Basic rule – if you have gofers crashing in the Gofer Hole, make sure the room has showers and lots and lots of towels AND that there’s time for everybody to use them before they get going in the morning. Your sense of smell will love you for it.
I once attended the volunteer meeting at a Free Software conference. (These are only *slightly* geeky, so most people do know about showers and changing clothes, plus no cosplay… So not smelly in general.) They said everyone is getting *two* shirts — because the conference lasts more than one day…
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Blitzkrieg1701
…though, given what the rest of the convention will smell like by that point, I’m sure sure how much it will help.
Trae Dorn
It’s important for the staff room to remain a refuge. The VGR is a lost cause
Takchik
Thats why we gave our volunteers traffic cone yellow vests……and named them the bees.
-Thumper-
True story, Lynn. True story.
Langland
Taking a shower always helps.
EcchiKitty
Showers help, and so do washing machines, which most hotels have. For some reason, they are very seldom used.
I’d also like to think that while it’s 90 outside, it’s cooler in the convention hall… but I know that’s not always the case.
Kay Shapero
Basic rule – if you have gofers crashing in the Gofer Hole, make sure the room has showers and lots and lots of towels AND that there’s time for everybody to use them before they get going in the morning. Your sense of smell will love you for it.
Chiaroscuro
We don’t make our volunteers wear T-shirts.. except for security.
Sunday night at the staff dinner, there’s a reason I don’t sit with security.. (>_>)
antrik
I once attended the volunteer meeting at a Free Software conference. (These are only *slightly* geeky, so most people do know about showers and changing clothes, plus no cosplay… So not smelly in general.) They said everyone is getting *two* shirts — because the conference lasts more than one day…
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UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
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