So, it's my "extended" family, sort-of. The events occur last night.
My GF has daughter that's married with two kids. Nice family. SIL ("John" for purposes of this post) is from Rancho Santa Fe...his folks have some dough.
So, John's Mom decides to take John, his wife, and his two kids to see a live production of "Grinch" at the Old Globe in San Diego. For those that aren't familiar, The Old Globe is a pretty cool venue that does a ton of stuff that ends up on Broadway.
Anyway, she springs for front-row seats. Hires two limos. One for John, wife, and kids, and another for herself and John's Dad. John and family are about 35 miles N of the venue, so it's a fairly long limo ride.
Each limo is stocked with nice champagne, shrimp cocktails, chocolates, etc. Everybody dressed in their Sunday best.
So they get there, arrange for the limo drivers to return at a set time, and go in. But, they don't get in, because the $1600 worth of tickets that she bought are fakes, and it's a full house with no room anywhere.
John's mom is so upset...loses her shit, feels like an idiot, is crying, etc. (She's a super-lovely woman, not crazy as far as I can tell). Anyway, in her upset-ness, she slips on the wet sidewalk and faceplants. 911 is called, and she's taken away in an ambulance. Ambulance won't let John's dad go because COVID, so they get an uber. Ambulance takes her to a ghetto ER full of homeless, stabbing victims, etc.
John's wife is calling the limo driver to get a ride back home and he's not answering.
Wife and kids have to get an expensive uber home, and John, once he sees that Mom is stable, catches another expensive uber home so he can get his car and come back to drive Mom and Dad home.
Mom has a concussion, and her face is bruised and bloodied. Merry Christmas everyone!