So tonight a couple of friends decided to go to a local church girl's night out (http://www.gnolive.ca/) at a local church. Sounds great. Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 7:30pm. We'll aim to be there just after 7.
First problem. No parking. 4 blocks later and crammed along a side street the car is parked.
Second problem. It's freezing cold and I didn't bring a jacket. Um, wait, that's my problem.
Third problem. It's 7:10pm and the doors to the church are locked. Why you ask? 390+ women are already in the building and it's hitting the fire hazard restrictions. Yup. No lie. The doorman locked the doors and wouldn't not let anyone else in. The line outside the doors? At least 100 strong. There were women there that drove over an hour to come. Some took the night off, other's had to get sitters. We were turned away with craptacular excuses.
This was a free event but you needed a ticket. They printed waaayy more tickets than seating available. At least 150 more tickets. They blamed Mitchell Family Books for having tickets and with going bankrupt there was no way of knowing how many were given away. POOR excuse. The stores are still open, go and ask!
I wasn't really ticked, I live 15 minutes away. I feel so sorry for the older ladies who were freaking ticked and were vocal about it.
Next year? Good luck getting a great turnout because after how this was handled? You're going to have a hord of angry, church-going ladies to sooth over!
Nuthin' like a horde of angry, church-going ladies! Armageddon. Look out