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April 22, 2005
Paul McCartney
I went to my local Kroger store this morning at 8 a.m. to wait in line to purchase tickets for the upcoming Paul McCartney concert here in Columbus, USA.
I got there and the ticket ladies handed me what looked like a standard carnival ticket with six-digit number and sent me on my way, telling me to return about 9:30. Well, I did so and, after pestering the ticket ladies and half the people in line, I waited my turn.
At about a quarter 'til ten, one of the ticket ladies, noticing my attempts at polite pacing, offered to me the chance to pick the winning ticket. Glancing at the other people waiting, making sure they saw that I turned my head in the opposite direction, I carefully sifted out one little paper.
Needless to say, I was not first in line, I was fourth. The girl who won first spot was grateful and happily took her prime spot in front of the TicketMaster machine.
After some minor confusion about how the sheep behind me were supposed ot line up (some guy actually had the audacity to snottily ask, “Oh, so you're in charge here?” when I was very politely trying to organize them), we all waited while the clock crept to 10 a.m.
The ticket ladies began processing everyone's request for tickets. Lucky Girl got four tickets on the floor, but way-far-away from the stage. Not too bad for $75, and that was for a cheap seat.
The next lady also purchased four, but her seats were way, way up and to the right. She needs to bring tissues to stop the blood.
The guy in front of me received seats with a partially obstructed view as did I, except mine ended up being to the side of the stage and slightly behind the amplifier stacks. Man, what stupid luck.
It won't really matter. Rachel (my eldest daughter) and I will still enjoy the heck out of Paul's performance. She's quite aware that this will probably be the only chance she has to ever see a Beatle live and in person. As such, she is noticeably stoked.
Posted by Nathan Dickson at April 22, 2005 05:31 PM