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Incredibly inept officialdom in the AFL members area

joeboy
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I made entry into the appropriate section of the AFL members area yesterday at 1.30, because I hadn't pre purchased a seat.

I was one of the first to be seated and had a wonderfully boring time eating, reading, watching little children play footy on the field , and gloating over the fact that I had a full set of teeth and most of those around me who were dressed in black and white , didn't.

At exactly 5 minutes before the ball was bounced to start the game ,an official from the MCC advised me ,and all the others in my aisle, that we'd have to vacate our seats as they were reserved . Wtf!!!!

Sadly, using profanities and aggression made no impact and I was forced to look elsewhere , which turned out to be in the standing room only section .

A fun time was had by all.

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    I made entry into the appropriate section of the AFL members area yesterday at 1.30, because I hadn't pre purchased a seat.

    I was one of the first to be seated and had a wonderfully boring time eating, reading, watching little children play footy on the field , and gloating over the fact that I had a full set of teeth and most of those around me who were dressed in black and white , didn't.

    At exactly 5 minutes before the ball was bounced to start the game ,an official from the MCC advised me ,and all the others in my aisle, that we'd have to vacate our seats as they were reserved . Wtf!!!!

    Sadly, using profanities and aggression made no impact and I was forced to look elsewhere , which turned out to be in the standing room only section .

    A fun time was had by all.

    Serves you right for being in the AFL members area and not the MFC members area!!

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    I made entry into the appropriate section of the AFL members area yesterday at 1.30, because I hadn't pre purchased a seat.

    I was one of the first to be seated and had a wonderfully boring time eating, reading, watching little children play footy on the field , and gloating over the fact that I had a full set of teeth and most of those around me who were dressed in black and white , didn't.

    At exactly 5 minutes before the ball was bounced to start the game ,an official from the MCC advised me ,and all the others in my aisle, that we'd have to vacate our seats as they were reserved . Wtf!!!!

    Sadly, using profanities and aggression made no impact and I was forced to look elsewhere , which turned out to be in the standing room only section .

    A fun time was had by all.

    Exactly the same happened to me. Row K, bay Q19. I arrived at 115 because my daughter was ding the guard of honour and 5 minutes before the game, same thing happened. Worse still, they said it was reserved and 10 out of 15 seats weren't taken but they wouldn't let us sit there so our group was split. I understand they decided to sell the seats at the last minute. It's an absolute disgrace.

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    Exactly the same happened to me. Row K, bay Q19. I arrived at 115 because my daughter was ding the guard of honour and 5 minutes before the game, same thing happened. Worse still, they said it was reserved and 10 out of 15 seats weren't taken but they wouldn't let us sit there so our group was split. I understand they decided to sell the seats at the last minute. It's an absolute disgrace.

    Yep, same row as me

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    I was an vfl/afl member from when my grand father signed me up. He used to take me to Waverly and then I went with the old man to the G. I stopped it 13 years ago as the money men of the afl erroded the benefits of it. Good to see they haven't worked out the fans are the ones who pay the bills.

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    did the seats have reserved stickers on the side? They have them in the mcc area. Also an attendant should have been there checking tickets.

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    did the seats have reserved stickers on the side? They have them in the mcc area. Also an attendant should have been there checking tickets.

    No reserved stickers , and an official distinctly pointed out the rows that were unrestricted
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    No reserved stickers , and an official distinctly pointed out the rows that were unrestricted

    I can vouch for this. The reserved sticker was up to the previous row, and a nice attendant had a print out of the unreserved and literally read it to me. Joeboy, we obviously had the same toss bag official being just a general a**hole and not letting kid sit in empties. But more broadly, when I went back to the nice chick to ask her what was going on, they said that they sold them just before the game. For the sake of a couple of dollars, that it treating keen fans with utter contempt.

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    AFL members is terrible. May as well just get a reserved seat in GA for whatever game you want to go to. Unless you go to 3+ games a week it isn't worth it. Next year I'll keep my Gold membership but I'm getting a Trident Melbourne membership. I'm sick of AFL members. For what you pay, the services and offerings of the area are subpar.

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    Trident rocks

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