How to buy Police tickets from work
Last week Police tickets at Dodger Stadium went on sale at 10:00am on a weekday and I had the dilemma of figuring out how to buy Police tickets from work. My desk sits in an open area with no cubicle walls and my computer screen is visible to all who pass by. I also sit directly across from my boss’s office.

That morning I logged into ticketmaster.com found the Police dates and waited. I kept the Internet page minimized while working, checking it occasionally to see if the tickets were on sale yet.

Ten minutes to 10:00am I got my debit card out of my wallet, minimized the Internet page and continued working.

Five minutes to 10:00am I refreshed the Internet page. Tickets still not on sale. I minimized the Internet page and continued working.

Two minutes to 10:00am I refreshed the Internet page. Tickets still not on sale. I minimized the Internet page and continued working.

One minute to 10:00am I refreshed the Internet page. Tickets still not on sale. I minimized the Internet page and continued working.

10:00am! I refreshed the Internet page. Tickets now on sale! Woo hoo! I put in the number of tickets I wanted, chose a price range and clicked on “look for tickets”.

A box popped up on the screen that said: “Your wait time is approximately 7 minutes. If you refresh or hit back you’ll lose your place in line.”

“Your wait time is approximately 5 minutes.”

“Your wait time is approximately 3 minutes.”

“Your wait time is approximately 7 minutes.”

What? It’s going back up!

Just then my boss got up from his desk and walked past my desk towards another co-worker’s office.

Shit!

I quickly minimized the Internet page and pretended to be working. After he passed, I maximized the Internet page again.

“Your wait time is approximately 5 minutes.”

“Your wait time is approximately 3 minutes.”

“Your wait time is approximately 1 minute.”

One minute left!

Just then my boss walked back around the corner passing by my desk.

Shit!

I quickly minimized the Internet page again and pretended to be working. Once he was back at his desk, I maximized the Internet page again.

“Your tickets have been located. Enter your credit card information in the next minute if you want to purchase.”

I quickly entered my credit card information.

Processing…

“Thank you for purchasing Police tickets. Your confirmation # is…”

Oh my God! I got Police tickets! I wanted to scream.

I couldn’t call my friends that I’d just bought Police tickets for because my boss would hear me telling them that I’d just bought Police tickets while at work!

I had to tell them I got Police tickets!

“I got Police tickets!” I sent in a text message.

“Oh my God! Police tickets!”

“Yeah. We’re going to see the Police.”

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  posted by Matildakay at 12:35 AM 11 comments