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Have you ever lied to attend a PJ show?

darrin58darrin58 Posts: 90
edited June 2009 in The Porch
Whether it be to your boss, school, family, or significant other. I have a few times. Come on, time to come clean now.
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  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    1 time, and it was a big mistake.

    Ended up hurting my vibe at the show. So I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. :cry:
  • Ryan_WFCRyan_WFC Posts: 1,350
    Oh god yeah. All's fair in love and Corduroy.
    "They said ... timing was everything
    made him ... want to be everywhere
    there's a ... lot to be said for nowhere."
  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    I was at a "wedding" last year when I flew across the country for the EV shows at Santa Barbara and LA.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
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    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
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  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    In 2003, I told my boss that I had to go to New York City for a job interview. I was at MSG night 2 (of course)!!!
  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    i was a teen and tried to bait my dad into taking me to a show by saying pj sounded like neil young.
    he is a ny fan. and they did kinda sorta sounded like him on no code. ;)
    *~Pearl Jam will be blasted from speakers until morale improves~*

  • Ryan_WFCRyan_WFC Posts: 1,350
    edited June 2009
    EBowie wrote:
    In 2003, I told my boss that I had to go to New York City for a job interview.

    Isn't that worse? :lol:
    Post edited by Ryan_WFC on
    "They said ... timing was everything
    made him ... want to be everywhere
    there's a ... lot to be said for nowhere."
  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Skipped a final exam to fly to chicago and see PJ in 06....

    Told my teacher I had a family emergency.
  • skyeriverwinterskyeriverwinter Posts: 1,894
    edited September 2009
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  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    Yup definitely lied! LOL

    for Groundwork on 2001 I had just started a new job, probably like a month before, told my boss my niece was getting baptized and I was the God Mother and that I need to leave to Seattle, he gave me the day off.

    Then for 2002 Seattle shows, I told my boss that I had strep throat and couldn’t go to work for a week, :) got paid with sick time and went to the Showbox show and both Key Arenas – lol

    For MSG 2003 I had actually broken my foot a week before, I was just going to call out sick the couple of days that I was going to NYC but then since I broke my foot I told my boss I couldn’t drive (even though my husband took me to work every morning) and went to NY.
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    Solat13 wrote:
    I was at a "wedding" last year when I flew across the country for the EV shows at Santa Barbara and LA.


    weddings are always the best of excuses! :)
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • who_me13who_me13 Posts: 53
    Last week at a job interview, I made sure to be clear that I had a wedding in a few weeks so I already got the two days off drive 12 hrs to go see EV in the south.
  • Tremor-ChrisTremor-Chris Posts: 233
    At my last job I told my boss I was going to a bachelor party in Vegas. Which wasn't a total lie as I was there for 3 days. However I didn't tell him that the other 7 days off were to see Pearl Jam 5 times. Mostly since I didn't have ANY vacation days.

    -Chris
    When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace.
  • DB41DB41 Posts: 539
    Ryan_WFC wrote:
    EBowie wrote:
    In 2003, I told my boss that I had to go to New York City for a job interview.

    Isn't that worse? :lol:

    That's exactly what I was thinking.


    I haven't lied to see PJ, but I would if I had to. I did lie to attend the first Bonnaroo in '02. I was in my last year of high school and had a final that I got rescheduled bc of a "wedding". My mom even called in to back me up!
  • 1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,948
    2004 VFC tour -- missed a day and a half of classes to go to Boston for the night to see night one at the FleetCenter. Wouldn't have missed any classes had I not been in school in Syracuse..........
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  • mrbakomrbako Posts: 54
    Hell yes. I was a freshman at the UofMich in 1994. No money, of course. Told my parents I still needed another book for one of my classes. Didn't think they would be willing to give me money for concert tickets, but I did come clean many years later.
  • GlassGhostGlassGhost Posts: 29
    When I was 17, Pearl Jam was going on their Yield tour. My parents told me I couldn't go see them at the venue in my area (Noblesville, IN), because they were scared of me getting stoned and getting trampled on by crowds or something like that... I ended up telling them I was going to spend the night at my friends' place, but my friend and I had gone on ebay and bought tickets from some dude a town away... so we slipped out that evening, went to the show (which happened to be my FIRST PJ show), came back, crashed at his place... I told my parents about it a while later ;)
    Totally worth the lie, AMAZING show of course!!! :D
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    edited June 2009
    darrin58 wrote:
    Whether it be to your boss, school, family, or significant other. I have a few times. Come on, time to come clean now.

    The weird thing is that Ed visited my work the evening I went to their show... so the joke was on me. True story.
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  • dislocateddislocated Posts: 599
    Sure have. 2 in a row.

    I was getting ready for work & the radio station was giving away 2 tics PJ at the Breslin Center 8-18-08. They were asking for the best PJ story to be the winner. So I called and told them how The Alpine Valley show a couple months earlier was my 1st show & I missed half it do to traffic jams in Chicago & car trouble. I said when I arrived I was so far back in the grass section that I could'nt even tell it was PJ (all lies). I won the tickets. The tickets had to be picked up by noon & the show was that same night, so I had to call work & lie about a family emergency.
  • ZodZod Posts: 10,742
    I have.. involved saying my brother was getting married at a new job. Don't want to elaborate further.
  • SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
    Didn't lie, per se, but was told by employer that we couldnt' attend any Vote For Change concerts because of a conflict of interest (I'm a reporter). Well, I wanted to go to see Pearl Jam and Death Cab. I didn't care about any of the political stuff. So I went. Turns out the price I paid for the two VFC shows showed up on political contribution lists for Democrats on the Internet, not that I care. I'd like to see them try to fire me over it.

    And my wife is the best. She's never said no to any Pearl Jam show I wanted to attend, so no need to lie for me. She understands. She's equally fanatical about U2. If only Bono and company would charge less for their shows. Now THAT'S a sellout of a band.
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    yeup... for gorge of 06... already been to 15 pearl jam shows that tour... and was all out of days off (pto -paid time off days)... so i fabricated the death of a family member... my friend called my cell phone to start it and i jumped up saying that my aunt had just died... and i was really nervous about what i was doing, which i totally played off to grief... im good at bs...

    an hour later i was on a plane to portland... :lol:
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    2004 VFC tour -- missed a day and a half of classes to go to Boston for the night to see night one at the FleetCenter. Wouldn't have missed any classes had I not been in school in Syracuse..........


    im su alum... 2003 baby!!!
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    edited June 2009
    yup.
    year: 1998
    locations: Kansas City & St. Louis
    excuse: told my boss that I had to help my sister move
    moral: it was a shitty job & it was worth it. 8-)
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  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    gramma always seems to die around pearl jam tour
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • aicbonesaicbones Posts: 16
    Well, sorta. I told my boss that I'm going to MD for my cousin's wedding, which I actually am. But I left out the part where I'm staying a couple of extra days to hang out in Baltimore and DC and to catch Ed's show on the 15th.
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,486
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    2004 VFC tour -- missed a day and a half of classes to go to Boston for the night to see night one at the FleetCenter. Wouldn't have missed any classes had I not been in school in Syracuse..........


    im su alum... 2003 baby!!!

    another orangeman

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    :lol::lol::lol:


    and yes, I too have lied to see PJ
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,967
    nope! but if anything happen'd, they would be by my side with ticket's on the house! ;)
  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,815
    No, when I tell my boss i'm taking time off, she says, "where's Pearl Jam playing this time around?"

    8-)

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  • EBowieEBowie Posts: 532
    Ryan_WFC wrote:
    EBowie wrote:
    In 2003, I told my boss that I had to go to New York City for a job interview.

    Isn't that worse? :lol:

    Oh...I see what you mean...I was just out of college and it was just my summer job at the time. They knew I'd be moving on, so the interview thing was no surprise.
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    i talked the old man into getting david lynch tix to see paul mccartney and sheryl crow

    not really a lie but i didnt care to see them
    just vedder
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