Almost not worth the free pizza.... almost

Tonight there was a security seminar that seemed interesting enough. So while the girls were with their mom at Shelby's fencing lessons, I took a shot at the seminar. I had forgotten about the free pizza associated with the seminar until I got a call from them reminding me to show up around 5:30 to make sure I got some pizza before it was gone. So I did. At 5:30 sharp I was standing there, looking for pizza, trying to forget the traffic madness I endured to be there that moment. Yet there was none to be found. By 6pm, the supposed start time of the seminar, there were probably 30-40 people standing in line, awaiting free pizza. It was getting ugly as the formal line began to breakdown into a mob. And to top it off, the cute receptionist tells us that we need to go ahead and go to the presentation room so they can start the seminar since the pizza wasn't there yet. When we all arrived at the seminar, there was a packed house, I'm told of over a hundred total, all of which were dinnerless and hungry. So the seminar began in earnest, only to be interrupted twenty minutes later when the pizza finally arrived. Picture a hundred hungry men on a charging quest for free pizza. It was craziness that could have only been worsened by free beer and a football game. But man it was tasty. And after a thirty minute scarfing hiatus, the seminar continued, but its fangs were no more. I later learned that the presenter was told to skip ahead because of the delays. Much of what I found of interest on the seminar agenda had been skipped. It became merely a free food vehicle, rather than an educational experience with the bonus of hunger satiation. What a shame. While I can't say it wasn't worth the free pizza, it was barely worth it. I wouldn't make the drive knowing what I know now. But since I was already there... the experience was somewhat redeemed.