Let’s talk about concerts.
Everyone needs a hobby. Mine just happens to be live music. And I’ll just go ahead and stop you right now before you look down your nose at me while making smug comments about how you would *never* spend so much money on one event. First of all, if you’re smart you can avoid some of the heinous legalized scalping that a certain ticket monopoly loves to inflict on the public, and second I’m looking at you with your monthly gym membership that you never use. What does that add up to over the course of a year? At least I get a memory and a t-shirt.
That brings me to the dilemma. I don’t just like to go to concerts and sit anywhere. I like to be right up front, in front of the artist, on the rail. This has typically meant getting tickets to the general admission “pit” and making sure I’m there early enough to get to the rail and hold onto it for the evening. This has never been a problem … until the last couple of years. Now I’m finding myself with feet that are already aching long before the show has even started, even though I’m wearing my memory foam enhanced, not-cool-at-all, “orthopedic sneakers” as my daughter calls them. I used to have concert boots. They were very cool and I loved breaking them out for shows. I tried them on a few months ago and my feet started hurting before I even finished lacing them up, so it was back to my trusty orthopedic sneakers.
I think my low point came when I found myself googling wearable chairs and trying to decide if I could sneak them into a concert venue to sit before the show starts. That’s when I realized I have to make a choice, and it’s not one I really relish making.
So naturally, I’m going to throw my energy into getting rid of concert pits so there’s seats at every show all the way to the rail. (After that, can we look at concerts maybe starting earlier? I’m tired!)
