Unbelievable! What a frustrating start to the sci-fi con.

My friend and I go up to get our passes for the weekend, and right away, the lady at the table starts giving us attitude. She asks if we have id so she can be sure she’s giving the right people their passes. We hand her our id, and she says, “You’re joking, right?”

Fay says, “Excuse me?”

This lady accuses us of passing her phony id! We start arguing about it, when this nice guy behind us says he’s a cop and can spot a fake id at 100 yards. He checks it out, and tells her the ids are real.

Right away, she starts apologizing. “We thought it was a joke!” she says. She gets on the radio and tells some guy named Stan to bring down the passes for Ann Droyd and Fay Sur. “Stan will help you out,” she says.

He comes down, and I’m in such a bad mood already, I ask Fay to deal with it. She’s the diplomatic one of us.

The cop behind us says, “Now, I’ve seen it all. Starting a sci-fi con by setting Fay Sur on Stan.” Everyone started laughing.

I don’t get it.