Saturday, June 13, 2009
"Great" American "Food" and Music Fest
I went to the Great American Food and Music Fest with the kids, Holly, Simon, and Raj. It turned out to be the biggest disaster of an event I've experienced. They tried to be clever by putting RFID chips in the wristbands that you would then use to pay for your food. However they were experiencing an internet connection problem so the system didn't work. Why would you want to introduce a dependency on internet connectivity in order to let someone buy a hot dog?
So the thousands of people there were forced to wait in two hour lines while everything was figured out and most people didn't end up getting any food. So thousands of people went outside and waited another hour in line to get refunds. It was a complete and utter failure.
However, the kids enjoyed running up and down the grass hill at Shoreline. I guess I should have just taken them to a park.
Update (6/16/09): Article from the Mercury News.
