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[Karsticles]

To be fair, most people I know would be severely pissed off if they took the time to fly out of state to a performance on their birthday and got denied. I think the only real difference is the "Do you know who I am?" line, which is always lame.

 

[LosDaddie]

People need to understand that Hamilton is the hottest ticket in town right now. There's no more buying from the venue. Secondary market is the only way for tickets right now.

Uh, okay. It did have a point, you just didn't understand it. Your point that rich people are people too is pointless because people are treating him the way a person should be treated if they behave in an abusive fashion. Further, a person in a good situation should be treated more harshly because they are rich beyond most people's wildest imaginations, yet are as abusive (if not more so) than many people in worse situations.

Your post wasn't complex. I understood it just fine. It just had nothing to do with my post, or the point I made.

 

[chubigans]

He's a huge tool on Shark Tank and dresses horrible so I'm not surprised at the nature of his reaction.

Yup, that guy is a total idiot. Man this article is great, bwahaha

 

[Rival]

Everyone loses their cool at one point or another.

Not everyone makes a scene and uses the words "do you know who I am?"

 

[Alchemy]

Eat the rich

 

[Kieli]

Who the hell do you think I am?!

Spoiler

row row fight da powah

 

[Robot Pants]

Literally do not know who he is.

No one does

 

[Rival]

No one does

He should say "I'm on a show sometimes with mark Cuban!!!"

 

[E92 M3]

Not everyone makes a scene and uses the words "do you know who I am?"

Big deal, he used some pretentious phrase - not the end of the world. Nonetheless, as a billionaire, he does hold a higher financial stature than most people in this world. In that sense, it could be understandable to use such phrase.

Not saying it's not douchey or anything, but I don't care about such irrelevant details.

 

[A Link to the Past]

People need to understand that Hamilton is the hottest ticket in town right now. There's no more buying from the venue. Secondary market is the only way for tickets right now.




Your post wasn't complex. I understood it just fine. It just had nothing to do with my post, or the point I made.

" Rich people are still people."

"And people who abuse workers for these things are scumbags. Rich or not."

The former (your post) and the latter (my post) are pretty darn related.

 

[Rival]

Big deal, he used some pretentious phrase - not the end of the world. Nonetheless, as a billionaire, he does hold a higher financial stature than most people in this world. In that sense, it could be understandable to use such phrase.

Not saying it's not douchey or anything, but I don't care about such irrelevant details.

Those are completely irrelevant details. He just could have easily bought other tickets and been refunded for the fraud is all. Berating a ticket taker or theater manager is not going to accomplish anything and someone as successful as he is should know that.

 

[True Savior]

Sir, just go home and get your fucking shinebox

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Big deal, he used some pretentious phrase - not the end of the world. Nonetheless, as a billionaire, he does hold a higher financial stature than most people in this world. In that sense, it could be understandable to use such phrase.

Not saying it's not douchey or anything, but I don't care about such irrelevant details.

Literally nothing about a rich person getting scammed on tickets is a big deal, or the end of the world. This entire story is a little tiny deal. And in that very relative sense, he acted like a big ol bag of douche. There's pretty much nothing else to the story.

 

[Sol..]

I'm inclined to think this is fake. Stubhub clearly states they will try to find you legit replacements or refund you. So if this did happen, he would have spent that entire 20 minutes or longer just trying to get legit tickets from stubhub.

 

[E92 M3]

Literally nothing about a rich person getting scammed on tickets is a big deal, or the end of the world. This entire story is a little tiny deal. And in that very relative sense, he acted like a big ol bag of douche. There's pretty much nothing else to the story.

Eh, just a lot of dog piling about "his money." In general, people get mad and blow a fuse. Doesn't mean they instantly become a douchebag.

 

[Zach]

People need to understand that Hamilton is the hottest ticket in town right now. There's no more buying from the venue. Secondary market is the only way for tickets right now.

People need to understand that this is not the venue's fault and the employees should not be subject to verbal outbursts from those who feel entitled.

 

[AzureRonin]

Big deal, he used some pretentious phrase - not the end of the world. Nonetheless, as a billionaire, he does hold a higher financial stature than most people in this world. In that sense, it could be understandable to use such phrase.

Not saying it's not douchey or anything, but I don't care about such irrelevant details.

As someone who worked in customer service this is not an irrelevant detail.

 

[Poot Poot Splash]

Bruce Wayne would have just bought the theater. What an amateur.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

But why be furious at anything when you're a billionaire? That has to be a disorder

If I flew 6 hours across the country for a cheeseburger I'd be heated as fuck if the restaurant was sold out.

Not enough to be a dick to the staff, but still, it's not like he was just moseying on down to the corner store.

He's an ass, yes, but the real villain here is StubHub for allowing fraudulent or duplicate transactions on their storefront. The secondhand ticket market is basically built for scammers and bot-peddlers to make off with other people's hard earned money. Sure it allows for quick and convenient sellouts but it screws over 75% of the audience for mass market entertainment.

Literally nothing about a rich person getting scammed on tickets is a big deal, or the end of the world. This entire story is a little tiny deal. And in that very relative sense, he acted like a big ol bag of douche. There's pretty much nothing else to the story.

I've seen a BU student use the phrase outside of a bar I used to work at. It's impossible to use it without sounding like an entitled prick.

 

[DopeToast]

I wouldn't have known who this guy was, except that he was a guest on The Bill Simmons Podcast a couple weeks ago. I remarked how he sounded like a snobby asshole then, so this is pretty funny to read.

 

[Zackat]

All he has to do is lobby a little bit for Puerto Rico and he can get Hamilton performed in his house. Make some toast.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I am the Juggernaut bitch.

ticket clerk:

 

[entremet]

Yup, that guy is a total idiot. Man this article is great, bwahaha

I wouldn't call the dude an idiot. It's TV.

You don't become a self made billionaire being an idiot.

 

[Fusebox]

I'm assuming Shark Tank is the yank version of Dragons Den. How shit does Shark Tank sound compared to Dragons Den.

I've watched loads of Shark Tank over the year and I've never seen this douche on the show. Can't be that much of a regular guest.

 

[HoodWinked]

he sucks at being rich.

 

[anderyoung]

Story seems to be made up and blown out of proportion. Article upgrading his girlfriend to wife status are just some unprofessional oversights that would of been easy to fix with some quick fact checking.

 

[panty]

Sacca dick

HAhaa oh geez. I don't even know the douche.

 

[lenovox1]

is Hamilton-the movie coming any time soon, because that's probably the only way I'll get to see it.

The will have two tours going starting later this year.

 

[Zomba13]

Saying "Do you know who I am" instantly makes you the fucking worst

Yup. I can not imagine any situation where you can say that and not appear to be the biggest asshole in the room.

 

[catapult37]

Yikes. I actually bought Hamilton tickets on Ticketmaster. Is there anyway to verify in advance that they are legit?

 

[Zvonimir Boban]

The "Do you know who I am?" line is always a classic.

Yup. Never ask a question if you can't handle the answer.

 

[diaspora]

He sounds like an ass but getting pissed because you're denied entry to a show you paid for and flew out to see is something to be pissed about.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

do you think Shaquille O'Neal has ever had to say "Do you know who I am?"

 

[BobTheFork]

The only human being ever allow to ask "Do you know who I am" was Evel Knievel and he's gone.

 

[Nipo]

The will have two tours going starting later this year.

Yup and the ones in DC apparently sold out already to people willing to buy an entire season pass just for tickets to that show.

 

[lenovox1]

Yikes. I actually bought Hamilton tickets on Ticketmaster. Is there anyway to verify in advance that they are legit?

New tickets from TicketMaster that you yourself have bought are always authentic.

 

[Apathy]

pretty sure in New York the typical response to "do you know who I am?" from an out of towner is usually "no, and I don't give a fuck"

 

[norm9]

do you think Shaquille O'Neal has ever had to say "Do you know who I am?"

Kobe's sidekick? Yeah, I know you.

 

[catapult37]

New tickets from TicketMaster that you yourself have bought are always authentic.

Resale on ticketmaster. They were sold in a seating chart... Dunno, seems legit? I'd just have my heart broken if this happened. And I'm not even a billionaire!

 

[NullPointer]

“Do you know who I am?” Sacca thundered repeatedly

Anybody who says this deserves to be clocked in the face.

We should make a special exemptions in our laws for this level of blatant douchery.

 

[Apathy]

do you think Shaquille O'Neal has ever had to say "Do you know who I am?"

Come on, everyone knows Kazaam

 

[Instro]

I'm surprised he didn't try "we're not so different you and I."

 

[Apathy]

I'm surprised he didn't try "we're not so different you and I."

"I can buy and sell you" or "I'll buy this whole theater" or "you'll never work in this town again". Those are the go to for rich douches

 

[Subpar Spatula]

I'd be pissed too. You'd got to be a robot to spend that amount of cash, fly there, and want to see it for your birthday only to not get in because you got fake tickets. Let the man vent, I'm sure you would want to as well.

 

[Chinese Cartoons]

Was expecting Notch.

Is there something you got on your mind?