Go Chicago Cubs!! but don’t use Stub Hub to get your tickets
26 Aug 2008 2 Comments
Nicole and Louis are FINALLY getting married this weekend after being together for 6 years and engaged for three.
Anyone that has ever planned a wedding let alone just been in a wedding knows how stressful it can be. The stress doubles when a good portion of the people attending the wedding are coming from out of town. The weekend has been planned and everyone is excited for all the events.
One of the biggest events planned, besides the wedding itself, is The Cubs game on Friday. I know I have been dying to get to Wrigley Field and right now The Cubs are doing so well. I hate to note that our two local teams, Nationals and Orioles, aren’t doing nearly as well this year. The game should be exciting.
Except…. for the big OOPS!
Last night Nicole was working on the welcome bags for the out-of-towners, the wedding date (August 31st) is all over them. She switched gears to go purchase The Cubs tickets for Friday and when the confirmation page came up she nearly had a heart attack. She inadvertently purchase $1400 worth of Cubs tickets for the date, and time, of her Wedding.
Her stress level is already at an all time high and this was not what she needed. So Louis walks in right at that moment and rather than panic he handles it very calmly. I guess I should mention they are also paying for their wedding. They immediately send an urgent email to Stub Hub and Louis called first thing this morning. Stub Hub tells them “Too bad so sad we can’t help you.”
UNBELIEVABLE! They won’t even switch the day for them. For heavens sake it’s $1400 and it not like they would be out the money…. They just needed the tickets for a different day.
So as you can imagine the stress level has raised to Threatcon Orange. The emails are flying around Chicago to see if they can sell the tickets.
My co-worker suggested I send an email to The Cubs so I did. Not sure what they can do but they should be aware of these practices of Stub Hub. I’m just amazed that in this day and age companies can be so rigid and money hungry.
I had never heard of Stub Hub before but that is a company I would rather not deal with. Would you?
Chaos and Mahem
26 Aug 2008 2 Comments
Well that’s how my life feels lately.
August has been jam packed and it isn’t over yet. The wedding in Chicago is this weekend and I haven’t even packed yet. At least I did grab Mrs. M’s and my bridesmaid dresses and mailed them. Gawd I hope nothing goes wrong with that… I paid enough so it shouldn’t.
I finally replaced my running shoes. I was having shin splints and finally realized the bottom of the shoe was almost worn through. When I went in the store yesterday I got the distinct feeling the girl wanted to slap me. I got the lecture on how I could have hurt myself and I have to look at the bottoms of the shoes once in a while. Not sure when I’ll be getting out there to run again but I should be bouncing down the road with these new shoes.
Minnie Red started 8th grade today. Jeeze! I remember when she was in 6th grade and pointing out the 8th graders at the bus stop. Now she’s one of them. I took her shopping last night for an outfit for the first day of school. She choose a mini skirt ensemble and I was happy to see she wore shorts underneath this morning. I drove her to the bus stop and she promptly shooed me away because she is an 8th grader now and too cool to have Mom hanging around.
With any luck I’ll finish the video I’m making, for the Bride and Groom, tonight. Then I’ll be able to plans some outfits and pack. Mrs. M is already packed because she is just that together.
I’ve gotten more photos from the Birthday weekend and… They will not be posted. Ok well… Maybe one:
More has been written about the weekend and can be read here and here including a photo of Wesley Snipes taken at Seacrets.
See you in September.
