And that fat girl
My wife and I have differing tastes in music. She’s country and I’m metal. We have a rule in the car that the driver chooses the music (mostly). My wife likes the Dixie Chicks. I don’t. Actually, I refer to them as The Dixie Chicks and that fat girl (only two of them are chicks, really). Apparently, they’re playing in Knoxville in May and tickets went on sale yesterday at 10:00 a.m. The wife plans on going with a friend.
At 10, the wife starts calling the ticket people (and her friend did too). I ask my wife if she thought tickets would be on sale online. So, I hop online and begin searching, while she’s calling in and getting the busy signal. I find the site and click the Buy Tickets button. And my request can’t be processed due to high traffic volume (that’s the message I get). In this day and age, why are concert promoters so behind in technology? Why can’t they have a web page setup to deal with volume? Or a phone system to do the same?
After trying for 40 minutes, we gave up and went to run some errands. The wife has both cell phones in the car set to redial and is using them both while I drive (so, we’re not listening to the Dixie Chicks). And still no answer. Why don’t these people keep up with technology?
Thompson Boling Arena only holds 24,535. It’s not that much volume. My wife’s friend eventually got through and got some not real good seats for $65 each. My wife was disappointed they cost so much. And I tell her that’s the result of Morpheus, Napster, and Kazaa. Again, the music industry is way behind the times.
