yes, i know, strong astericks. (and on a monday, for shame!)
here’s what happened.
i bought alex and i tickets to see forgetting sarah marshall a MONTH ago.
last night was the big night.
to say we were looking forward to it was an understatement. alex even had to ask off work for it.
we get there. we pick up our tickets. we get in line.
line’s not too bad, maybe 50 people in front of us, but we don’t worry. the theater seats hundreds.
btw, we got in line at 6:20, and they were to start seating at 6:40. 20 minutes, no sweat.
6:40 came and went.
then 6:45.
… waiting …
finally, at 6:50, they let about 30 people head up to seat.
then nothing.
getting antsy.
7, still nothing.
getting pissed.
7:15, we’re waiting.
face stuck in constant state of scowling.
7:30, word floated down that they had already started the movie.
WTFOMGAREYOUSERIOUSARGRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah.
turns out, afi didn’t expect many pass holders to actually show up (they get to be seated first).
and where were these magical pass holders? we didn’t see them!?!?
oh, they were in a super-special second line upstairs.
soooooo, we spent $17 on tickets, two gallons of gas (thanks to it being in dallas) and $20 eating out, only to stand in line for an hour and be turned away. (yay, date night)
the afi people were trying to figure out what to do to calm the super-pissed people.
one woman came around and started offering up two free passes to thursday’s showing of baby mama. (at first, instead of a refund. then they wisened up, and gave passes out on top of a refund.)
are you serious?! does. not. compare.
(btw, yes, we took the free pass, on principle. not sure if i’ll go see
it or not, since it’s all the way in valley view on a thursday.)
… quarter to 8, they finally took down our info, and promised to refund our money within the week. we’ll see.
lol, alex then decided to go get matching iphones.
(you know, to ease the pain)
thankfully, everything was closed.
