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My family went out to dinner with my uncle and his wife last night because they're in town for the College World Series. When we told him my dad and I were heading to the stadium early in the morning to get tickets for my family, he asked us if we could get him some as long as they were "behind home plate."

Dad and I get up in the morning to buy two sets of tickets: three for our family, and two for the uncle. A guy who already had tickets for today's game sold them to my dad and I for face value because he couldn't make it. If we were just buying for our group, we could have left.

But, we stay to try and get tickets for my uncle. We wait another three and a half hours after we buy our tickets to make sure he can get some.

When we get to the ticket window, we ask for tickets behind home plate. She says there aren't any, but checks the return pile and finds that somebody did turn in tickets behind home plate, so we buy them.

We call my uncle to tell him the good news, and then he asks us where the seats are, so we tell him.

His response: "Oh, that's too high up. I don't want 'em."

Thanks for nothing, Uncle D-bag. Next time, you can wake up at 5:30 in the morning and head down to the stadium to get your own damn tickets. I could have left at 8:30 if I wasn't waiting to get tickets for you, only for you to say they weren't good enough.

That's when you say, "Uncle D-bag, you're buying them anyway".

What a turd.

how much did he think tix behind home were?

dick

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Faceman wrote:how much did he think tix behind home were?

dick

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I think he meant "it's too high up" as in "the seats aren't close enough".

But yeah... that's a serious punk move. I'd probably crap in a shoebox and mail it to him to extract my revenge.

JL21 wrote:

Faceman wrote:how much did he think tix behind home were?

dick

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I think he meant "it's too high up" as in "the seats aren't close enough".

But yeah... that's a serious punk move. I'd probably crap in a shoebox and mail it to him to extract my revenge.

Put the tickets in there too.

cardinalkarp wrote:

JL21 wrote:

Faceman wrote:how much did he think tix behind home were?

dick

bag

I think he meant "it's too high up" as in "the seats aren't close enough".

But yeah... that's a serious punk move. I'd probably crap in a shoebox and mail it to him to extract my revenge.

Put the tickets in there too.

Great idea. I'd have to wipe, after all. I'm not a monster.

My dad and I will probably just sell those two tickets to someone for face value. We were lucky enough this morning that a guy was willing to do that for us (he told us he didn't want the tickets to go to the scalpers, and this same guy might hook us up with tickets for tomorrow).

If my uncle would rather pay the scalpers double the face value for seats that are ten rows closer than the ones we bought, that's his decision. But please don't ask us to wake up early and get tickets for you (and get the tickets you told us you wanted), only to change your mind.

Speaking of being ungrateful, I heard about this guy whose mother-in-law was nice enough to get him a $25 gift certificate at Cabelas for Father's day, and he's griping about it. Even called her an old bat.

MrCrowesGarden wrote:My dad and I will probably just sell those two tickets to someone for face value. We were lucky enough this morning that a guy was willing to do that for us (he told us he didn't want the tickets to go to the scalpers, and this same guy might hook us up with tickets for tomorrow).

If my uncle would rather pay the scalpers double the face value for seats that are ten rows closer than the ones we bought, that's his decision. But please don't ask us to wake up early and get tickets for you (and get the tickets you told us you wanted), only to change your mind.

I could even see how it'd be mildly acceptable if he had told you, before you went, that he only wanted tickets in sections ______ through _______, or rows 1 through whatever. But if he didn't do that, he's being a jerkass.