Douglas County Fair

AUGUST 5, 2008. Roseburg, OR. Haven't been able to do updates. My Internet connection in Redmond was terrible and over here at the Douglas County Fair are not too good either. I can only get on line in my booth.

This fair is much smaller than Deschutes, which turned out to be pretty bad. It's opening day here and temps are supposed to be in the high 80's.

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Very slow day with about 90 percent kids. A bit warm and nobody spending money; only on drinks, smoothies, shave ice, etc. One long ass day even though it started at noon. There was a stage about 100 feet in front of us that played loud music throughout the night and vendors over here had a very rough time communicating with customers and having to live through this.

Highlight of the day: 5:37 Pig escapes from building; runs past my booth
5:38 Pig runs into our booth; sniffs my left knee; sticks his snout into the remains of my baked potato. A guy grabs his ear and turns him around; pig says 'snort, snort,' and leaves the booth without buying anything,

Wednesday, August 6. Opened at 11:00. Went to the office to voice my two cents worth on the extremely pumped up loud music. Can't to the rest of the week like this. While I was talking to the manager, I mentioned that it must have been kid's day yesterday. However, she informed me that it was actually Senior Citizen's Day. Could have fooled me. Zillions of kids all over the place.

Was hoping for a much better day today, but this is the 2nd day of the fair, always the slowest day. Temps are supposed to be up around 94 degrees again today. At least we are on the cool side of things until this afternoon. Can hear them playing BINGO about 75 feet away...B5....I18.... N33. They played all day yesterday and they are at it again,

Thursday, August 7. Somewhat cloudy with temps in the mid-80's today. Slow sales. I really wonder if there is something in the water here..... people act somewhat weird. Big Bingo game going on....50 cents per card. Top prize is $5.00. This goes on all day long.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUCK ASS COUNTY FAIRS OF ALL TIME!!! This is really, totally bad. Something in the drinking water? These people look like zombies walking around.

Friday, August 8. Two days left. Today should be the second best day of the fair. Need a good crowd though. So far, it's been a huge social gathering for kids and an Eat-a-thon for the parents. Weather was refreshingly cool this AM, but the sun is poking through and will warm things up to the mid-80's.

Saturday, August 9. Opened at 11:00. Not many people walking around. Would tend to have a bigger crowd on the last day. Workers received their pay; kids got paid for their pigs. Just can't figure this thing out. Weather is nice and cloudy today keeping temps down. Sales still slow throughout the day. SOS. Very bad event. Never again.