Box Office Blunder!

This isn’t real estate but it’s quite a funny story. I’m sure all the men that read this will get a little chuckle while many of the women think, “Oh, brother!” For Christmas I figured I could surprise my better half (Marcie) with dinner for two and two tickets to see a performance of Beauty and The Beast. I made up a nice mock ticket on the computer, put it in a box and wrapped it. As you can imagine, she was excited as Beauty and The Beast is her favorite story. We also saw it on Broadway during its final showing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

So Marcie gives me a call on Monday evening (Jan. 4) to see what’s up. She was away for a few days in NJ. I was telling her how excited I was over this miracle of the Jets making the playoffs. Yes, I know these last two wins were gifts! I told her they play Saturday so don’t schedule ANYTHING from the late afternoon on. She then asked what time they played. The game starts at 4:30. She informed me that I was in fact not going to watch the game because we have somewhere to be. Well, I almost had a heart attack! I had NO IDEA what she was talking about! When she told me we had reservations for Beauty and The Beast my immediate reaction was, “Oh no, I did it to myself!” That’s what I get for being nice…LOL.

On Tuesday, I told the story to the women in my office. I’ve been working with them for a few years now and refer to them as moms #2,3 and 4. They of course were hysterical because it was of my own doing. After the laughter subsided, one of the women took charge, called the box office and requested they change my tickets to the Friday showing (tonight). They all have sons around my age as well so are accustomed to getting us young stupid men out of trouble.

Now for the question everyone’s waiting for…. What was Marcie’s reaction to the whole situation? Well, she just happened to call after everything went down. She thought the whole thing was hilarious. Marcie knows the wonderful ladies I work with and pictured what must have happened. They all agreed that Marcie must be great to not care that the date was moved.

Yes, she is! Tonight we will get a nice dinner and enjoy a wonderful production of Beauty and The Beast. As for tomorrow, J-E-T-S JETS, JETS, JETS!!!!!!!!!!!