So what did you do? Sit in the lobby waiting for your badge for six months?

The lobby bit was only 3 hours. The rest of the gig entailed a lot of knocking on doors and getting onto a first name basis with every security guard.

It can be alienating. When this happens to me I try and think “this is their money, if they want to set it on fire it’s their prerogative, I get paid either way”. But yeah easier said than done.