When I retired from my job one very special gift was a certificate for $300 for a Broadway show. A wonderful gift that I knew we would enjoy. Yesterday we decided to cash in and take in a show. It is hard to decide what with so many to choose from. While we hate to consider ourselves tourists in a city that we have visited hundreds od times, the reality is that we still gawk at the tall buildings, stop and gaze at the Christmas tree and window shop on Fifth Avenue which as become an open air mall with all the mall stores, on steroids.
To support this idea that we are in fact tourists we decided to get tixs to Jersey Boys. A long time hit, it tells the story of 4 guys from Jersey who became The 4 Seasons singing group. Maybe it is my age and the whole nostalgia thing as I do find myself listening to more 60's music of late.
So I went on line to order the tickets only to find that there is a service charge for each ticket ordered. No big deal, everyone has to make a living, but $41. 00 per ticket! and for what. I never spoke to a person, all was done via internet. The tickets were not put on hold for someone to ask me for my name and picture ID when I arrive at the theatre, I printed out the tickets, so no one had to go and find an envelope and a stamp, $82.00 or the price of 2 off Broadway tickets for "service".
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