The streets are teeming with fans offering up to $100 each for Bleachers. There are dozens of scalpers, but few of them have more than half a dozen tickets. I have 5.
CHISSLER: "How much?"
ME: "How many do you need, guy?"
CHISSLER: "Three, together."
ME: "Hundred each."
CHISSLER(laughing): "You will NEVER get that!"
At that moment, a fan buys two from me for $100 each.
FAN (hugs me): "Oh my God! Thank you, soooo much!"
The Chissler shifts uncomfortably.
CHISSLER: "You're gonna have to lower your price. Game starts in twenty minutes. What are you going to do in the second inning?"
I look around at the hundreds of people vying for the fifty or so tickets that are on the street.
ME: "During the second inning, I will be sitting on a pile of cash, eating freeze pops and watching 'The Wire'. Tickets! Tickets! Who needs tickets?!"
Ha!
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