March 14, 2007 @ 08:38
Yesterday I wrote about my neighbour John and his incredible hockey journey with his three boys John, Jake and Ben.
They arrived in Montreal yesterday and the excursion got off to a rocky start. The game was sold out, so John had to buy tickets off a scalper outside the Bell Centre and paid 400 dollars.
Believe me, Big John became extremely pissed when he and the boys were entering the rink and the tickets failed the security scan. They were counterfeit.
John was quickly told he had one option. Get lost.
He argued but as you can imagine Bell Centre security reminded him of the hazards of buying tickets from people on the street and they were quite adamant, they were keeping the tickets and he and the boys were staying outside.
Knowing he was cooked, John asked security if the three boys could stay by the entrance while went and paid the ticket scalper a visit and believe it or not, the scalper was still out on the street doing his thing.
Apparently it was a short confrontation. John didn't need the police or anything. All he had to do was grab the guy by the scruff of the neck and demand compensation.
The scalper turned into a pussy and made up some excuse about not knowing the tickets were counterfeit, and after John threatened to drag his ass all the way back to the Bell Centre, he coughed up two hundred dollars and four tickets, which he promised were legit.
By this time all the scalper's potential customers had scattered and John was concerned about his boys so he had no choice but to take the guy's word for it.
I'm happy to report it ended well. The seats for the legitimate tickets weren't as good as the counterfeit tickets, but he got into the rink and saved himself two hundred dollars - or 20 Bell Centre beers.
Montreal is evil.
Category: Neighbour John
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