Day 267: If I Ruled Lichtenstein... Screwing Over A Friend Means Jail Time

My neighboring cubemate at work is a crazed Chicago Blackhawks fan, as evidenced by her Blackhawks screensaver, calendar, and headband she keeps in her cube at work.

So when I heard that my hockey team - the Detroit Redwings - was coming to Chicago to battle the Hawks, I suggested we get tickets. A few other colleagues wanted to come along, so I (stupidly) decided to put the cost of all the tickets on my credit card and have everyone pay me for them individually

This was not an issue for one of my colleagues, who paid me right away. It became a bit of an issue when one of my friends had to back out a few days before the game, but thankfully we were able to find another colleague who wanted to come along.

But it really became an issue when, while I was en route back to Chicago from my business trip, that my cubemate texted me to tell me that one of our colleagues couldn't go to the game. And he told her of this fact hours before the game (even though we had asked him several times to make sure he still wanted to go). Without paying me for his ticket. Leaving me having to scramble for someone who was not only free for the night, but who also wanted to trek downtown and pay $87 for a hockey game.

Luckily my cubemate was able to put a sense of urgency in the matter and find someone free for what turned out to be a hilarious and fun evening - starting with a limo ride to a pizza parlor, Eduardo's, where my very drunk colleague waltzed in the door with an open beer demanding to be served by Eduardo himself - and ending with me literally babysitting said colleague and putting him on his train only to see him wandering off from my train's window. In between was a close hockey game that saw my Wings lose by just one goal.

However, in Lichtenstein, it is going to be against the law to screw over a friend like that. The law would see to it that that friend paid for his ticket and then was out that ticket or that money if he couldn't find a replacement because he was at fault for not being able to make the game.

This kind of thing should be simple courtesy, but when that fails, in LIchtenstein the law takes over.