This is partly the reason why I dont work with kids.... because I don't like entertaining them even though I'm a mother myself and also because people have this stupid idea that people who work as an entertainer are perverts.
This is partly the reason why I dont work with kids.... because I don't like entertaining them even though I'm a mother myself and also because people have this stupid idea that people who work as an entertainer are perverts.
I'm new to the community but this sounds like the classic case of someone being rubbed up the wrong way who happens to be a nutcase. If this person is vilifying lots of groups or people, chances are she uses any excuse to do this and people will take it with a pinch of salt. It's certainly annoying. I suggest someone either contact her on the matter directly to assure her, or just report to facebook until something is done? :/Originally Posted by AniaR
Side note however, are checks not in place? I assumed this was a given when working with kids anywhere, ever. In the UK it certainly is? You can't even be a cleaner for a children's play park without a check nowadays.
I know someone who had a person assume they were a pervert just for being in an entertainment costume in public. Simply because it 'drew the attention of children'. Some people just like to make an argument!
Exactly, and thats why I try to stay as far away from that as possible except for my business cards which are going to be distributed. I always thought the US did have WWCC checks in place :/ cause in Australia you cant do anything without a police check and if the government find out, you get fined. Places wont even hire you if you dont have it.
Just to clarify this has nothing to do with mermania, she was attacking merfest, which didn't have any checks in place.
At mermania as per our agreements with all venues, we had criminal background checks of every volunteer/staff.
The woman wasnt wrong in being upset. She paid for a 1:1 mermaid program for her daughter, and was assigned by christomer a mermaid who had a criminal record and also worked in the porn industry. Some people wouldn't care about something like that, but it should be their choice what type of people they give their kids one on one time with. She was trusting that merfest had all the proper checks in place, and they didn't.
what was wrong was going after innocent people like twig etc and photoshopping her photo. Whats wrong is FB woudlnt take the posts or page down.
well this sucks
also AniaR, thanks for the info on Christomer
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