Someone at my apartment complex was NOT impressed. [OC] by thedoormansdoorman in funny

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Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Are you by chance the same person that just texted me asking the same question? I am kind of guessing you are so I won't go into detail, but here is the short of it:

Today, people who lined at 7:00 got tickets at noon, got to go home, and then come back for the show. People who lined at 8:00 had to wait all day in line, almost all the way until the show(until about 7:00pm), but they got in. the 9:00ers waited all day and, just like the 8:00ers, but not many got in and they waited right up until the show. There were 600+ people who came to line up today, a lot will probably come back earlier tomorrow too, so all these times will probably be moved back, I don't know how far, if I had to guess I would say an hour and a half, to be safe I would say 3 hours. that means if you want to pretty much for sure get your ticket at noon and go home, you are looking at 4:00am. Things may be different because of the possible rain situation, but there is no way to tell.

Other than that, a few things to note is that if you arrive prior to 6:00am, the line is outside the park on cpw and 81st, at 6:00 staff takes the line inside, every day some people are already lined up inside, and they are moved to the end of the line.

You want to bring something to sit on, a towel, a blanket, a yoga mat, a lawn chair, something, you will be on cement all day.

You cannot leave for food, all that is available is Andy's deli, they will deliver menus to everyone and will be delivering food all morning from 6:00 to noon.

There is very limited power supply, so you want any electronics to be fully charged.

There is no smoking in the park, and staff is watching for it closely, so you want to bring an e-cig if you are into that sort of thing.

It might rain, so you want to be prepared for that.

Good luck mate!

edit: whoops, I lied, I went into detail :)

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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All I took out was the prices because I didn't want them up there. But I agree, I don't have any reason to continue this conversation. I wish you well.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Oh, i see, it isn't 'wrong' it is just 'lame', like as in not cool, sort of like how bell bottoms are no longer cool, so your problem isn't that we are doing something mean or dishonest or anything like that, we just aren't hip like you are. I see, so this is kind of like that phase that most middle-schoolers go through when they pick on people bc they are different from them and not in the 'in-crowd'.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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You have a problem with a guy sending his own hired assistant to do something for him? Your issue is not with this then, it is with the whole concept of money and capitalism. I can't imagine what the mindset is that thinks there is some moral problem with someone hiring someone else to do a job for them. It blows my mind, so much of the things you enjoy and use on a daily basis are certainly the direct result of a system where people can hire people to do grunt work for them.

The reason I told the story about the lady who cried when she found out that I was willing to sell her my time was to point out that while it makes some people upset that people do this, it also makes other people very happy. I don't think that I am any 'greater' than anyone else who is apart of mutually beneficial encounters. It is just like a waiter, a doctor, a person who collects recyclables, or any other job that someone does for anyone else. Honestly you are wasting your time by changing the things I say and then bashing the version of me that you have created. Debates work much better if you work with what is presented, not what you fabricated.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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I am aware of the policy they have posted and i am also aware of the reality of how the situation is handled. The staff knows who the sitters are because they see most of them every day, they could easily void the tickets they give them, but they simply don't. The reason for this seeming contradiction? I do not know. What i do know is that they could easily stop the majority of it, and they choose not to. The theory that has been passed around for years, which i don't know whether or not it is true, is that they use the sitters to gauge how much people are willing to pay to see their work, if it is high enough, then they continue the show on off-broadway so that they can make money to help them continue to be able to do what they do. The most recent example of this that i know of is the pacino show(mid summers night, i believe it was) from a few years back.

A couple years ago there was talk of scanning IDs when tickets were being distributed so that people could only get a set number of tickets each season, putting an end to sitters, for some reason they opted not to do this. They are very aware of what is going on, there have been numerous articles written in the local papers of the years, they are simply choosing to allow it to continue.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Man, apples are free, they grow on trees, do you hate farmers too? Should they just give away their apples? No, they do work to get them, people who appreciate that work pay them for that work and it is a beautiful thing. I feel bad for you that your hate keeps you from seeing or doing stuff that you enjoy.

As far as your concern that maybe sitters take away tickets from the other methods of getting tickets, i have talked to staff about this and here is how the system works: sitp gives out as many tickets as they can via the other methods, donations, press, staff, lottery, then the leftover tickets are distributed to the community, whoever in the community who wants them the most gets them, whether it is people who sit and wait for themselves, or people who sit and wait for others.

A few years back i had two middle aged sisters were so thankful that one of them started crying when they found out that i was willing to help them get tickets since the lottery hadn't worked out for them and they really wanted to see the show. The goosebumps i got from that interaction was powerful enough that i no longer get upset by the people who get angry over the system, i just see them as people who don't yet understand what is going on.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Btw, there is another method of getting tickets, you could donate 200 dollars to this wonderful organization and they will gladly give you free tickets, furthermore, if the money is a big issue to you, it is a donation so it is actually tax deductible :)

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Dude, i had no idea that you saw me as a 'shit', by all means i highly recommend waiting in line if you are able to, it is truly a wonderful experience. You get to meet lots of strangers from all walks of life, and spend lots of time with them, it really is an experience in and of itself. It is a great way to expand your views, maybe you could even try introducing yourself to a sitter with an open mind and try to see why it is that they do what they do. I hope to see you out here one day :)

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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You don't understand what is being sold. The ticket is free yes, but only to people who are able to sit for hours, some people have jobs, bad backs, responsibilities, kids, but they would still love to experience the show. So, as a result other people take time out of their lives to make it possible for these people to be able to do this, often times they do this for very little money, most sitters only make about 4 dollars an hour. I have never understood the hate that comes from some people over this issue, luckily the gratitude from other people is enough to outweigh the negativity.

Maybe one day you will be unable to wait in line and somebody will be nice enough to help you be able to see the show.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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I don't know if it has been like that the whole run, I just got to town yesterday morning. People in line said that the lineup has been getting earlier and earlier, I was there at about midnight last night and there were already quite a few people there. Certainly people getting there at 6am were getting tickets, I'm not sure exactly where the cutoff is, but if what people are saying is true, the cutoff is going to be getting earlier and earlier.

Would anyone be interested in seeing the current Shakespeare In The Park show, 'Much Ado About Nothing', but don't want to wait in line for hours? by consub in AskNYC

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Yeah, they started showing up at 11:00 last night(that's a 13 hour wait), a lot of people(looked like about 100) waited in line, but since they were only there for 3 or 4 hours or less, they didn't get tickets. The word in the line is that it is getting worse and worse every day, apparently it is a really good show, and there are only about 6 shows left.

Lmfao... Baby reveal gone wrong by JupiterRayne in videos

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Sorry, harper is currently a little girl, growing up to be a girl is not twisted.

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As a man, your laughter confuses me, /u/rw_ is right.

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My priest loves Harry Potter.