Nothing for nothing
While listening to the news I became aware that the world is not always as we assume it should be. Right now there is a huge music concert tour going on in Canada. Tickets are sold out almost everywhere. Except it would seem in the minds of the promoters. A new batch of tickets has been printed with a careful warning to the buyer. These tickets provide no view of the concert. Are you think about that for a moment. You have turned a really expensive experience into one that could be easily duplicated with a set of headphones and your local stereo. Unless you were there purely for the pleasure of making your way through an unruly crowd this one makes no sense. And the news story was quick to point that out. This concert or these concerts are not meant for everyone. You must really want to get rid of your money to spend it on a ticket for a show you will never see. I cannot imagine that this would have ever gone over a lifetime ago. There were scams even then but none of the idea that you can sell someone nothing in return for something. Come on in, take a seat, look to where the stage is behind that wall. Almost heartbreaking. To think that there are people in the business that have only money on their mind. Yes, I know, that is always been that way but hardly with the level of all the money belongs to us that promoters now demonstrate. I can imagine that the tickets will be a great souvenir of the experience. Nothing for nothing. Perhaps you can take your ticket, buy a fancy frame mount it on the main wall in your house and say that you almost went to a concert. The artist is not at fault. This whole scenario belongs to the promoters. In fact the artist might not even be aware because there is a strong divide behind how tickets are sold. I have managed to go through life without ever overspending for my entertainment. I have no intention of starting at this point. Besides, that artist already came to the island and I did not go then either.
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