So I'm at work today (I wait tables at California Pizza Kitchen), and while approaching a table to greet them, I hear a slightly muffled 'Eye of the Tiger' coming out of my pocket. Trying to play it off, I tell the table "See, I'm such a good server they give me my own theme music," while slyly turning off my phone with one hand. I take their order, move on, and forget about it.

About ten minutes later, my hostess comes up to me, "Vince, you have a phone call on line 1." It's my dad. "I need you to take Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday off work."

Uh oh.

"Ok...why? I'm going up to visit you guys the following weekend, can it wait?"

"No. I have an all-expenses-paid trip to the Super Bowl, and you're coming with me."

Needless to say, I am a little excited right now :)

I'm jealous..... congrats...

Wow... better make Father's Day a priority this year. :)

Congrats.

Sweet.

Hey, Vince...you probably don't remember this, but when you were two years old I dove in front of a dump truck to save your life. I'm just saying...

WTF? But your dad promised he would take me...

the question is....

will you use the extra space on your forehead to plug the FOFC?

:)

Lucky bastard!

That is very nice.

BASTARD!

that's very cool...Eye of the Tiger is a GREAT song.

Is that better than the "i'm not pregnant" phone call?

Congrats!

NICE!

Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!

Stupid commercial...


How long until the "Greatest Phone Sex Ever" thread appears?

Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!
Vince Vince Vince!

Stupid commercial...


How long until the "Greatest Phone Sex Ever" thread appears?
Are you kidding? I loved that commercial :)

I'm just amazed -- totally blindsided by the news. I'm dreading the follow up phone call where he tells me it wasn't a sure thing, and somehow we lost the tickets.

Let's just hope that it isn't contingent on a Burn win. ;)

Bah, no Super Bowl that doesn't have the Cowboys playing in it is worth going to...

Bah, no Super Bowl that doesn't have the Cowboys playing in it is worth going to...
may we never have another super bowl worth going to. http://dynamic.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

Bah, no Super Bowl that doesn't have the Cowboys playing in it is worth going to...

Agreed. I'll only watch the half time show this year, and maybe some commercials.

Let's just hope that it isn't contingent on a Burn win. ;)
I gotta say -- that phone call took a LOT of the sting away from my IHOF game today.

I gotta say -- that phone call took a LOT of the sting away from my IHOF game today.
yet you still have the previous 3 seasons to sting you :p

Imagine how stupid you would have felt if he decided not to take you because you turned your phone off on him. :)

Cool!

Just don't chop any fingers off while you're there, Coach.

Imagine how stupid you would have felt if he decided not to take you because you turned your phone off on him. :)
Would have been like a friend of mine for last year's Super Bowl. His dad got the tickets, and he just had to get out of his shift at work. By the time he did, his dad had given the tickets away because he didn't think his son would be able to get off work. I felt so bad for him...

That's awesome Vince, have fun.:)

how the seats?

Congrats Vince. I'm SO jealous, especially since the Eagles are playing :)

how come things like this never happen to me??

Congrats Vince. If you think about it (or care), make a short diary of your four days and tell us about it.

I prefer the phone call where Katie Holmes and Kate Beckinsale tell me they're waiting for me in their hotel room.

Ok, this friggin' sucks. My dad can't go because his boss is a douche bag. :mad:

My dad got the trip through work, and all he needs is his boss's permission to miss one extra day of work. The guy knows why my dad wants the day off, and still won't give it to him. What a fucking asshole. Pardon my language but man this is upsetting.

I still get to go, and my little brother is going to come with me, but man that sucks and boy does it piss me off. :mad:

Ok, this friggin' sucks. My dad can't go because his boss is a douche bag. :mad:

My dad got the trip through work, and all he needs is his boss's permission to miss one extra day of work. The guy knows why my dad wants the day off, and still won't give it to him. What a fucking asshole. Pardon my language but man this is upsetting.

I still get to go, and my little brother is going to come with me, but man that sucks and boy does it piss me off. :mad:

Damn that sucks. But isn't there a bad case of the flu going around your town right now?

(You know, one way to get out of work is to put exlax in the coffee. Everybody gets the shits, and you just claim you have it to and can't make it in the next day...)

Oh, and if that doesn't work and your brother turns into a dickhead. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A SON I COULD TAKE TO THE SUPERBOWL!!! (I'd even buy you a lapdance with "perks," son!)

or, we boycot publicly whatever the company does or makes....perhaps he'll coalesce. What do we have here? 5 days.....it can be done.

Ok, this friggin' sucks. My dad can't go because his boss is a douche bag. :mad:

My dad got the trip through work, and all he needs is his boss's permission to miss one extra day of work. The guy knows why my dad wants the day off, and still won't give it to him. What a fucking asshole. Pardon my language but man this is upsetting.

I still get to go, and my little brother is going to come with me, but man that sucks and boy does it piss me off. :mad:

Here's the thing - if he's valuable enough to the company that him missing one day would be such a big deal, he can take the day without his boss' permission, and have no fear of repercussions.

Let this be a lesson to you all - you don't ASK your supervisors for days off, you TELL them you won't be there.

I must admit, that original phone call was a pretty good one.

Now, as far as dad missing an extra day of work, I just can't cencieve of a job where missing one extra day to go to the super bowl can't work. It fails to compute. I am trying to wrap my mind around it, but it just doesn't make any sense. Can't miss one extra day of work to go to the super bowl? I really feel the need to call your dad's boss and ask him to explain his refusal, because he must have misheard the request. It is the only explanation that makes any sense.


Wait, I thought of how the boss's refusal to take an extra day off for the SB makes sense. Your dad must be an astronaut and the space shuttle is launching on the day your dad wants off. Although, I gotta say, even if that is the case, it is still 50/50 on whether they should delay the launch and let your dad go.

The boss must not be a football fan. I think he needs a bag of flaming doo-doo on his door step.