The father-in-law of Olympian cyclist Chris Hoy has ended up with four garden seats rather than four seats at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Following a simple misunderstanding, he will now have to watch the games on TV instead.
Bob Kemp, the father-in-law in question, applied for Olympic tickets in the initial UK offer, hoping to see Chris compete in the Olympic velodrome, which holds 6,000 spectators.
With millions of people all wanting tickets, Mr Kemp’s expectations were low, especially as only 25% of the of 6,000 seats were on offer to UK residents.
Much to Mr Kemp’s surprise and joy, on the day the tickets were released he checked his bank balance and found his account had been debited. The amount was equivalent to four cycling velodrome tickets, made out to Olympian Seats.
“He was absolutely thrilled and couldn’t believe it. He sent out emails to the rest of the family letting everyone know of his good luck. He started planning the London trip,” said Hoy. “We were all pleased.”
However, some time later Mr Kemp received an email from the London 2012 organisers notifying him that he was, unfortunately, one of the 1.2 million people who had been unsuccessful in acquiring any Olympic tickets.
After checking his bank account once more, Mr Kemp realised, much to his own disappointment, that Olympian Seats were in fact the manufacturers of the outdoor furniture he had recently purchased. Any plans for trips to London to see Chris race were swiftly cast aside and Mr Kemp’s joyous bubble was unceremoniously burst.
“He got four seats alright, four garden seats,” laughed Hoy.
As Olympians themselves are only allocated two tickets each, which they have to pay for, Mr Kemp will have to console himself with the notion that he is simply one of many millions of people who will have to watch the games from home next summer.
However, had he bought his garden furniture from Dobbies, at least he could have saved himself the confusion over the name on his bank balance!
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