All I wanted was 2 bottles of water for $4 and I only had a $20

[liberal N proud]

Went to an event where you had to buy tickets for food and water, something I see as completely stupid. I have to stand in line buy tickets the go and stand in line to buy food, and will either have too many or too few tickets.

So I am standing in line to get tickets to get water as I was one person away from the front of the line, they closed the line, now I had stand in another line when I am 2 people away, the lady says no cash in this line. I said so I have to stand in a third line? In this process, I learn the had water for sale at the ticket counter for $2 each. I needed 2 bottles that will be $4, I hand them a $20.

This is where it gets stupid, the lady takes the 20 and gives my 4 $5 bills, then tells me that if I need to give her exact change for the water. If I didn't have $4 before what makes you think I have $4 dollars after breaking the $20?

I asked her if I could have 2 1/2 bottles for $5.

And we wonder why they vote against their own interests, they can't do simple math.

[ProudLib72]

1. Simple. Buy five bottles

Then stand in line to go pee.

[ret5hd]

2. I hate those ticket "events"...

We usually buy about the tickets we think we need and if we have "leftovers" we look around for a young family that looks like they could use them.

[rug]

3. Unless this was a live Beatles concert with a resurrected John and George, I'd have left.

[liberal N proud]

4. It was an even on the docks, no shade 90 degrees

[rug]

6. Well that sucks.

My sympathies.

[Ilsa]

5. Hmmm. Secret water bladder next time! nt

[oberliner]

7. What event was this?

Can you say?

[liberal N proud]

9. Tall Ships in Charleston SC

Beautiful tall sailing ships from around the world.

I enjoy all forms of transportation.

[DFW]

11. Where in Charleston was this?

We are there every New Year's.

[liberal N proud]

14. The old Navy Ship Yard in N. Charleston

[DFW]

16. Never been there

We're always downtown, and I was trying to imagine what part of downtown could accommodate a flotilla of tall ships.

[liberal N proud]

17. I guess they used to do it at the Maritime Center

The ship yard is remote but has tons of area to park.

[DFW]

19. That makes sense

Parking downtown is challenging at best.

[liberal N proud]

20. And expensive

[DFW]

22. It's something I was never foolish enough to attempt

We take a taxi in from the airport and walk everywhere until it's time to take a taxi back to the airport a week later.

[liberal N proud]

23. Before moving to SC we always drove in and parked where we were staying

But now we live near Hilton Head and go to Charleston about one 6 times a year. It's an hour and a half drive.

[DFW]

24. I've been to Hilton head exactly once

The yearly thing we attend used to be held there. It moved to Charleston around 2001, and we've been going there ever since.

[liberal N proud]

25. We love both

My wife transferred to Hilton Head last fall after my job was eliminated.

We would have just as easily accepted a move to Charleston as well.

[DFW]

26. I can relate

If I lived anywhere near that area, I would have been perfectly happy to move to either.

[oberliner]

13. Interesting

What a weird system they have for selling food and drink. Is this something you've encountered before?

[liberal N proud]

18. It seems to be the way events are going

I have seen it many times, I hate it.

[DFW]

8. Next time, give her three $3 dollar bills and tell her to keep the change n/t

[liberal N proud]

10. My daughter (adult) was standing next to me and asked her we should pull it out our ass

[DFW]

12. I have a great tall ships story

I was in San Francisco in the summer of 2005. I had dinner my last night there with a colleague from Dallas and a woman I know who lives in the city. She told us about the tall ships visiting, which I didn't even know about. It was getting late, but she insisted we try to get a tour. The ship from Mexico had just closed for the night and the one from Russia was about to. We were told to come back the next morning. I said my flight to Boston was at 8 the next morning, and there was no way I could come back.

I then started speaking Russian and the sailor at the reception was so enthusiastic, he said he'd ask his officer for a time extension. The officer came and said, well if he did it quickly and was willing to do the tour himself, the sailor could give us a quick tour. He did, explaining everything in Russian. I had a hell of time trying to understand him because he was using naval and nautical terms I had never heard before. You don't learn too many Russian words for tall ship parts while reading Pushkin, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov! But I somehow managed, and we DID get our last minute tour of the Russian ship.

[liberal N proud]

15. Interesting

[DFW]

21. Neither of my friends spoke a word of Russian

And the 19 year old sailor who gave us the tour had about ten words of English, it was either me or hand signals. Conversational Russian is not a problem, but a tour full of nautical terms and words for antiquated ship parts? The Russian Lit professors I had in college did not envision my needing THAT kind of a vocabulary to further my scholarly pursuits, needless to say. Maybe I should have tacked a Russian translation of Moby Dick or something.