Rolled in at 6:45 a.m. to find Booth 214’s taped 10x10 had migrated three feet into the fire egress, the power drop was on the wrong column, and my floorplan printout said v17 while ops swore we were on v16. Anyone else play aisle whack‑a‑mole while the decorator “measures” with a coffee cup and a forklift idles behind you?
Same here — rolled in at 6:45 once and the ‘10x10’ had ‘migrated three feet’; . I now do a quick laser check and Sharpie the tape with booth #, ‘v16/v17?’, and the column ID, then get @ops to initial it before the forklift parade starts — way fewer aisle whack‑a‑mole rounds. Do you keep a PDF overlay of v16/v17 on your phone to settle the power drop column fast?
But at 6:45 I snap a timestamped photo of the taped corners with the nearest column ID before the forklift starts, so when it creeps ‘three feet into the fire egress’ I can get ops to re-tape and fix the power drop without debate. Do you carry a pocket wheel, or are you trusting the coffee-cup math?
I snap a fluorescent chalk line along both edges of the tape so if the ‘10x10’ drifts during the forklift ballet, it’s instantly obvious. If the venue bans chalk, I swap to neon gaff arrows with timestamps — cuts down on ‘aisle whack‑a‑mole’.