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Would you invite a stranger to use a spare ticket?

29 replies

OctopusSay · 14/04/2022 09:57

All very hypothetical and based on a dream I had last night Grin

I'm going to a concert this weekend, very cheesy band from way back. It will be fun, if not quality Grin

Anyway a couple of the group might not be able to go and I dreamt last night that I got chatting to some people at the bar in the pub beforehand and invited them to join us.

Then I wondered if I would actually do that in real life and what the likely reaction would be?

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Reetood · 14/04/2022 10:04

I have been on the receiving end of this years ago, I got given a spare ticket to a concert by a random couple, I bought them drinks to say thanks, great night!

nzborn · 14/04/2022 10:11

yes

RedWingBoots · 14/04/2022 10:13

yes.

I rather the ticket was used then wasted.

OhPullThemUpBrenda · 14/04/2022 10:13

Why not? You may end up having the best evening of your life

TeeBee · 14/04/2022 10:16

Yes of course. Wouldn't give it a second thought.

itsgettingweird · 14/04/2022 10:27

Actually I think I would.

I've always loved the expression a stranger is just a friend you've not yet met.

ISpyCobraKai · 14/04/2022 10:36

I'm going to something in June and have a spare ticket, I'm not taking a stranger incase they are annoying!
Besides, I'm happy to go on my own.
(It's Harry Styles and I utterly love him, I'm not chancing anyone ruining it for me, the spare seat is for my bag!)

However a couple of people seem to have spare tickets at another venue which I'll go to with them

Hbh17 · 14/04/2022 10:38

Yes, I did it for a sports event about 7 years ago & that person is now a friend. We have also been to many subsequent events together!

Danikm151 · 14/04/2022 10:52

I was given spare tickets for a BLINK182 concert some years back when I was flyering outside.
myself and 3 colleagues got to have the best evening! It's kind of like paying it forward, ticket doesn't go to waste then

LadyHelenaJustina · 14/04/2022 11:43

I have been given tickets to gigs, and have been happy to offer spare tickets to others. I think it's a bit selfish to leave a seat empty.

DDivaStar · 14/04/2022 12:29

We couldn't go to a concert last minute, last week and gave the tickets away.

DontStopMeNow7 · 14/04/2022 12:52

That’s a fabulous dream. Now you literally need to spend a lot of time in the pub between now and then.

Blossomtoes · 14/04/2022 12:54

Yes. I loathe waste.

Pebbledashery · 14/04/2022 12:56

Yep, completely. I've been on the other and of this, I wanted to go and see Fleetwood Mac and nobody was up for it, I bought a ticket off twitter from a girl, she was lovely. Sat with them and had a great time, they really looked after me :)

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OctopusSay · 14/04/2022 12:57

@DontStopMeNow7

That’s a fabulous dream. Now you literally need to spend a lot of time in the pub between now and then.
Well that's the plan, but as things stand friends are actually still coming Grin They have some family stuff going on that means they might have to drop out at the last minute.
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IncompleteSenten · 14/04/2022 12:58

I'd give a spare ticket away to a stranger but I wouldn't invite them to come with me.
They can enjoy the gig but I'm not under any obligation to interact with them. 😁

NeedleNoodle3 · 14/04/2022 12:58

i did have offer a ticket to all my Facebook friends who are friends, neighbours, family etc and I had no takers so I went on my own. Sometimes it’s hard to give stuff away.

Wintersgirl · 14/04/2022 13:00

Yes I would, not the same but whenever I've got a couple of hours on my car parking ticket I always look for someone coming in to the car park and give it to them, they always seem very grateful.

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OctopusSay · 14/04/2022 13:05

I'd always offer it to people I knew who might want it, if time maybe offer it more widely on SM, but this was about random strangers you "picked up" in the pub just before the gig.

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Minikievs · 14/04/2022 13:30

@IncompleteSenten

I'd give a spare ticket away to a stranger but I wouldn't invite them to come with me. They can enjoy the gig but I'm not under any obligation to interact with them. 😁
This!
ISpyCobraKai · 14/04/2022 15:24

@IncompleteSenten

I'd give a spare ticket away to a stranger but I wouldn't invite them to come with me. They can enjoy the gig but I'm not under any obligation to interact with them. 😁
That's how I feel about my Harry ticket, it's with mine, as in seats together and they'd need to come in with me because the tickets can't be separated. Just no. I'll still go with someone else if it's their tickets though!
WeCouldBeSpearows · 14/04/2022 15:27

I've done this and been on the receiving end of this before. I gave away a cinema ticket to a woman I met in a supermarket, and I received a comedy gig ticket from someone I met while in a queue for a different comedy gig. (I then returned the favour, but that doesn't really count as by then I had already met her).

AHungryCaterpillar · 14/04/2022 15:27

I wouldn’t, but then I don’t really want to go somewhere with people I don’t know so no.

hassletassle · 14/04/2022 15:28

Absolutely. I'm someone that approaches people entering a car park and gives them my all day ticket.

BertieBotts · 14/04/2022 17:14

Haha I do that with car parking and day tickets on public transport as well. DH thinks I'm mad and would never.