I was disappointed with Monday's article on the student ticket disaster Saturday in Atlanta.
As a student who spent nearly two hours waiting in the cold, I found the article took away from how much of a mess Saturday was.
The article said students only missed minutes of the game, but I sat in the student section watching students trickle in at the end of the first quarter.
I was standing in line when staff informed us if we didn't stop "scaring" the staff and calm down, they would shut the doors and let no one in.
I think the part that infuriated me the most was the attitude of the UF student staff. When I walked up to turn in my voucher, I smiled and handed the staff member (a UF student) my voucher. She looked up at me and said, very rudely, "You know, we've been open for two hours."
I was shocked, so I replied, "I know. I've been outside in line for almost two hours."
She was rude and unsympathetic.
Had I known that there would only be two people checking IDs, I would have gotten in line sooner than two hours before kickoff.
But to make it seem like the lack of efficiency in this system was my fault? Give me a break.
Next time, Alligator, please take the time to get the real story, rather than some glossed over half-truth.
