The winds sweeping over our lovely city of Santa Barbara have been wreaking havoc on our sinuses…mine especially. My poor liver is at the brink of revolt I’m sure for the amount of painkillers and allergy meds I have been taking…and with no result! My head has been pounding for two days straight. 
What do you think…should a fairgrounds be able to create a monopolistic situation by controlling who sells what? I mean, I guess they get away with it at theatres because they don’t allow outside food, but the fairgrounds are owned by the county, and are therefore public, not private, so do the same rules apply? I ask this because the restaurant last night was forced to not sell certain foods because they didn’t want to create competition for the other vendors…sounds like a bunch of malarchy to me!
Furthermore, when I got to work, they would only let me come in through a certain gate, and then even at that, they almost wouldn’t let me in because I didn’t have the specific temporary permit (as opposed to my regular one I always use during normal times). I was like, “look, this is the permit they gave me, and I need to get to work. it’s the only permit they issued me so far, and I am sure when I get there they will have whatever temporary permit you want me to show you for the next days of fair.” They finally let me in after a lot of unnecessary BS and grumbling. Sheesh! I was just trying to get to work for goodness sake!
THEN when I finally parked my car I found that all the entrances to the restaurant were blocked off, and one of the other employees had to hand me an employee pass through the fence, then I had to walk all the way around to the front entrance of the fair and show them my pass and them walk all the way back around to the one entrance to the restaurant that wasn’t blocked off…the only entrance customers could use. WOW. I really hate Santa Barbara sometimes. I love the beach, the small town feel, the safeness, etc…but this situation was just over the top ridiculous…they are making life miserable for the sake of greed if you ask me.
Okay, done ranting now…new day today and when I go back I will know what gate to use, I have the correct pass, and I know where to park so that I don’t have to be so far away from the only entrance. Good times.
