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Four Hours in an Internet Queue
Aug. 1st, 2014 07:50 pmWhen the announcement was made the Benedict Cumberbatch was going to perform Hamlet on stage next year, a couple of my friends started making "wouldn't it be cool to get tickets" noises. Of course, I was the mental one who pointed out that with a little planning we could actually do it. So, I got the Barbican membership, and volunteered to get the tickets this morning.
I knew demand was going to be nuts, but I figured I'd be done in an hour. Maybe two, tops.
In the end, I was in the Barbican's online queue for a grand total of four hours, beginning at 5 a.m. this morning. (When I logged on at 5, I was told there were 3,583 people ahead of me in the queue. Yikes!) I babysat the computer to prevent cat, child and husband from accidentally closing the window, kept my fingers crossed that my internet wouldn't drop, and that their ticket system would like my browser.
And it worked!
We now have six tickets to see Cumberbatch in Hamlet in September, 2015. Yay! \o/
Even for me, that's planning ahead.
I knew demand was going to be nuts, but I figured I'd be done in an hour. Maybe two, tops.
In the end, I was in the Barbican's online queue for a grand total of four hours, beginning at 5 a.m. this morning. (When I logged on at 5, I was told there were 3,583 people ahead of me in the queue. Yikes!) I babysat the computer to prevent cat, child and husband from accidentally closing the window, kept my fingers crossed that my internet wouldn't drop, and that their ticket system would like my browser.
And it worked!
We now have six tickets to see Cumberbatch in Hamlet in September, 2015. Yay! \o/
Even for me, that's planning ahead.
