Final Four: Rip Offs Galore

LG recently attended the NCAA Basketball Tournament's Final Four in Houston.  Rip-offs were abundant, starting with his flight.  From soup to nuts, it was one big Rip-Off Fest.

Here's a sample of what LG is talking about:  

Airline Travel: Airlines are now in the business of nickel-and-diming you at every turn, only they aren't really extracting nickles and dimes, more like fifties and hundreds.  Changing a flight will lead to immediate bankruptcy for most passengers.  Continental, when we encountered turbulence, tried to pass the hat to collect a "Thrill Ride Surcharge" for the pronounced jerking of the plane.  If we were on an ocean liner, LG would've sworn that we were being hit with a Violent Torpedo of Truth.

The only airline that abides by "Truth in Advertising" laws. 

Soft Drinks At The Arena:  In Houston, when the locals saw how much a bottle of Diet Coke was going for at Reliant Stadium ($4.75 for a bottle costing 99 cents in a 7-11), they immediately bottled up all the oil wells and started drilling for Diet Coke.  Seriously.

Parking:  It cost $25 for the privilege of wedging your car into a tight spot at Reliant Stadium.  Twenty-five freakin' dollars.  For that price, they should name the lot after you, which they actually did in LG's case: 

Tickets To The Game: LG is too embarrassed to tell you.  He's not even sure why he typed this in the first place.  Let's just move along and pretend we never saw this...

The View For A Basketball Game In A Football Stadium:  A total and unadulterated rip-off.  Here's the view that LG had:

That's the basketball court way off in the background.  And that large boom on the left that held a TV camera continually swung into our sight lines to block what little view we had.  Except we did have a perfect view of this guy:

Painted Man.  He looks like a wacko...and in this case looks didn't deceive.  But he never totally snapped by running onto the court to hug a player or set himself on fire or anything good along those lines.  That was another rip-off in LG's book.

LG could go on, but he won't.  You get the picture. If you wanna be ripped-off, head to the Final Four next year.  Unless it's on someone else's dime, in which case, it's a great time!
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