Mind Control
At this corporate event, I was co-hosting workshops which involved letting people in, ensuring that we stop attendees coming in after a certain time. After the workshop finished, we had to get the room ready for the next one. On the first day, although there were barriers on the doors, attendees were ignoring them and treating the room like a dining hall. They argued that as they were attending the workshop, while they were waiting for the workshop to start, they might as well sit in and eat/have their beverages and plug in their devices. At the end of each workshop, it took ages for some of them to leave as they were either busy chatting or working on their laptops. The next day, the organisers decided no one should be allowed in before the workshop started. When people asked if they could come in and have their beverages, we said no. We told them they could only come in 15 minutes before the workshop started. At the end of each workshop, we asked the attendees to leave as we nee...