FIRST IMPRESSION

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

WHEN I STARTED HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958 WE HAD AN ARCHIAC 3 BRICK WALL SIDED GYM WITH A SCOREBOARD WHICH WAS A THREE FOOT BY TWO FOOT BLACK BOARD WITH TIN NUMBERS TWO BY TWO INCHES WIDE....THIS USED TO KEEP SCORE.

THIS SYSTEM WAS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD TO THE TICKET OFFICE AT THE SMITH CENTER.

UNBELIEVEABLE...

I ALWAYS ASK FOR THE HOME PHONE NUMBER OF THE MORON WHO CREATED THIS MONSTER...THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE IT.

THIS ACT HAD NOTHING ON THE ACROBATICS OF CIRQUE SOLIEL.

AT 1330 PM MONDAY I ENTERED THIS CIRCUS TO BUY A 10 DOLLAR TICKET TO THE KIDS SYMPHONY.

LOTS OF LUCK.

PEOPLE WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR....NO LINES NO NUMBERS NO NOTHING.

THE NOISE WAS UNBEARABLE....FOUR SEMI MANNED WINDOWS BEHIND GLASS WERE MANUFACTURED WITH SPEAKERS AT WAIST LEVEL IN FRONT OF THE SCREECHY LOUD VOICES TO THE STAFF ALL YELLING AT THE CUSTOMERS...ALL TOGETHER...ALL OVERLAPPING HIGHLIGHTED BY WINDOW TWO... WHERE THE WOMAN WITH THE WORLDS LOUDEST MOST OFFENSIVE VOICE YELLED OUT COMMANDS.

THE THIRD REICH HAD A GHOST HERE.

BEHIND THESE BIRD CAGES THE STAFF HELD 5 BY 4 GIANT SEATING CHARTS WHICH THEY BANGED AGAINST EACH OTHER AND THE WALLS ATTEMPTING TO ATTRACT SEATING CHOICES.

ALL OF THE CONVERSATIONS WERE OVELAPPING HIGHLIGHTED BY THE OWL LIKE VOICE OF NUMBER TWO...FULL BLAST....THE GUY IN FRONT OF BOOTH 1 WAS ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES TRYING TO LINE UP HIS MOUTH AND THE SPEAKER...IT HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED.

SERVICE WAS NONEXISTENT ...THE GUY IN FRONT OF ME WAS THERE 20 MINUTES...NOBODY MOVED...MY 60 BUSINESS WHICH I NEARLY GAVE UP ON BUT WAS SO ENTERTAINED I STAYED...TOOK 5 MINUTES WHILE SHE RECORDED EVERY ID I EVER HAD EXCEPT MY DISCHARGE DATE FROM VIET NAM.

WHY WOULD ANYONE TOLERATE THIS....DON'T BELEIVE ME ...TAKE AN AFTERNOON OFF AND SUFFER.