Blogger Uses Ice Cream, Trickery To Get ‘Pimp’ Seats At The US Open

We’ve all been there. Let out of the big game with no tickets and no one to flash your boobs to get in. Blogger Jean Hsu and her friend found themselves in such a situation outside of the US Open, where they were trying to find a way into the Andy Roddick match. Luckily, Hsu’s friend, showing resolve you can’t form in your mother’s basement, found the perfect mix of trickery and confectionery to not only sneak into the Roddick match, but get front row seats–all without paying single dime. Wow. Somewhere in this world, Monica Seles shudders.

During our (long) trek from the parking lot to the front door, S would randomly go up to couples on their way home and ask for their ticket stubs. Out of the kindness of their hearts, and also a little help from my beaming, innocent smile, people were pretty willing to dig into their pockets to find their crumpled tickets. We landed our first set of tickets, and I was already satisfied. But S would not stop there. He wanted to score some pimp seats. We collected a few pairs of ticket stubs, but none that were of baller status.

We then walked by the VIP area, and quickly asked a foreign couple for their ticket stubs as they exited the section. By distracting the doorman with icecream, we were quickly allowed reentry, and the entire VIP floor area was at our fingertips.

Ice Cream? Is the doorman to the VIP section of the US Open 12 years old? Or did you knock him over the head with a gallon bucket you stole from the concession stand or by using a couple of scoops like pasties, a la Ali Larter in Varsity Blues?
open sesame. [Essential Luxuries]
Image [jeanjhsu.com]