Man, what a mixed day. We went down to False Creek to see Maison Du Quebec, Saskachewan House, Russia House and the Ontario Pavilion. After yesterday’s lineups we knew what we were getting into… for the most part.
It was so insane, though! Lineups a mile long, nobody working there knowing what’s going on, short hours – just nuts. We ended up going around and finally settled on Maison Du Quebec because it had the shortest line, which is like saying a century is shorter than a millennia – technically true but not really any real help.
After a long while we ended up getting inside just to find out that Maison Du Quebec should really have been named Maison Du Fuck-All. I’m not kidding! We stood in line to get in… In order to stand in line for $10 beer. There was a lineup for a cafeteria-style menu and a tiny, empty stage. Blank walls, no displays, no multimedia presentations, (way too few) dirty tables, and no room for the hundreds of people who just waited an hour to get in. We left inside of thirty seconds and told the staffer at the exit the reason why. He seemed to have heard this more than once.
We have a rule now. Whatever we’re standing in line for, we have to spend 10 minutes inside for every minute waiting. This has caused us to be much pickier about the venues we’re gonna visit.
It's official - there's more people in line for Ontario House than actually live in Ontario.
