cathy, do you want to date a guy who can only afford $1.00 frozen meals? do you want to date a guy who smells like fish? do you want to date a guy who smokes pot regularly? if your answer is NO, then why the f*** are you pining over him???? get over it.

We get alot of students who leave the clinic without paying. You know what, that's common. In the end, we bill them anyway.

There was this one student who I couldn't reach via mail and phone. Therefore, I decided to email her.

Dear Emily:

We received check# 254 for $10 from [your parents] on November 13, 2009. However, the balance was due on Nov-5 and was sent to Central Cashier with a $20 late fee on Nov-6. We will forward your check to Central Cashier. We called (760) xxx-xxxx to notify you, but received an error.

Please call Central Cashier for your updated balance.

Few days later, I got a response from her and this is what she said:

I was not told there was ever a balance on my account or that any amount
was owed at all on my visit. Every other time I've been to the student
health centre I've received a bill that visit - I only spoke to the doctor
for a few minutes and didn't actually have treatment or anything done.
Since she told me I was free to go and I didn't get handed a bill, I
assumed there was no charge. Also, you sent the bill to my in-laws' house
for some reason... I was not allerted of this by either UCI or my in laws
(apperently they just paid it for me) but it is not my fault that it was
paid late. That is not my number... that was my husband's phone number
years ago, and I have already updated my new number into the system (760)
xxx-xxxx. I don't think I should be put at fault for this late fee based
on these circumstances -- especially since I've never been late on ANY
payments and because I can't afford anything right now, barely even food.

Emily

What bullsh*t.....Why the f*ck are you going to school if you can't afford food?
Anyways, I hate 'em all.

This has nothing to do with my box office experience. I just enjoy watching this clip.

Both days were busy. Didn't leave the venue until 9pm (after being opened at 9am).

Customers were slow and space-y with bloodshot eyes.

Highlight:
I gave this guy four tickets and he left. I was helping another customer with their tickets. I overheard him asking the customer, "Can you ask her if these are my four tickets?" I turned back and asked him "How many are you holding there?" He replied "Four" I then replied "well then, you have four tickets." He left... and I was exchanging confused looks with my current customer.

Hello, it's been a while.

I'm still a desk jockey here at my new job. This time I work in the health clinic.

Here are some highlights:

student A: I don't have a appointment but I need to see the doctor. I woke up this morning with rashes. I have to see someone.

student B: Hi I have a appointment but I don't know the name of doctor.
SHC staff: Why are you here?
student B: I don't know

SHC staff: We can't see you here because you're under 17 and do not have a consent form from your parents
student C: I understand but I'm sick
SHC staff: Call your parents and tell them to fax a consent letter to us. We can't be liable for you since you are a minor.
student C: I don't want to wake up my parents.

SHC staff: your copay is $10
student D: was not it $5
SHC staff: yes, that was last year. New school year, new insurance policy. Did you read your USHIP booklet?
student D: No...
(SHC staff gives student a booklet)


KNOW YOUR POLICY, people!!

So I was suppose to work yesterday; however, a stye decided to visit me this weekend. So I found someone to take my shift. So sad. I was hoping to encounter some racist encounters and write about it.

I've been so bored since I haven't been working at Staples Center. But it's a good thing - I need to invest my time wisely. AKA volunteer or something.

Anyways, I just read my email about our clinic. They are going to cancel Tuesday! Weeeeee!

Very SLOW show... definitely brought out the 909-760 crowd (aka Bros and Hoes). But it was good and fun INSIDE the box office. We had good people and good food (Pizzas and fruits).

I love the fact that concert goers HAVE TO climb a big hill to get to the box office. They come up to our windows huffing and puffing. At least, they laugh about it.

Of course there's those snooty people who comes up to my window TELLING me that they're here to p/u their tickets. I think to myself "and you are...?"

We got free McDonald's coffee which I drank at 8pm... I was hyper! When I get hyper, I kinda spaced out...

Sorry, readers, I did not see any celebrities. :(

This Sat I'm working the Art La Boe show. I DOUBT I'll see anyone...

Hello LJ readers, It's been a while.

it's been a quiet season for LiveNation: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and San Manuel Pavilion.





I worked the show even though I wanted to be at the other venue. I prefer San Manuel over VWA anytime. But I worked that show b/c a frigging 311 fan wanted tix for the show :) Of course, I'm going to hook up tix for that puta.

Nothing exciting really happened... I bonded with my new coworkers and watched ugly white people attending the show. They're not as bad as the Ozzfest audience. Sorry, that was mean... Usually at these shows, I expected some racist comments. NOTHING :( they're usually funny to share.

I will write about No Doubt and Toby Keith in my next entries... Please comment :)

The people who went to the show were.... EXTREMELY DUMB and high.

White people who were high. (shakes head)

Every black person who came up to my window ~ I automatically assumed that they were on Snoop Dogg's guestlist. And guess what? I was right.

Tomorrow is 311 show. Hopefully, the concert goers for this show are... not too stoopid.

Back in June, I wrote an entry about that coworker of mine (who had the nerve to ask me for tickets, yet he did NOT know my name).

I guess, I can't blame him for trying.

He sent me a text msg this morning:

M.A. : Hey there its M.A. from staples center. I wanted 2 ask if you have extra tiks 4 the slightly stoopid show @ verizon amp or 311 4 this weekend? Hook me up

It's definitely bitter sweet.

You guys don't really care how I feel about it. You just want me to skip to the highlights, right? Well, I do then.

Sat: Boxing match
-alot of men at this event; mostly hispanics and pacific islanders.
-do you guys remember the movie Dennis the Menace? Remember Christopher Lloyd's creepy character? well, a guy looked like him came up to our window. patrick and i whispered out loud "please go to his/her window" 3 times consecutively. The guy ended at patrick's window and wanted to purchase 1 ticket to aerosmith/zz top. this shows you that it's bad to judge someone by their appearance. we both assumed he was homeless but it turns out he had some identification. patrick did share with me that the money was a little... moist. and the man was somewhat drooling from one side of his mouth.





Sun: Sparks
-one girl came up to my window and banged her elbow on the counter. i laughed and of course i felt bad. so i gave the girl 10% AAA discount. even though she wasn't old enough to have a membership.
-tickets are selling surprisingly well for the sparks. considering how cheap they are. 55 being the most expensive and 10 being the cheapest. Don't forget to show your AAA card!
-taught my coworkers how to make a ball (form of origami). That kept us busy.


Have no fear; I still have my box office job. I will continue to share my box office experience with you guys. i don't think they will be as exciting but it will do :)

LA Sparks ~ WNBA ~ Women's basketball in case you're wondering.

The demographic audience who comes to these Sparks games is mostly (whispers) butchy lesbians and families with aspiring WNBA daughters.

Oh yeah, we started selling tickets to the Circus, by the way. Basically, I sold more Circus tickets than Sparks tickets. If you want courtside seats, they cost no more than $55! Affordable, huh?

Highlights:
- butchy woman in a raiders jersey comes up to my window. byron and kristen made little comments like "please don't kill us" and "she can totally take all three of us down." i was trying to keep a straight face, but i couldn't help smirking/smiling. i couldn't even look straight in her eyes. and it turns out she wanted circus tickets.

-a black guy with two brown teeth... LITERALLY. all gum and two front teeth. he wanted to purchase Sparks tickets. and you can smell him through our little money slot.

So, the game didn't start until 5pm. Lakers fans started to bother me around 11am for their tickets. It's funny how they don't really read their emails.

Customer: Hi, I'm here to pick up my tickets.
Me: Ok, lemme check to see if they're here or not.
(walks away and then comes back to the window)
Me: Sorry, they're not here. Most likely, they haven't dropped off the tickets yet.
Customer: Well, [Jon] told me yesterday that he's going to drop off the tickets before the game.
(pulls out her blackberry and reads)
Customer: He said that he would drop it off around 3pm.
Me: Yeah, it's only 11am. You can come back later and check again.

Well, what does that telly you guys? There are alot like her who wanted their tickets waaaay in advance. Also, there were a lot of scalpers. One in particular - I recognized him from Orange County. He came up to my window asking if there were tickets. Without typing or looking at my computer, I told him "no" And he was brave enough to ask me to check the computer again. Of course, I faked my typing and told him "no"

I do have to say, I like working with the Lakers ticket reps. They're super nice and cool. Well, I enjoyed working at the Suite/Premiere window. Not too crazy and I don't have to deal with not-so-bright people. Not to mention, VAL KILMER came up to my window. He handed me his ID and I went to get his tickets. I asked him to "initial" the envelope to verify that he picked up his tickets. He looked at me "initial?" and gave me a weird look. I laughed nervously and said "signature or phone number?" What does that man want from me???


Photo from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/celebritynews/5367544/Celebrities-at-the-NBA-basketball-playoffs-part-three.html?image=15


Anyways, RONNY TURIAF (former LA Lakers player) was in line again but he wasn't at my window.


Photo from http://lakersbrasil.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/turiaf-pode-ser-do-lakers-ou-pode-parar-em-golden-state/

Oh yeah, DARRIS LOVE was there. You might remember him from The Secret World of Alex Mack.


Photo from http://www.cinemarx.ro/persoane/Darris-Love-78800.html

So.. I don't mind doing favors for friends or acquaintances.

Last Saturday at Staples Center, I was on my break and I bumped into my coworker whom I haven't seen for a couple of months. Our conversation went like this...

Mike: Hey, you still work at Verizon?
Me: Yeah.
Mike: Can you hook me up with tickets? For Slightly Stoopid?
Me: Sure, just call me. I'm late. I gotta go.
Mike: Wait, I don't have your number.
Me: Ok, it's XXX-XXX-XXXX
Mike: What's your name?
Me: What?
Mike: What's your name again?
Me: Cathy
Mike: With a C or K?
Me: With a C

OH NO HE DIDN'T!!!!! just asked me for my name. That a-hole ain't getting tickets... FOR SURE. At first, I didn't mind getting him tickets b/c I remember Slightly Stoopid were selling their tickets for 10/person.

The NERVE!!! Playah don't play that.

Each AEG employee gets 4 comps. Yes, that includes all corporate, box office, guest services, securities, and affiliates of Staples Center, Nokia Theater, and Club Nokia.

I know people get greedy when they hear "comp" or "free." Aaron and I put this to the test...
we always ask "how many would you like?" they all answered "how many can I get?"

Mind you, many of them came up to our windows asking "I got an email about free tickets for tonight." Alot of them did not know to ask for Dane Cook tickets.

We even got people asking "who's Dane Cook? is he good? what does he do?" I got one guy asking for "John Cook" tickets. I corrected him "You mean, Dane Cook?"

I'm sure he got to have a different demographic audience that night (than what he usually gets at his other shows).

People disgusts me... literally. This one chick was eating her BBQ chicken in front of my window. She had some sort of BBQ sauce on her mouth and all over her hands. Her friend had to grabbed her tickets and placed them in her pockets.

Aaron and I worked from 10:00-6:30pm... we probably had 4 people who only requested for 2. I even gave people who requested for 2 tickets better seats. "Thank you for taking the number of needed tickets" is what I wanted to say to them.

And the nerve of people... being picky with free tickets. There were some people who wanted better seats and they came to request the tickets after 5pm.

There was this one moment where we only had single-seat tickets. The sassy lady wanted 4 tickets anyway. She didn't care the location of the tickets were all scattered around.

I forgot to update my night working the Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction show. Well, I went to Verizon after work. Work after work. Once I got there, it was BUSY. There were at least 10-15 people in the small box office. First time ever, I felt a little claustrophobic in the box.

It was 5:30pm and the lines were super long... at least 50 people in line for their tickets. We had fan club tickets, band tickets, and Live Nation tickets. It would have been more efficient if the newbies didn't ask too many questions: "How did you get your tickets? Are you on the guest list? If so, what list? Do you have your ID?" I mean, just ask "Did you buy your tickets?" and "can I see your ID?"
Two simple questions. If you ask too many questions, the people will get all chatty and annoying. We want them to get the fcuk out of our window.

We had some snobby guests who were complaining about missing NIN because they had to wait in line. Well, it ain't our fault that they decided to come at the last minute. Alot of the goth looking people were chill. Go them!

Anyways, we were like bumper cars. I accidentally poked Cory in the chest and I said "Oops! I totally touched your man boobs." He responded "Man boobs? I prefer 'pecs.'" Haha. But serially everyone was in everyone's way.

We finally finished at 9:00pm. I was such a trooper that day/night: UCI (8:30-5:00), VWA (5:30-9:00), and Faded Paper Figures show (10:00-11:30). Yay me!

SO weenie roast was this last saturday. the lineup sucked balls. i worked and looked pretty for nothing.

highlights
- a jesus look-a-like was pissed b/c he got kicked out for bringing in a flask. supposedly, he told security that he had one in his pocket. and when security in the venue saw him holding one, they kicked out. he was a drunkard.
- everyone in the office was chatting away and i heard something sizzling or water gushing. we all went to the bathroom and noticed the toilet erupted like Old Faithful.


photo from http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/dennert/archives/mike-dunn/


Yesterday was Lakers versus Rockets Game 7...
highlights
- i saw garry peyton. a basketball player, i guess. he had a nevada driver's license.


photo from http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba/nba-players/gary-payton-ar21136.html

- a guy (late 20s - early 30s) and his mother came to pick up their tickets. i went to retrieve them and i came back. i handed them the tickets. the mother said to me "you're cute... my son is single." and the son was like "mom!" he turned red and they walked away. LOL
- a bitchy girl and her friend came to pick up their tickets. i told them they're not here yet and they should call their contact. she replied "why are they not here?" in my head, "how the fcuk do i know..." but i told her "you should call him and check back in 15 minutes." the tickets eventually arrived. "why were they late?" she asked. I seriously want to put a loogie on that envelope.

Super easy show to work . We have a new policy where we are no longer accepting tickets outside of our box office. i.e. brokers leaving tickets or guests leaving tickets for their friend(s).

Here are the celebs that i've seen at wango tango
- leighton meester - from gossip girl
- the lady from million dollar matchmaker
- khloe kardashian - kim's sister.
- david henrie - who is in wizards of waverly place
- callie from grey's anatomy
- lmafo (at first, i thought they looked like fools. then i realized that they were a band)
- black eyed peas interviewing under the kiis fm tent.

Who wanted me to take over her inheritance?

Well, she emailed me today.

Dear Beloved, How are you today? I have not heard from you for a long time. I do hope you are well. Please kindly get back to me with details on how far you have gone with the bank. I don,t have more time to leave again. Looking forwward to hearing from you soon. Yours sis, RIta

How should I reply to her?