I have taken almost a week off from my retail job to work at this fair for my buddy Tony and sell his stuff for him on the days he can’t be at the fair. Working for Tony is more fun and pays better than the retail job, so I work his booth for him when I can. Usually in Manhattan, usually in the winter. But this time it’s New Jersey in the summer. And this time it has not been fun and has not paid much better because the New Jersey State Fair Meadowlands sucks ass. From what I’ve heard, it didn’t used to suck ass. Or maybe it did, and it just never sucked quite as much as it does this year. Either way, 2023 has been bleak for the New Jersey State Fair Meadowlands. No one here knows why. People who work here every year keep saying it was so much better last year and the year before. For whatever reason, 2023 is the year all the people who were still going to fairs officially decided to explore other options.
Was Chappell worth it?