Saturday, September 14, 2013

JUST SIT ON YOUR APP AND WATCH THE GAME


hot dawgs, get your hot dawgs
 
the cry that has been heard in ballparks for decades
 
- yes, there is crying in baseball
 
maybe going the way of the oldsmoblie
 
soon you can just pull out your smartphone
 
and tap your way to a beer - delivered direct to your seat
 
some feel that the new mastercard technology would civilize
 
the current system
 
the system that's works in ballparks for a 100 years
 
now no yelling at the vendors, no waiting in long lines
 
for a dog and a brew while missing base hits and RBI
 
nope, you'll be able to use your new app to order goodies
 
yeah, there's an app for that - you just scan one of those
 
pop-art looking quick-response codes on the seat back in front of you
 
that would call up the stadium’s concession menu
 
and indicate where exactly you’re sitting
 
- then security comes and kicks you out cuz you're not in the right seat
 
or, you’d tap on your phone to order your hot dog and beer
 
or that huge pretzel covered in nacho cheese sauce
 
or whatever sushi-like crap stadiums are selling these days
 
- electronically
 
your order would materialize at a nearby concession stand
 
and the charge would be billed to your mastercard account
 
and a runner would deliver the food to your seat
 
fine, no mess, no lines, no problem
 
other merchants are using the new technology
 
like mcdonald's, starbucks and dunkin' donuts
 
but they aren't delivering - not yet
 
there was a milkshake shop in california that used to deliver
 
but what's a ballgame without missing some of the action
 
by going to the concession stand or spending an inning
 
looking to get the peanut guy's attention
 
i wonder if they will still throw the peanuts at you
 
or slap the mustard on the dog right there in front of you
 
or pour you a cold one right there in the aisle
 
all the while blocking the way of a group of people
 
and in the way of the view of the people in the next 3 rows
 
probably not
 
but i am sure that they'll get my order wrong
 
and the girl that delivers it to me will say
 
 
'no problem'