Oh, I am angry, and stupid.
Ever since baseball came to our city, my husband and I have purchased a quarter of a season's worth of tickets; for the last 7 years or so, as part of a group organised by our CPA. (His name is actually on the seats.) Four seats per game, and a parking pass. After Grayum died, I continued to get them, as I really enjoy going, and I love to be able to take my friends, and now, the occasional date.
Oh, I am angry, and stupid.
Ever since baseball came to our city, my husband and I have purchased a quarter of a season's worth of tickets; for the last 7 years or so, as part of a group organised by our CPA. (His name is actually on the seats.) Four seats per game, and a parking pass. After Grayum died, I continued to get them, as I really enjoy going, and I love to be able to take my friends, and now, the occasional date.
Every year in the past, this man, let's call him Wally, emailed everyone a schedule. Everyone picked the games they wanted, and while no one got every game they wanted, everyone got at least some of them. This year, though, in spite of me sending several emails asking about the schedule, I received my tickets without any input. Apparently, I got the tickets no one wanted – none of the 'good' games, vs the Yankees or Boston, for example. Of course I let him know how unhappy I was, especially as it smelled just a little like being patted on the head and told to be a good little girl. At first, Wally tried to weasel his way out of it, saying that since I hadn't sent him my choices, he thought I didn't care. Yes, I love to spend big bucks on things I don't care about. When I reminded him that I had indeed sent several emails asking about the schedule, he made a few changes, and I got some better games. (There were a few parking pass mix-ups, too, which I had to insist be fixed.)
All that is history, but is background. Now we're in the playoffs. I sent in my request – and check!- for the number of seats and games I wanted, plus parking passes. Got my tickets yesterday, minus a parking pass for one game. When I called Wally, he started in about how not everybody gets a parking pass for every game, depending on how the tickets are split. I said I thought I had paid for a parking pass, but he said he just averages it out, and every seat pays a certain amount toward parking, because, and I quote, "It's too hard to figure it out on an individual basis." I said, "Wally, you're a CPA, surely you can figure it out," and he started yelling about how much trouble it was to do this for everyone, he doesn't get paid for this, yadda yadda. WTF? This guy is a CPA! His name is on the seats! He organized the whole thing in the first place! And he's upset because I complained about not getting what I paid for?
If I can find comparable seats next season (they really are good, and I admit to being spoiled about where I sit), my bro-in-law and I will get our own. As a client, I don't think it's my job to make his life easier. Grayum always got football tkts, and GAVE them to customers. I'm not expecting to be given anything, but I do expect to get what I paid for.
BTW, Wally will not be doing my taxes again. He charges too much anyway, and doesn't do that good a job.
Am I missing something here? Besides the sense to tell him to fuck off?
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