Last night, Lisa and I went to dinner. At least 3 of every 4 people in the restaurant, including the wait staff, were wearing Steelers shirts. Probably half of those were jerseys. As we were leaving, there was a sign on the door that said, "In consideration of our employees, we will be closing at 6 pm this Sunday for the Super Bowl."
Lisa saw a commercial earlier in the week for a furnace repair company that prides itself on being available for repair 24/7/365. The commercial states that if your furnace breaks on Christmas Day, they'll be there. If it breaks in the middle of the night, they'll be there. But if it breaks this Sunday evening, you'll have to wait a few hours -- but they'll be there as soon as they can after the game.
Eat 'N Park, a Pittsburgh diner chain, only closes on Christmas Eve. And, apparently, for the Super Bowl when the Steelers are in it.
Pittsburgh City Schools as well as a couple other area school districts have declared 2 hour delays for Monday. It's an attempt to cut down on absenteeism. With the 2 hour delay, there's a greater chance the teachers and students won't call in "sick" after staying up late watching the game and celebrating afterwards.
So the only people working Sunday night will be bartenders and police officers. All we really need is people to keep the booze flowing and people to keep the boozed from urinating in alleys. It's a holiday around here, the biggest event since the last time the Steelers were in the Super Bowl.
3 years ago, for Super Bowl XL, I was in Atlanta, a member of the Steeler Diaspora. It was fun to be proudly wearing my Steeler gear and carrying my terrible towel around for 2 weeks. But it's way more fun this time, to be in the middle of all the fun here in Western PA. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.
Here we go...
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