Sheik Yerbouti
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So I accepted a couple of free tickets in Section AA and ended up square in the middle of the Auburn section. I don't want this to be a knock on Auburn in general, but two or three of the people sitting around me were easily the biggest jerks and morons I've ever had the displeasure of sitting near at a sporting event. Here's just a small list of the nonsense I put up with:
What a couple of classless jerks. It was my mistake for being there, I guess, but a free ticket is a free ticket.
I have plenty of decent Auburn friends, but these people at the game really made it hard for me to remain civil about the whole thing.
- before the game even started, the row was cramped. About three Auburn fans kept trying to grab my tickets out of my hand, demanding I prove that I was entitled to be there. It would be one thing to ask; it's another thing to be presumptious and grabby. It turned out some bonehead in an Auburn shirt was the culprit. He didn't bother to apologize.
- The 50-something guy sitting next to me complained the whole game about the quality of the stadium, the cramped seats, and how the jumbotron was not as good as Auburn's.
- The same 50-something jackass kept complaining about how I was sitting in his second seat. My butt was planted square on top of my seat number, and I had been leaning forward to accomodate him and his need for elbow room. After he basically forced me to prove that I was in the right spot, I told him I wasn't going to be hunching over the entire game just to accomodate some complainer. When I sat up, he elbowed me in the side and told me I was going to get my "ass kicked." I'm 6'3" and 230, and I stood a head taller than him. It wasn't going to be an issue, but it irritated me all the same.
- The same doofus stood up at the beginning of the fourth quarter and held four fingers in the air... as if he were actually playing.
- When I was on my way out of the stadium, after Auburn had the game in hand, this same jackass said, "I hope y'all win the rest of your games." I told him to go to hell. He and another younger guy again threatened me with violence, so I calmly told them that I'd be happy to walk out of the stadium with them. The younger guy said he'd "see me out there," but he didn't bother to follow.
What a couple of classless jerks. It was my mistake for being there, I guess, but a free ticket is a free ticket.
I have plenty of decent Auburn friends, but these people at the game really made it hard for me to remain civil about the whole thing.