A Night With The "M's!"

It never ceases to amaze me how “bloody boring” professional sporting venues are. Now I shouldn’t be complaining. At work, we are a major sponsor for the Mariners. With that, we get tickets, and other perks. Part of our sponsorship requires that at 12 games throughout the season, a table needs to be staffed to pass out UW Medicine paraphernalia. This table is strategically placed on the 100 level, right behind home plate. You have an amazing view of the entire game from your table. The volunteers that were slated to table Friday evening, bailed a few weeks ago. So our office had to fill the vacancy with bodies. These bodies were Holly and I.

Amazing views of the game, free parking in the covered parking garage. Was I satisfied? Not really. It was torture. First off the public could care less about information and brochures; they just want the free gift you are passing out. A few folks even mentioned, “This is boring,” after I mentioned I had information for UW Medicine and Harborview Medical Center. Too Funny!

We got some good people watching in, complete with sarcastic commentary, some non stop texting with a few coworkers who were also bored at other venues in the city. Even took a few pictures to document that we actually were at Safeco Field. Mariners of course were losing. Score was 0 to 3 when we left. We were pleasantly surprised to learn they won on the 11pm news that night. We bailed at the beginning of the 7th inning, as contractually the vendors can start taking down in the 7th. We were packed up in a matter of 45 seconds and out the door to get on with our evening.

Kidd Valley garlic fries…$6.00! Kidd Valley cheeseburger…$7.00! Aquafina 12oz bottled water…$4.25! A ginormous bag of kettle corn…a left kidney! Having to take out a second mortgage to afford the disgustingly overpriced sub par food at the game park, priceless! Who willingly does this?