Freezing cold just to get on television
While my wife and I were on vacation last year we ended up getting some free tickets to be audience members for one of our favorite night shows.
While we had left on this vacation without knowing that this would be something we would be doing we were extremely excited about this once the time came.
Unfortunately however, this exciting night ended up being quite miserable. It all started when we were forced to stand in a long line outside waiting to be let into the venue. It was a very chilly December evening and with no form of heating other than rubbing our hands together we were freezing our butts off. Surprisingly things didn’t get any better when we got inside. From a message that was given to us inside the building was having some difficulties with their HVAC system and there would be no working heating during the taping. They offered those who weren’t comfortable with this to leave, but considering the fact that we had just spent the last hour and a half standing outside we decided to try and tough it out. Since everyone was extremely cold and uncomfortable we weren’t able to provide the “energy” that the show was looking for which led to some frustration on both sides. Instead of being sad when the taping ended my wife and I were so excited because it meant we could head back to the hotel, turn the heating in the room to its highest setting, and order some pizza. I guess it will be cool to look back on twenty years and say that we did it, but there is no doubt that we will never be doing something like that again on our future vacations.