MET MUSEUM : "Oh, Pay Whatever the Fuck Ya Want..."

Verrrry interesting. Sometimes you can file a class action lawsuit and win.

The law is unpredictable...I don't think even lawyers know how when or why a lawsuit can be filed and be won.

I've consulted with lawyers many times, and heard a variety of responses from, "Hey, I'd LOVE to try and win this case" to "No, forget it" with plenty a "If you've got the money, I'll give it a try" in between.

In tourist-trap NYC, out-of-town idiots get scammed all the time. Monkeys stand around selling counterfeit tickets to shows. They sell tickets to places that don't charge to get in. They scalp tickets at double price to dunces who don't walk to the box office but believe the creep that's blocked them with: "they're sold out, you can ONLY get tickets from ME!"

SOME museums have designated "free" times, as a courtesy to students and the elderly.

SOME, especially if they're using government funds, have a "suggested" price but plainly indicate you can pay what you wish.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art? Most lifelong New Yorkers weren't aware the $25 admission was "suggested" and not (like the Guggenheim, for example) mandatory.

Somebody got the idea of filing a "class action" to get them to change the wording on their signs? Amazing.

Probably most tourists and anyone with poor English skills will STILL pay the $25, or feel intimidated about tossing down a buck instead. But who knows, the place could become a fucking McDonald's and be loaded up with lazy slobs stinking the place out and loitering. Where, outside of a library, can you find shelter for next to nothing?

What interests me is why nobody's done a "class action" against the RIAA for NOT stopping obvious bootleggers, or eBay for allowing idiots to sell used underwear, or GOOGLE for just about every offense you can think of. And why did it take so many DECADES before anyone thought to file a class action on the Met museum? Did others try and fail?

The 21st Century stinks all right, and when lawyers are involved, it's downright perplexing. You can go to court and DEMAND somebody re-word a sign? Change a policy? Yeah?