Sunday, August 26, 2012

Lines...

Yesterday I went to a non- descript office to pick up some tickets. I knew there would be a line of some sort, but since I worked in the morning I couldn't get there until 11:45. When I walked up this is what I saw...

So I thought no problem, maybe two hours. But two hours later it still looked like this...


 So I called in a Tacobell delivery run from friends so I didn't starve. Then I called the people I was supposed to meet at 5:30 in Atlanta- not going to make that! So I kept waiting thinking maybe another hour. At this point I had pulled out the umbrella trying not I get a sunburn, read half of my not so interesting book, and chatted with the nice people around me. After 3 1/2 hours, I knew I couldn't give up at that point- so SIX hours later...




And I made it to the party a fashionable four hours late!

6 comments:

Chris said...

Were you standing the whole time? Nice job snagging a ticket!

just jenn said...

wow! how exciting. now i have a reason to watch convention coverage.

Anonymous said...

Who would've guessed! 6 hours of people lines! That should be interesting and exciting to attend--are you taking a poster?
love, momsie

Steph said...

Oh wow! That's cool. How did you get the ticket? Did you have to apply in a lottery or just wait in line for 6 hours?

mel said...

I was able to leave the line a couple of times for a shade break - everyone was pretty nice about holding spots. Other than that though, yes I was there for six hours. Beforehand, I signed up online then got a phone call later to see if I had my own transportation and accommodations. Then I got an email saying where to pick up the tickets. They were still first come first serve even if you got the email though so that's why there was such a long line.

Trina said...

Super neat!