THIS IS ALL THE CAUSE THAT MAKE MY DAY TO A DARKNESS!

The Autograph Session at Lot 1 was damn screwed. So many of us could not even catch a glimpse of the stage (and not to say, our lovely SHINee).

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Reasons why the SHINee Autograph Session was screwed:

#1. Instructions were not clear

I bet everyone thought that even if you are not the first 1000 fans to queue up, you will still get a chance to see them at the Roof Garden during the autograph session.

I asked at least 3 security guards about whether I have to line up if I just want to see them. They all said yes, because there is only one access point to the Roof Garden - which is the one on Level 1 near 7-Eleven. So all of us kept queuing up and thought that they were eventually going to let us in.


#2. Lack of proper crowd control

While queuing up halfway, fans were told that the 1000 places were filled and we can only watch the autograph session at the Roof Garden. So, everyone started abandoning the queue and scrambled into the mall. People understood that the first 1000 places were taken up, they just want to get to the Roof Garden to find a place in order to witness the event.

However, little did they know that all other access points to the autograph session was sealed. Everyone was trying to wriggle their way around the mall to get up to the Roof Garden.

When they got to the 4th floor, they realised that the escalators were blocked and the staff/security guards said a different thing, claiming that no one asked them to come up since "the Roof Garden is packed."

So everyone just stood in front of the escalators, not convinced about giving up since they were there since early in the morning.

The staff/security guards then said that only those who bought the albums/tickets can go in. Like, hello? We didn't even get to queue for the album? We thought that the sales of the album was unlimited while the autograph session was only kept to the first 1000 fans.

Fans who wanted to get closer (note: get closer but not INTO) to the Roof Garden would have to purchase a MOVIE ticket from the box office on Level 5. The box office staff must have been smiling at the throngs of fans who naively bought the movie tickets just so that they can be so near yet so far from their idols.

And then it turned out that buying a MOVIE TICKET wouldn't permit you to even access the Roof Garden, so don't talk even talk about seeing them.


#3 Rude and unprofessional Security Guards

Everyone just squeezed and crowded themselves outside the Roof Garden and the Security Guards didn't even want to make it clear about whether they were going to let us in or not.

We understand that they want us to calm down. And so we did. We backed off and they opened the doors to the Roof Garden.

BUT even with the doors opened, we could not even see the stage. All we saw were the first 1000 fans queuing up with SO MUCH EMPTY SPACE AROUND THE ROOF GARDEN.

The security guards kept taunting us with the opening and closing of the doors. We weren't even sure about whether SHINee has arrived. They even LAUGHED AT US for screaming/holding up our camera everytime we hear some noise from the Roof Garden.

Is it really that funny to see so many of us trying to so to catch a small glimpse of our idols? Must you be playing on our feelings like that?

Not only that, the security guards kept giving empty promises to us.

First, they said that if we were not going to calm down, they were not going to let us see them.

Then, they were reluctant to open the doors which were ALREADY BEHIND THE METAL BARRICADES, making so many of us SUFFOCATE IN THE SMALL AREA. People were feeling dizzy and unwell due to the lack of oxygen.

Finally, when the autograph session ended (which we don't even realise), they taunted us again.

This dark security guard shouted: "OKAY! OKAY! WE LET YOU ALL TAKE PICTURE!"

And he opened up the doors which showed an EMPTY ROOF GARDEN WHEN EVERYTHING WAS OVER.

ALL OF US, THINKING THAT WE COULD FINALLY CATCH A SMALL LITTLE GLIMPSE OF OUR IDOLS, SCREAMED AND HELD UP OUR CAMERAS AT AN EMPTY ROOF GARDEN.

Guess what happened next? The sadistic Security Guard LAUGHED. HELLO?!?!?!?!?! ARE YOU TAKING US SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

This is so unprofessional. If they were not going to let us in eventually, why can't they just tell us?! They kept opening and closing the doors, as if enjoying the fact that we get so excited every time they opened the door and so disappointed when they closed the door.

And all they do was to sound the stupid siren without providing proper instructions on what we were expecting. Most of us couldn't see what was happening or what they said because they kept changing their words.


#4 Lack of planning

There were rumours saying that overnight-queuing was not allowed. But people were already queuing up since the night before.

Look at the number of secondary/primary school students queuing up. Do you expect them to start queuing way before the autograph session was held?

The venue itself was a bad, bad choice. Lot 1 is simply not big enough to house such a major autograph session.

The human traffic flow was not well-planned at all. Where do the people go to buy the albums? What is the official way up to the Roof Garden? So are the ones who queue after the first 1000 fans going to be given the chance to witness the event?

When instructions were changed to the fact that only the first 1000 fans can ENTER the Roof Garden, did the officials made it clear to the fans? Or did they just kept saying things like, "oh, it's packed" -so what do you expect us to do?! Wait? Or what? They kept us waiting for NOTHING.

many thanks to the creator of this group, JANINE WEI XIU ONG( girl you rocks)

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signing off: CAMELLIA (: