Some Men Are So Stupid a.k.a. My Concert Experience Last Night

Miss Vicky · #1 08-25-2005, 08:58 AM

Okay, so my friend and I had tickets to go see Tom Petty last night. She had made arrangements to have her boyfriend drop us off at the venue while he and his friend occupied themselves elsewhere. She and I are the only employees at the moment at the veterinary hospital where I work, so we made our boss close an hour early.
As we were trying to get out the door, he kept trying to chit chat with us about god-only-knows-what. And we're trying to be nice about it, but we're in a hurry. So we get a late start to go pick up the guys from my friend's house.
She had specifically told her boyfriend to bring his cell phone so that she could call him when the concert was over, but being the idiot that he is... he forgot. So after hitting about every damn red light possible in town and nearly missing a couple of turns (Speeding across four lanes of traffic at about 90 mph to get to an offramp is not fun!) and having to listen to the guys yack on and on about VIDEO GAMES, we arrive at the ampitheatre one hour late. We find our seats quite literally just as The Black Crowes finish their set.
So then we had about an hour of people watching. Petty draws some real freaks. And of course I get stuck next to the drunken idiot who kept spilling beer all over me and himself and asking us repeatedly where we were from. He also kept going on and on about how wonderful our seats were. (We had eighth row, but because of the way the seats were arranged there weren't any other people in front of us and we had a very clear view of the stage.)
The show finally ended sometime around 11:00. We bought some t-shirts and headed out front to meet the guys. Her boyfriend was pissed off because he'd shown up at about 10:00 to pick us up (which wouldn't have happened if he'd brought the damn cell phone... but it was somehow our fault that he had to wait).
As we're starting off towards the car, he has the sudden realization that he doesn't have the car keys. He'd locked them in the freakin' car and the car was STILL ON. Making matters worse, one of the front tires was very nearly flat and we had no spare. So after a lot of cussing and yelling we ended up racing across the parking lot to hunt down a towtruck.
He slim-jimmed the lock for us to the tune of $40 (which her boyfriend so chivalrously let her pay for) but had no air tank to inflate the tire. We asked him for directions to the nearest gas station and ended up getting not-so-accurate directions. We get on the road and all the guys can think about is trying to get home. Meanwhile my friend and I are cussing at them to just find the ****ing gas station so we can inflate the tire. We ended up driving back and forth in the middle of nowhere trying to figure it out. We finally got her boyfriend to pull over so we could ask a police officer for directions to the gas station. We tell him which way to go and he starts arguing with us that the gas station is in the wrong direction (we had to head north to get there, home was south). Ugh! There was no getting home if we didn't get air in that tire. One step at a freaking time! Long story short - we got there late. we had to deal with morons (lots of them, mostly male). And we didn't get home until nearly 2 a.m. I have to be at work at 7:30 this morning.

The show? Was fantastic. Absolutely stunning. Newfound respect for Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, and Scott Thurston who all blew me away (never really paid them much attention before. Don't know why). Lots of hits, a couple of great covers, not a dull moment. If they tour again next year I simply must see them again.

Dreammms · #2 08-25-2005, 09:10 AM

Glad you had a great time at the show. Sorry you had to deal with all that other **** though

golden braid · #3 08-25-2005, 10:40 AM

At least you made it in time to see Tom and the show was great.

I'm excited cause I'm going to see him tomorrow night.

CelticGypsy · #4 08-25-2005, 10:54 AM

Glad you had a good time at the concert except for the drunk guy next to you.

Been married to the same man for 26 years. It doesn't get any better. They are still confusing and I think they get worse as they age too

Men don't ever really grow up. Mine is 46. Leave now!!!

Save yourself

amber · #5 08-25-2005, 10:56 AM

yes, boys are dumb, Tom is great.
Thank goodness the show was so fabulous, right?

Miss Vicky · #6 08-25-2005, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

yes, boys are dumb, Tom is great.
Thank goodness the show was so fabulous, right?

The show was incredible. Overall a superior performance to even the three Fleetwood Mac shows I've been to. Probably the best concert I've seen, period.

WildInTheWind · #7 08-25-2005, 10:26 PM

Glad you got to see a great show! Tom Petty shows are always great...some of the best concerts I have ever been to. What covers did he do?

Miss Vicky · #8 08-25-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

Glad you got to see a great show! Tom Petty shows are always great...some of the best concerts I have ever been to. What covers did he do?

He did "Gloria" and "I'm Crying." I think he might have done one or two others too but my short term memory is for ****.

seeker007nmss · #9 08-25-2005, 10:42 PM

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As we're starting off towards the car, he has the sudden realization that he doesn't have the car keys. He'd locked them in the freakin' car and the car was STILL ON. Making matters worse, one of the front tires was very nearly flat and we had no spare

And to top it all off it was going to rain and the top was down on the convertible!

Miss Vicky · #10 08-25-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by seeker007nmss

And to top it all off it was going to rain and the top was down on the convertible!

Now see... if it was a convertible with the top down, that would have solved the problem of leaving the key in the car (but possibly presented the problem of making it easy prey for a thief).

And rain in California in August? Would probably be a sign of the apocalypse, but I'd blame it on my friend's boyfriend anyways.

WildInTheWind · #11 08-25-2005, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

He did "Gloria" and "I'm Crying." I think he might have done one or two others too but my short term memory is for ****.

Tom Petty always does some cool covers. BTW...men are not the only ones who are stupid. I locked my keys in my car at a Roger Waters concert once. Of course, the care wasn't running, but it was a bitch to get that door open! That was a great concert, but needless to say I was NOT happy with myself afterwords. Neither were the people who drove with me

amber · #12 08-26-2005, 12:24 AM

So, crap. This morning I checked TM, and there was totally petty tickets, and I was like "score!" because I get paid today. Then I was like "I hope they're still there at 5:00, when I can buy them!"
No. of course they are not there. Why would they be there, when I wanted them?

GypsySorcerer · #13 08-26-2005, 12:33 AM

Jeez! What a mess. The concert sounded fab, though.

BTFLCHLD · #14 08-26-2005, 01:43 AM

chithappens...im surprised the guys didnt have a nervousbreakdown