(07-11-2018, 03:30 PM)PF* Wrote:

(07-11-2018, 09:36 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: Someone in this day and age has no cell phone? I don’t know if I should express contempt or jealousy.

Haha. I have a phone buried in the glove compartment and rarely use it. Now I have to carry it into games? Yuk, give me paper tix any day.

Generally speaking, I have despised cell phones over the year for any number of reasons.

I call them marginally necessary evils, with emphasis on evils.  It was this contempt for cell phones, the grudging acceptance of their utility, and the persistent nagging of my then girlfriend that forced me to spend a token amount for one (<$100) that I kept for years.  As you undoubtedly have surmised, the phone was spartan like in terms of features.  In its defense, i will say it wasn't a flip phone, it did not have any visible external antenna, and it fit within the palm of my hand.

When the team decided to go to the e-ticket for last year's playoff game, needless to say I was dismayed.  I brought my tablet to the game to display the e-ticket, only to have the ticket taker try to tell me tablets were not allowed in the stadium.  (She was promptly overruled by her supervisor after my miraculously conversational in tone protest). 

I knew at that point I had to get a new cell phone with more bells and whistles.  I've grown to like a lot of the features and apps, and I like that it should be allowed in the stadium without hassle from the uninformed/uninitiated ticket taker.

But on some level, I am disturbed by the idea my love for the Jaguars and my desire to see them play in person overruled my contempt for cell phones, and more accurately, disturbed by the idea the team's decision forced my hand.

Especially at the lost excitement of opening those paper tickets.

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(07-12-2018, 08:21 AM)FBT Wrote:

(07-10-2018, 07:12 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I agree.  Getting those tickets in the mail, while not quite Christmas in April like the draft, is still exciting.

Yeah, but how about the really good old days when we went to the stadium to get our season ticket packages?  That was an annual event that my group always looked forward to, and we were disappointed when they started mailing them out.  We got over it quickly, just as most will adapt to this.  

I do agree that they should have a print option available for people for a fee.  Not everyone uses a smart phone, and some who do have them wouldn't know how to download the app or even use it to display their tickets.  

When they went electronic for the playoff game, I figured we were on the cusp of doing it for all games.  I didn't really expect it this soon.

I forgot about those days...with the lines going into the atrium at the stadium, talking to enthusiastic Jaguars fans who seem like old friends because of the common bond of love for the Jaguars, but were otherwise complete strangers!  Those ticket pickup events were always fun.  The lines seemed to move quickly and efficiently.

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