I went to see the President today. I'll do this like a timeline.
Monday - 4 pm, stand in line for tickets to see the President on Wednesday
Wednesday - take final, go to see the president approx 1:15PM
-stand in line for a little while
-text from Uncle Mark, Obama is on River Street waving to my Nana and Grandpa
-front of the line, 3 people ahead of us approx 2PM
-big man in suit (BMIS) opens door, says fire marshal has to reassess the place
-approx 2:15PM BMIS opens door, says too many people fire marshal will not let us in
-people start yelling, BMIS closes door
-mass confusion among all people outside
-people running to door yelling "let us in"
-lady crying approx 2:18PM
-people leaving, most staying around yelling and upset and still, one lady crying
-(keep in mind, when given the tickets, we were told "if you have tickets you are guaranteed to get in)
-reporter comes outside approx 2:30PM
- talks to some people
-then goes in media door, mass crowd of people, including me, follow trying to get in the door
-mass crowd of people turned away by BMIS
-many people just waiting to see the prez drive through the parking lot
-apparently Obama snuck in back and has been there for 15 min or more
-mass crowd of people upset
-stick around for a little while
-walk to parking lot, telling other people just arriving to turn around and go home
-walk to parking lot, it is freezing
-go to Sonic
-eat tots
-not see the President of the United States speak
oh my gosh...I would be supremely upset if that happened to me! Sadly, though, I feel like that kind of stuff happens all the time with things as big as that. Once, I remember being parked in this parking lot on the side of the highway because President Bush was supposedly going to be driving through in the motorcade. BUT, he never did come through and it was a waste of time. I was kinda young then though so I don't remember being that disappointed, but I would be if I were to go see Obama today and not get the chance to. How much were tickets? Did you even get money back or were they cheap or free or what? On the positive side...at least you got tots! lol
ReplyDeletehahaha the tickets were free. It was just a tad bit upsetting that we didn't get it. I had been looking forward to it allllll weeeeeeek.
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