I was at that game as well. Believe me, the Demons game, sitting in the Great Southern Stand dodging sea gull poo whilst the team was getting thrashed was FAR worse.
As I suggested previously, take the day or half day off work. Surely your workplace is not that inflexible. Then pick your Dad up early and have dinner in the Entertainment Quarter. I'm self employed but if I was still in my old job, I would just take the day off work. It's only a job and if you dropped dead in your workplace tomorrow, they would replace you with someone else anyway. I'm sounding like a communist. Viva le revolution!!!!!
I apply the HIIR. That's "How Important Is It Rule" when I do things in life now. If it's important I do it, if not, it gets the flick.
I think from memory you said you sit in the Brewongle. So do I, so I'll be checking !
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In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.
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The problem with taking a day off in and around Sydney is that if it was for NRL you may get some leeway, but if your dial gets shown on tv and you are at a sneaky AFL game, then..... Not everyone has a job that has flexibility as a work practice. And many cannot burst out of the ties that bind because of the need to not upset the boss because you actually need the job of work to pay for the Swans Membership in the first place!!
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
In memory of my little Staffy - Dicey, 17.06.2005 to 1.12.2011- I'll miss you mate.
I'll be taking the Friday off work, flying up that morning and making a weekend of it. I don't think I've ever been to a Friday night game before (well, not a H&A game).
Not sure about Friday night....
Pity there aren't more Saturday afternoon games. I love Sunday afternoon too. At least we don't have all night games at the concrete jungle this year.
I love the idea of a Friday night game - have a sneaky beer or two at work and then head out to the SCG in time for the game - I'll allow enough time to walk knowing what traffic can be like in the city/Oxford St and Moore Park areas on a Friday night. A few more drinks at the game and then kick on after that I reckon....
I know Friday night isn't necessarily great for everyone but not every match time over a given weekend will suit everyone anyway. As someone who normally doesn't drink on a Sunday, but has been know to have a few on Friday/Saturday, I'll quite happily have a few calming beverages throughout the course of a Friday evening game. And yes I am fortunate enough to be able to walk home afterwards.
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