We came up with two dates, today and sometime in May, and in an attempt to bypass TicketMaster's ridiculous "convenience fees" on every purchase (convenient for whom, exactly?) we drove into the city and went in person to the box office.
We happened to arrive a few hours before the 2pm performance and discovered that every day the theatre holds a lottery for any returned or unsold tickets! Just drop your name into the tombola and you can have the chance in the grand draw that takes place at noon, and the tickets you win are yours for $25 each (limit of two per person, must present photo ID).
How could we resist? In went our names, and the tension mounted as the crowd grew. A man with a microphone appeared, spun the perspex drum and we were off. Oprah-style whooping and hollering accompanied every ticket drawn out. It would have been rude not too!
They say be careful what you wish for. We obviously didn't wish hard enough as none of us won anything, despite the MBA students present doing some detailed probability calculations. "A fix" was Hannah's assessment, and so we left clutching (much better) tickets for May.
If I only had a heart/brain/courage (delete as applicable)
You've got to be in it to win it.
Keeping the process transparent.
Look at the disappointment on their poor little faces...
