A Reminder?

Just got an email "reminder" from the San Diego Opera that we have tickets for Boris Godunov down there later this month.

Thanks, very kind, but a reminder? Do people forget their opera tickets often enough that management feels they have to do something about it?

Okay, in our case we have to get on an airplane (Boris is not that-all often produced, and anyway, we've never seen the SDO opera house). And I admit we probably do enough culture to get jaded.

But a reminder? Oh dear, what's the world coming to? Or maybe it's just a marketing gimmick.

Afterthought: We've got a friend who runs a package-tour company. She charges a pretty hefty non-refundable deposit. When the final payment is due and she doesn't hear from the customer, she'll call to ask what's up. Every so often they say--oh, we've decided not to go. No, never mind the deposit, we know we lose it.

So, some people are more jaded than I.