[HardlyCurious]

Yeah, that office manager probably knew who would be getting the tickets in advance.

[alach11]

Working hard: writing a script to detect when the website goes live.

Working smart: bring the office manager a pastry, ask them about their day, and drop hints about how excited you are for the tickets this year.

[nkko]

Engineer vs Non-Engineer approach.

[deedree]

You mean social engineering.

[pomstazlesa]

I'd rather pay scalper prices than do that

[xenocratus]

And that's when I'd make that script and the knowledge behind it available publicly and advertise it on social media :)