A follow-up on my MIL.
After her efforts to somehow go to the wrong site to buy a ticket to the Collingwood final, a feat she is unable to rationally explain, it turns out the the ‘ticket’ she bought, was
actually valid, albeit at 6x the cost
She has managed to go on ViaGoGo instead of Ticketek, somehow ignoring the link provided by the Crows, and the ‘seller’ sent through the dodgiest ticket ever a couple of days after she ‘purchased’ it.
We all told her it was fake, but one of my daughters happen to be in the city late last Thursday afternoon and asked her Grandma to forward the ‘ticket’ to her so she could check it at one of the Adelaide Oval ticket boxes, to finally settle the matter. To her, the ticket attendant and everyone else on Earth’s amazement, it was confirmed it was actually a valid ticket
.
So my missus hastily picked up her Mum and dutifully delivered her to Adelaide Oval for the match. She was seated in a large block amongst Collingwood numpties.
She kept messaging us during the match, and at one point messaged that a large, rough looking Collingwood supporter in the seat in front of her kept standing up, blocking her view, so she punched him in the kidneys (her exact words
), saying that he won’t do that again
Thinking that she would need to pick her Mum up from the RAH, my missus picked her up after the match. Her Mum calmly said on the way home that she thinks that she’ll be OK to get her ticket herself for the next final
Anyway, last Sunday, went out for brunch for Father’s Day, so I could see my 3 daughters before the missus and I headed to Adelaide Oval for the 1st/2nd Semi double header (the missus is a Legs supporter, more on that at another time).
We have a camera doorbell at our front door, and whilst at brunch, get a notification that someone has rung the doorbell. You guessed it, it was the MIL. Nek minnit, she calls my missus and wanted help on what to do to purchase her finals ticket. Here we faaarking go again we all thought.
So the missus says we’re out and won’t be home until the evening, we’ll talk to her then.
Anyway, we finally get home after the day’s activities and the subject of WTF we should do with the MiL comes up, as all of us were either working or busy then next morning when ticket release opens.
My eldest daughter offers to go over my MiL’s so make it as idiot proof as possible. She sets up a desktop link on her laptop to the Ticketek site and writes down detailed instructions, including the Crows membership code to purchase her ticket. Strict instructions to not touch anything and leave her laptop on were given, and all she had to do was click that desktop link from 10am in the morning.
I was really busy Monday morning so couldn’t have helped her even if I wanted to, but there was no SOS. My missus later told be that she had successfully completed the mission!
Note to self, next time you get married (spoiler alert, there won’t be a next time, this one is currently a week short of 33 years), do extensive due diligence on the prospective MiL.
Dunno, I’m just an idiot.
I’m only the administrator of the estate of dedja … my yes be yes, my no be no
I love the smell of naphthalene wafting from Lefevre Peninsula during the finals
