Front Row Seat
U/Blownupicus: “There was a band I really liked playing a sold out show in my town years ago. Not a huge band, but still pretty popular. I looked up their stage manager’s name online, grabbed an old lead cable and crossed my fingers.
Knocked on the back door, told security ‘Pete told me to go grab this for him, said they were short’. They let me in and I got to watch the show from the side of the stage.”
Playing Chicken
U/jshah500: “When I was young (~12yo) I received a free chicken sandwich coupon for Chik-fil-a that I got from a contest at school. There was no fine print on it. No exp date, no ‘one per customer’, no nothing. So I used my dad’s photocopier at home and made a ton of copies, talking like 100 copies. Every week my mom would drive me to Chik-fil-a, wait in the car (I think she was embarrassed but didn’t want to suppress my enthusiasm), I’d go inside, and walk out with a couple free sandwiches.
Did it for like a year before we moved away. Pretty sure the high school employees just took pity on a 12yo and honestly didn’t care enough to say no. I work in marketing now and fine print is one of the things I proofread 3 times before approving.”