Endless Summer

By Tim Snyder, VP, Service Delivery, Tickets.com

As another summer in the Midwest starts winding down, I’m reminded of the years I spent working in the box office at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. It certainly changed my concept of summer. We typically worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week, from May through September. While most of my friends were off boating, fishing, swimming or vacationing at the beach, I would be in the middle of a run of both concerts and orchestra events that would seemingly never end. To make matters worse, everyone that walked by my window was on their way to see their favorite artist play for the next three hours while I had to deal with irate customers who forgot their tickets at home or never made it onto the guest list. While a walk up crowd of five thousand made the promoters jump for joy, it was hours of borderline insanity in the box office.

It is with respect and sometimes awe that I view my colleagues that work tirelessly each and every summer – whether it be at a summer amphitheater or for a baseball team. They give up something that most of us take for granted – summer, and all the joy and fun that goes with it.

So this month, I tip my hat to all those box office warriors out there who make sure the rest of the world gets into the ballpark, arena or amphitheater on time each and every day all summer long. Without you, none of us would ever make it through the gate.