Opportunity Cost
I thought it appropriate to draft a little something-something following the Sunday game that almost was. For those of you too just joining our programming this evening and too lazy to read below, I’ll recap, because I love bulleted lists:
- Tickets were offered. Beautiful tickets. 7 rows off the field at the 40 yard line tickets.
- I pounced.
- Ticket holder who had purchased to make a quick buck, was taken aback, and quoted face value.
- I balked, offered $40 over face just for his trouble.
- Ticket holder huddled with wife (<– that’s a football reference in case you’re a moron).
- Wife declared victory over $40
- I once again offer to wait, allowing owner to feel out the second hand market for a few days. Ticket holder refuses.
- I paypal money. Transaction complete. Handshake made.
Fast forward 6 hours…
- Ticket owner refunds money
- Note on refund says “I can’t sell you tickets, good luck with your search”
- I go thermonuclear.
- I drink a beer.
- I calm down.
- I realize this jackass sold out his integrity for an extra $350.
- I deem him my mortal enemy (think Sheldon and WIL WHEATON)
- I opt to not waste my words even acknowledging his complete lack of class, morality, good judgement, ethics, etc. etc.
- I watch the game on TV, musing that I could’ve taken that dirtbag to small claims court and handily won, and of course realize I’d gain more by working my day job.
In case you aren’t a football fan, here’s how I would sum up the game and Tim Tebow’s performance:
“Un-fucking-believable”
Yes, folks, perhaps the best Bronco game I’ve ever seen. It wasn’t the same caliber of game as, say, the Saint’s performance in dismantling the Lions.. that was just a spectacle of athleticism that you don’t see every day. But this game will definitely go down in the annals of time as one of the great underdog upsets.
Yet, I can’t help but wonder, what would it have been like to be there?
Relax, I’m not sad. I learned a wonderful lesson and spotted a douchebag that I previously may have wasted more time associating with. For this, I am thankful. Also, I have an enormous tv. It’s not unpleasant.
Finally, I would like to bring a little chaos theory to our discussion. I am not a mathematician. Nor will I ever be. However, I can’t help but think that my presence at this game SOMEHOW, in tandem with a butterfly getting eaten by a bird in China, would have led to the Broncos not winning. No, I do not think I’m at the center of the universe, nor am I tied to Tebow, his love of Jebus, or the outcome of any sporting event, that’s just how my fortunes tend to roll, ya know?
In other news, my pup turned 4 yesterday. I think I will bake her a cake. 🙂
~JJ/V~
Random. Shallow. Musings. 