Yesterday my family and I were thrilled because we were heading to Yankee Stadium to see our first Yankees/Red Sox game live! As you can imagine we paid quite a bit for our tickets and would be going by the Yankee Clipper that leaves from Hoboken, NJ.

The clipper arrived on time, but our outing soon turned into a nightmare. We took off from Hoboken and the ferry picked up more people at Pier 11 Wall Street and within moments we’re told that due to construction of a bridge on the East River, the Clipper will now have to turn around and go up the Hudson River. Yes all the way up, under the George Washington Bridge to the tip, and then waiting for a stupid train to go by so the train bridge can open for us, and then back down the east side of Manhattan toward the stadium.

We were fighting the current, had no air or a breeze of any kind and were stuck on this slower than walking, steam machine for 2 hours! When we finally arrived at the stadium we had missed 2 innings of the game!

How come there was no better plan? How come they didn’t know ahead of time about the bridge problems? For the cost and importance of this game, why didn’t anyone care that we missed part of the game?

Why didn’t the NY Waterway offer to give us our money back, or a discount on our next tickets? You can just imagine how angry everybody was.

Shame on NY Waterway for making an exciting trip to Yankee Stadium a bummer! I called today and complained, and I better hear from Upper Management.