Scalpers

I hate scalpers.

Avenue Q tickets went on sale today. I really REALLY want to see it. I've been waiting for it to come to Pittsburgh.

So I sent an email out to friends to see if anyone else wanted tickets. 4 hours later, I attempted to buy them.

Scalpers got everything. The tickets were $60 a piece. Now you have to pay $160 for scalped tickets.

I am so pissed right now. The fact that the city allows this is ridiculous, as is the fact that the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust doesn't even try to stop this. Some "cultural trust" if most of us can't afford to see the show.

How hard is this guys? Either put names on the tickets and check IDs at the door, or make the tickets a pay-at-the-door. At 5 till showtime, allow all remaining tickets to be sold. For a seating area within a theatre, this is doable. It still doesn't work for the stadiums, but they could at least make it illegal and arrest the scalpers standing out in front of the stadiums.

Or, we could just screw over the citizens of Pittsburgh. That's SOP, right?

Trust the Prius Driver

Attention to the three drivers on Forbes this morning who were jerks:

My Prius has a real-time view of my energy consumption. So, when I'm coasting towards Shady at 20 mph, there's a reason. Mostly that the light at Shady is RED. My car is not slow, it actually can go fast and has more torque than yours. I'm coasting to keep my mileage above 50mpg.

In particular, do NOT cut off the Honda on my right, pull into the right lane, cut me back off in the left lane, and then slam on your brakes. Cause that makes you a jerk.

Thanks.