Fucking pissed with self and how we as Indians let us others treat us.

Background: The upcoming movie "Stree 2" starcast had planned a show at Ambience Mall today at 6 pm. They did lots of videos and stories on Instagram (which were later deleted - fishy, in my opinion).

The show started at 5:30 pm, which was early according to Indian Standard Time /s. Every 15 minutes, the host would shout that the starcast was arriving any minute now. We had arrived at 5 pm and were waiting until 7:30 pm, still no one showed up. They passed the time by making the audience dance and sing, and they just kept at it till there was enough crowd.

Now angry, I spoke to an Ambience Mall staff member to ask if they were even coming. He said they would come at 8 pm. That was the scheduled time. Scheduled time? But all the ads and posts said 6 pm? He said, "Yeah, the events team needs that much time. This is how every celebrity event happens."

Maybe I'm new to this, but is this how celebrity events happen? People waste hours waiting to see their favorite actors or actresses? It's also the sunk cost fallacy. Like in my case, I had traveled 14 km to see them, now leaving without what I had come for would be a double loss.

Though this really pissed me off, because I didn't value my time well. These 3 hours could have been used for more productive work.

The starcast arrived at 8:05 pm and left at 8:25 pm. We waited 2 hours just to see them speak and dance for 20 minutes.

Pic: Instragram story announcing the same.