# They'd have to pay me! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308 "2017-10-19T17:46:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/61 "2017-10-20T13:44:22Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Golf tops that list for me. My first thought, too. I have never played golf, and doubt I ever will. It looks incredibly boring. I couldn’t imagine _paying_ to play it. ---
**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/62 "2017-10-20T14:16:09Z")
(1) I’m with **Gatopescado** with skydiving. It sure looks fun but the danger element far exceeds my tolerance limit. Same for bungee jumping. I might try bungee if someone paid for the training and jump expenses. But I wouldn’t be surprised if I chickened out when confronted with the precipice. (2) Ice hockey. My Dad was into it and took us kids (ages 10-15) to a few games. It never seemed interesting to me. A free ticket and travel would be necessary for me to attend another game. I would buy my own beer though. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/63 "2017-10-20T14:26:54Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I’ll see your awards dinner (for a price) and raise you one: You’d have to pay me a fair chunk of cash for me to attend another wedding, and no amount of money could induce me to attend a wedding if I’m the one getting married. :eek: Years ago I found a way to make weddings more tolerable for me and sometimes pay as well; start a betting pool at the reception on when the divorce happens. Just do it quietly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/64 "2017-10-20T14:32:57Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Skiing. You want me to put something slippery on my feet, and then I’ll try to keep standing while I slide down the side of a mountain at high speeds? And so the chair lift that can break down and leave me dangling in the cold, I guess that’s the _least bad_ part? Yeah, start putting cash in my hand; I’ll tell you when to stop. I’m with you there. I live in the Colorado Mountains and am pretty much surrounded by world class resorts. I tried to like it, I really did. Hate it. No point in it. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/65 "2017-10-20T14:50:49Z")
A disco revival. Hip hop. An evening of thrash metal. Top 40. Country and western. Baseball. Professional wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/66 "2017-10-20T15:04:46Z")
Many years ago I turned down an offer to attend a concert with a very good looking young gal. She even suggested this could be the start of a relationship. I turned her down cold. The concert was the country group Alabama. Back then and even to this day, I have zero interest in listening to any country music. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/67 "2017-10-20T15:47:31Z")
> [@vtxrider](#): > > Most anything that involves large crowds. > > I have been to baseball games (even a Braves playoff game), football games, concerts. And they can be enjoyable, but I hate crowds. Crowds alone aren’t a problem for me, it’s the line-ups that often accompany them that drive me nuts. I’ve got season tickets for our local football team, but the stadium and its security are so well planned that there’s rarely a line up, and when there is, it’s usually less than a minute wait. Contrast that to the Canada Day fiasco here in Ottawa this year. I had thought about going downtown this year, since it was the 150th anniversary, but when I heard they were _planning_ on security line ups that would like take two hours, I said no way. The [total disaster that actually took place that day](https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/parliament-hill-canada-day-festivities-soured-by-tight-security/article35533375/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&) fully justified my decision. Being stuck all day in a line up that was _literally going no where_ would be a pretty good personal hell for me. No way, no how. How much would it take to get me to do that? Well, I’d probably need at least a two-week vacation somewhere nice to wind down, plus having extra money in the bank. So maybe 10-20 thousand dollars? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/68 "2017-10-20T16:12:31Z")
The worst part of that Ottawa fiasco was: “We got in line at about 10 o’clock, and by about 12:30, we decided to leave because we were hearing we were in the wrong line.” Yep. People waited for hours and hours in lineups going nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/69 "2017-10-20T17:06:33Z")
Oh, somebody mentioned awards dinners. I’ve got to agree. A few years ago, my employer bought a table at a “Top 100 [Something] Businesses in The State” dinner. I was one of the few employees who could not come up with a reasonable excuse to get out of attending. Every single one of the 100 businesses was recognized individually, with the owner or representative coming up to accept the award/plaque/whatever and say a few words. (I think we were number 81.) It was indescribable. You have no idea how many 100 is until you’ve experienced something like this. I’d say $175/hour would be cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/70 "2017-10-20T17:10:48Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Years ago I found a way to make weddings more tolerable for me and sometimes pay as well; start a betting pool at the reception on when the divorce happens. Just do it quietly. 😉 One of my brothers was getting married (his third). My other brother couldn’t make and sent his regrets, saying he’d be sure to come to the next one. For me, opera and ballet. I’d need $5,000 and a few stiff drinks. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/71 "2017-10-20T17:27:08Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > One of my brothers was getting married (his third). My other brother couldn’t make and sent his regrets, saying he’d be sure to come to the next one. Now _that’s_ crass. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/72 "2017-10-21T11:27:42Z")
$1000.00 minimum to attend any church service; price goes up depending on denomination. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/73 "2017-10-21T18:29:18Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > For anything that’s merely boring or uninteresting to me, I wouldn’t ask more than about $30 an hour. You’d have to get something that’s actively offensive for me to raise my price, in which case it goes up higher than anyone could plausibly be considering paying me, at which point the exact dollar amount becomes irrelevant. This except if its loud. If I need hearing or eye protection and or wet weather gear based on where I am located in the audience, the rates go up to $50/hour during the event and travel to and from is $20/hour non negotiable ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308/74 "2017-10-22T10:03:52Z")
I can extract some kind of spiritual or psychic experience from any event, so I’ll go along just for that. But I might balk at a funeral, just to keep my unbroken record intact, of never having attended one. I’ll even go to a beach without payment, if it is made worth my while in some other way. At least a pizza. Roller coaster, maybe we’re talking about money changing hands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyd-have-to-pay-me/799308.md?page=3)