Is something going on with the ushers at Shrek? — Page 5

why are we stll talking about this? who cares about phones being on vibrate/silent/screaming mode...

I, for one, always keep it on vibrate ever since my aunt died when I was seeing Wicked, and missed about 20 calls and didn't get to say bye to her.

I don't know why all the old people care about keeping your phone on vibrate...get over it.

as for phones ACTUALLY being on and having to listen to someone's Rihanna ringtone, I absolutely hate that.

Je veux te voir seems to think it has something to do with old people.

You bring admirable clarity to the issue, jvtv2.

By "old people" I presume you mean the folks running the show whose equipment is interfered with by the young peoples' cell phones beeing on vibrate, correct?

I, for one, always keep it on vibrate ever since my aunt died when I was seeing Wicked, and missed about 20 calls and didn't get to say bye to her.


So you would have answered it during the show if you knew you were getting a call? That situation was undeniably unfortunate, but... really?

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I didn't know that being 24 and understanding the concept of cell phones interfering with equipment makes me old. You learn something new every day.

Actually, it's not just theater I've had to turn my cell phone off either. I've done a little television, and it's the same policy. I have no idea if my professor was kidding about this or not though. He said that sometimes the headsets could have a connection with truck drivers on their radios, if they were close enough.

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I have a few computers in my house and only one that is directly connected to the cable modem. To fix that problem we got ourselves an in home wi fi network for our laptops and other computers that other memebers of my family have. I have put down (or my brothers have or someone) a cell phone by accident near the network router and I have heard the same static that the people here are talking about. But, that is only when the phone is directly next to the router. Not when I am at my living room where the router is or even in the same room as it.

That being said, how much of a risk does a cell phone in the audience have of getting in the way with the headseats backstage?

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'"That being said, how much of a risk does a cell phone in the audience have of getting in the way with the headseats backstage?"

Winston, what difference does it make? Just turn the damn phone off, no matter whether your mom says it's legal or not. Do it because it's simple common courtesy, isn't that sufficient? Leave the ushers alone who are made crabby by people trying to circumvent their job. Don't you have a doorman to fire someplace?

I guess the ushers should start carrying megaphones.

ghostlight2, I will admit that the habit of me not turning my phone completely to off was started with me going to the theatre one time and just flat out forgetting to turn my phone off. As I said earlier the odds of someone calling me during a show or just in general for that matter are close to zero. I can understand if the phone was next to, let's say someone's keys how it can be loud and bothersome to the people around you. I have (as I said earlier in the thread) been to the theatre a couple of times since I read that the cell phones could cause statics in the headsets of the people working backstage. Which is something that I never knew before to be honest with you. And, because of that I turned it off.

It was mentioned that cell phones have to be pretty close to cause static. I was asking how often a cell phone in the audience is the cause for hearing static if the poster who mentioned that said that the first place they check when they hear static is the people around them. To see if they have had left their phone on in their pocket by mistake.

In no way was I asking that to justify putting a cell phone on vibrate or anything of that nature. I honestly don't see the connection at all.

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I am completely with Mister Matt and the like on this one.

There is literally NO reason why anyone's phone should go off in a theatre, ever. Nor should it be on vibrate. If there is a situation that cannot wait for the 2ish hours you are there, then I'm sorry, but maybe you should not have gone to the theatre in the first place. There are always family emergencies and stuff like that, and they are always unfortunately timed and always crappy. But to leave a phone on in the off chance that something might happen is not fair to the others who will inevitably hear the text messages and such that go along with leaving your phone on.

The part that always gets me is during the Pre show announcement, where people are warned to turn off their phones, etc and unwrap candy, and they always laugh, as if to say, "Haha obviously." And yet, they do it anyways.

I am extremely anti-cellphone-in-theatre. Maybe I should consider changing my profession to usher....I think I would be good.

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My post was not directed at any one specific person. Only those who consciously choose not to turn off their cell phones in the theatre.

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"As I said earlier the odds of someone calling me during a show or just in general for that matter are close to zero"

Awww! I will be your friend, Winston. Would you like a phone call every day?

"it was a bad habit I got myself into which snowballed from me just flat out forgetting one time."

time to break your NASTY habit. now. please. thank you.