got away with it!!
But, as with every event, security is always a crapshoot depending on who you get.
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Are you guys serious about Outside Lands? Last year I literally walked in on day 3 without even being touched by anyone.
Also my friend forgot his day 3 ticket and they were nice and let him in. So no ticket, no search, still got into outside lands.
Coachella pat downs are very lax coming from the campground but I've never come in the other way. Getting into the campgrounds is a little tougher but I've never had a real problem.
This one security fool last year was centimeters from touching my stash near my crotch. He felt the bag and let me thru
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Just walk through the gates Friday without anything on you to get a feel for security. Make sure you look around and scope out which security guards are checking thoroughly. Then leave in a few minutes and come back with your shit.
For guys with shorts its usually a pocket grab. They never get too high up on the crotch region, you just gotta know who's cool. Theres been times when I've literally walked through without them saying a word.