Well Jess, for a moment that exciting the story is excruciating.
We went to a comic convention for about seven hours, six and a half of which were spent in massive, poorly considered ill organised queues.
Honestly, we spent about three and a half to four hours in the queue for Summer, with all the volunteer helpers being so helpful as to say "oh the VIP customers have paid money to meet these people", like we bloody hadn't!
Started the day by buying photos to get signed of Charisma, Eliza, Summer, Dichen (Dollhouse) and the Groosalugg. Spent, as mentioned, hours stuck in the queue for Summer because noone had organised anything sensibly (hint - if you sell enough VIP photo tickets to people with Summer that she needs two hours to get them taken, don't schedule HALF AN HOUR DURING THE DAY when there's a special VIP ONLY EVENT THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW!)
Anyway, I spent three and a bit hours stuck in the queue for Summer while they lied to us about when she was due back. This wasn't helped by a hate filled and loud old woman behind us (at least sixty) who was telling us all how long she had been queueing. This is what she's telling the people IN FRONT OF HER.
Eventually I cut out to go get Charsima's while Joel stayed in the queue. And just as I was at the front of the Charisma queue, Joel got our signed pictures and was out of the line.
So I spent three and a half hours queueing to NOT meet Summer Glau. I also didn't meet the Groosalugg guy, and only managed to get on the hundred meter long queue for Eliza because the volunteer at the end of the queue had been standing there watching me in the other queue. They cut it off after me.
This then led to the cantankerous old bitch who'd been behind us in the Summer queue giving the volunteer a massive serve, the kind of language that would get you kicked out / arrested in any pub in the country.
Still, I did get to meet Eliza, Dichen, and Charisma "I'm so much hotter in person, like a sexy elf" Carpenter.
At which point they closed the convention and threw everyone out. So I didn't do ANYTHING else the whole day.
ANYTHING.
Crappest convention in the history of the universe. Add in the complete lack of space for more signed photos, and it could be a long time before I go back to that well.
We went to a comic convention for about seven hours, six and a half of which were spent in massive, poorly considered ill organised queues.
Honestly, we spent about three and a half to four hours in the queue for Summer, with all the volunteer helpers being so helpful as to say "oh the VIP customers have paid money to meet these people", like we bloody hadn't!
Started the day by buying photos to get signed of Charisma, Eliza, Summer, Dichen (Dollhouse) and the Groosalugg. Spent, as mentioned, hours stuck in the queue for Summer because noone had organised anything sensibly (hint - if you sell enough VIP photo tickets to people with Summer that she needs two hours to get them taken, don't schedule HALF AN HOUR DURING THE DAY when there's a special VIP ONLY EVENT THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW!)
Anyway, I spent three and a bit hours stuck in the queue for Summer while they lied to us about when she was due back. This wasn't helped by a hate filled and loud old woman behind us (at least sixty) who was telling us all how long she had been queueing. This is what she's telling the people IN FRONT OF HER.
Eventually I cut out to go get Charsima's while Joel stayed in the queue. And just as I was at the front of the Charisma queue, Joel got our signed pictures and was out of the line.
So I spent three and a half hours queueing to NOT meet Summer Glau. I also didn't meet the Groosalugg guy, and only managed to get on the hundred meter long queue for Eliza because the volunteer at the end of the queue had been standing there watching me in the other queue. They cut it off after me.
This then led to the cantankerous old bitch who'd been behind us in the Summer queue giving the volunteer a massive serve, the kind of language that would get you kicked out / arrested in any pub in the country.
Still, I did get to meet Eliza, Dichen, and Charisma "I'm so much hotter in person, like a sexy elf" Carpenter.
At which point they closed the convention and threw everyone out. So I didn't do ANYTHING else the whole day.
ANYTHING.
Crappest convention in the history of the universe. Add in the complete lack of space for more signed photos, and it could be a long time before I go back to that well.
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