Ticketmaster vs. The Calendar Button: A Tragedy in One Act
Look, it’s 2025 — my phone unlocks my face in the dark 😐, translates Mandarin off street signs, tells me how bad I slept 😴…
…but Ticketmaster and TIFF can’t manage a damn “Add to Calendar” button??
They already HAVE the info!
📅 Date? Yup.
⏰ Time? Got it.
🎬 Movie length? Obviously.
📍 Location? They LITERALLY map it for me.
And instead of just exporting a tiny calendar file — a technology from the Clinton administration — they go:
“Hey bud, wanna add this to your Wallet?”
OH GREAT 😑 — the place where tickets go to quietly die.
Yeah, I’ll just trust my schedule to Reminder Roulette™ like I’m waiting for the subway.
Wallet doesn’t create events.
Doesn’t block time.
Doesn’t stop double-booking.
It just sends a little whisper later like:
“Heyyy… don’t forget… maybe… if you feel like it… 😬”
So now I’ve gotta open my calendar and manually type:
North by Northwest – 6:30 – TIFF Lightbox
Like I’m firing up Outlook 2003 from a beige cubicle with a dying CRT monitor 💾
One typo and I show up a DAY early looking like an idiot in the lobby:
“Oh yeah, I just REALLY love Hitchcock.”
And don’t tell me this is a tech problem.
They already handle payments, DRM, seat maps, dynamic barcodes, notifications, geolocation, and mobile passes — but the moment you say “.ics export” they’re like:
“Whoa whoa whoa, Einstein 🧠 — slow down!”
This isn’t innovation.
This is two pieces of 20-year-old software refusing to shake hands. 🤝
They can encrypt my ticket like it’s the Pentagon —
but can’t add a movie to my calendar like it’s basic adult scheduling 😤
Wallet is not a calendar.
Reminders are not events.
And “just remember to type it yourself” is not a UX plan — it’s technological negligence.
But hey, at least my phone knows when I blink. 👁️✨
