Okay so the title is perhaps a little harsh but I am just a sucker for alliteration. A few weeks back one of my regular customers was buying a tuxedo from me as he conducts a high school orchestra and also plays in a local one. He mentioned that they had a performance in Reno and asked if Jenn and I liked classical music. When I told him that we did he said, "You should come check us out". Then he wrote down the name of the place they were playing and the date for me. I had the night off so we decided to check it out.
When we got downtown it had a definite Gotham feeling to it. It reminded me of the scene in Batman, Christian Bale or Michael Keaton take your pick, when a young Bruce Wayne went to the Opera with his parents. The architecture of the Trinity Episcopal Church where we were going only reinforced these feelings. Luckily there were no muggings or accidental shootings so Bailey is spared the life of a vigilante for now.
Upon arriving at our destination we received a nasty surprise. They had a little table set up in the foyer with a sign on it that read "Adults $20". Now I had suspected there might be some charge, like the "free" Art Town concerts where they accept donations but I did not consider that it would be this expensive. Well being caught completely off guard and being supremely embarrassed I did not know what to do. I told them frankly that we couldn't afford it all the while feeling waves of hot shame flush over me. They kindly informed me that we could mail it to them at a later date and not knowing what to do I accepted. I am still kicking myself over that decision. A forty dollar concert is completely out of our budget, especially this month. I can't believe I got suckered into that one. Well we felt uneasy for the whole first half and ended up leaving early because we were having too hard of a time enjoying it. Well, next time I'll know better.
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Dude, that really sucks. He could have told you there was a charge.
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