Microsoft Rules

Microsoft employees that is.

As I predicted, all of the Lord of The Rings shows were sold out.

Vicki and I arrived early. We were basically waiting for her brother and sister to give them the bad news.

As usual, for most movie premieres, the place was swarming with team members from various Microsoft groups. They always seem to travel in flocks.

Some guy did ask us if we needed tickets. We said no as we thought he was scalping, but a little while later he left a ticket on the top of a garbage can right before entering the theater. I quickly picked it up.

As the relatives arrived we explained the situation: "One ticket, 4 people… Still no go."

A few minutes later a woman handed us 3 tickets stating that the members of her group were not going to show up. We offered to pay for them, but she refused as it was not in the spirit of the holiday season.

Xmas came early this year. Thanks Microsoft.

3 hours later we had lunch at Ruby's.