Scanning

[Andy]

This all sounds like a 1980s horror flick. The scanners are coming. Mwahahaha

[quincy]

Did anyone witness the farce at the river gate on Monday evening at close of play.

 The steward blocking the exit, insisting we scan out. Queue of about 40. Club official rescues him just before he's thrown in the river, apologising for not briefing him properly

We at least had a laugh all the way to the pub.

Chief steward apparently thinks 5 minutes to scan out at lunch time is OK!!

[IlfordEagle]

Did anyone witness the farce at the river gate on Monday evening at close of play.

 The steward blocking the exit, insisting we scan out. Queue of about 40. Club official rescues him just before he's thrown in the river, apologising for not briefing him properly

We at least had a laugh all the way to the pub.

Chief steward apparently thinks 5 minutes to scan out at lunch time is OK!!

Yes, when I entered through that gate in the morning they said the scanner wasn't working & waved me in, when I left at close of play I went down the 'Public' path from the Members area & walked out not in the Stewards'line of vision - I'm sure others did the same. T20 nights will be interesting with this system, some of the drunks can barely stand or know what's going on let alone use the scanner!!

[Valentines Park]

Careful Quincy you're coming perilously close to criticism of the club.

[squarelegumpire]

If the T20’s all ticket, will thescanners be needed?

[firehazard]

We're scannin', we're scannin', we're scannin', I hope you like scannin' too.

[Valentines Park]

Or to paraphrase Paul Nicholas "Entry like it used to be".

[afinetickletoleg]

If the T20’s all ticket, will thescanners be needed?

Up there for thinking Squareleg........

[sufcessex]

Did anyone witness the farce at the river gate on Monday evening at close of play.

 The steward blocking the exit, insisting we scan out. Queue of about 40. Club official rescues him just before he's thrown in the river, apologising for not briefing him properly

We at least had a laugh all the way to the pub.

Chief steward apparently thinks 5 minutes to scan out at lunch time is OK!!

He did that at lunch as well, made me and others wait to scan out.

i was quite relived when arriving at the ground and just being waved in on holding up my membership.

[Valentines Park]

i was quite relived when arriving at the ground and just being waved in on holding up my membership.

It says a lot when the application of common sense is viewed as a rare commodity.

[quincy]

I broke my boycott today & the scanning is a total farce as I was only scanned in on the way out.

The club truly couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery.

Which explains Shepherd Neame at least.

Welcome back VP!! 

There must be loads of biblical quotes I could use but cant be bothered to look up.

Look me up in the river stand and tell me about the good old days.

Or maybe over a pint of "Kent's Best" in the pavilion

[Valentines Park]

Talking of the Bible (or more accurately Dante's Inferno) hell will need to freeze over before I partake of Shepherd Neame beer.

[LeedsExile]

I do not wish to offer a simple solution to this extraordinary fiasco but....

At Yorkshire, Members have a pass which is scanned on entry. If they leave the ground at any time they are given a paper ticket. On return the ticket is handed to a steward. It works and no one is inconvenienced.

[afinetickletoleg]

I do not wish to offer a simple solution to this extraordinary fiasco but....

At Yorkshire, Members have a pass which is scanned on entry. If they leave the ground at any time they are given a paper ticket. On return the ticket is handed to a steward. It works and no one is inconvenienced.

Am I missing something but isn't the proposed scanning process the same minus a paper ticket?

[sufcessex]

I do not wish to offer a simple solution to this extraordinary fiasco but....

At Yorkshire, Members have a pass which is scanned on entry. If they leave the ground at any time they are given a paper ticket. On return the ticket is handed to a steward. It works and no one is inconvenienced.

Am I missing something but isn't the proposed scanning process the same minus a paper ticket?

giving out a paper ticket will probably be much quicker than scanning though, especially when people are keen to get out and back during lunch or tea.