I couldn’t score Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ tickets, so I got a job at the venue

nypost.com:

searching for affordable tickets. But when her friend texted that the tour had volunteer usher positions available, Burdette realized that she had discovered a backdoor to the experience of a lifetime.

The Tennessee mom immediately found a babysitter for her two children and drove two hours from her home in Chattanooga to Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

In a “Lavender Haze,” she helped fellow Swifties to their seats in the packed venue and awaited Swift’s arrival. As soon as the superstar hit her first note, Burdette started sobbing.“It felt surreal being there because I was convinced till only a few days ago that I wasn’t going to be able to go,” Burdette told the Washington Post.. “Seeing her walk out onstage hit me hard.” Since the 106-date Eras Tour started back in March, Swift has been breaking records left and right as the tour’s revenue predictions soar north of $1 billion.

But the most recent record Swift has broken has to be creating the most desirable job in the service industry.According to David Waddell, chief executive of the app Tend — which hires 50 to 500 staffers per concert on the “Eras” tour— the demand to work at Swift’s venues has been overwhelming.Tend had 65 available jobs for each of the three nights that Swift performed in Atlanta.