TAKE ME OUT will be using Yondr pouches — Page 6

Sutton Ross said: "Haha. Does it make you feel better to bitch about a show you are not attending? Does it make you feel better to know they don't actually care if you buy their tickets? I sure hope so because having you REPEAT and BOLD for EMPHASISpost after post is incredibly annoying.

You gave you opinion, it's clear, so now you can piss off.

"

How lovely. No thank you.

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I don't think any of the above applies to having to put your phone, that you are not supposed to be using anyway, in a Yondr pouch. I don't think those few minutes before a show and at intermission are going to kill you if you can't use it. Maybe discuss the play with the person you are with. If you are alone, get up and stretch, use the restroom, read your Playbill or chat with the person next to you.

I am in my 50's and have NO problem doing this. I am not offended nor do I feel as if I am being treated as a child. The bottom line is something a lot of us heard as kids. That one person made it bad for everyone. In this case it is a lot of people. And I am fully aware of and understand this. Ushers and staff try to do their jobs for the most part with this but you can't catch everyone and eject them. I have seen people set their phones inside of purses and bags, cover the sides and direct them towards the stage and film. I was in a position to see it but staff is not always able to catch those people. And people find a way to get away with it.

If this is inconveniencing you, stay home. And this would be an awfully sad reason to miss a play that you might want to see. For God's sake, you will have your precious phone on your person. But it seems some people don't like to be told that they can't use it. Even when they are in a place that has rules that they know about. What gets me is that I am sure most of these people that won't like it have rules and boundaries set for other people in their lives that they expect others to follow. You can't have it both ways. JMO

"I find this statement hilarious, considering it’s never a “young person” checking their phone during a show or having it loudly ring mid-show (good luck even finding someone you would define as “young” who leaves their phone on ring anyway). It is nearly always someone older."

I am "old person" and I always keep my phone on vibrate.

TodayTix has $49-59 tickets for previews (regular price $79-99) and you can see your seat. I just got center mezz row D for $59 plus $7.50 fee.

I am "old person" and I always keep my phone on vibrate.

The rules state that you need to turn OFF your phone. A person's purse or pocket vibrating in the theater is as insufferable as any ring tone. It makes a loud sound. The entire row of people will feel the vibration, so it's incredibly selfish to do so. If you refuse to turn your off, even though the usher states "Do not turn your phone on silent OR vibrate, just turn if off", don't attend theater.

JDonaghy4 said: "age is tricky but generally the "old people" referred to here are those who dont turn their phone off, or forget to, or think "its on silent, im sure" or whatever. Sure I find that insufferable (and wish theaters/ushers were way more aggressive about it).

But its clear that the producers here, like the producers of Freestyle Home Supreme, are worried about a second group of people, the "young people" referred to here, who document/film everything that happens to them, and would be unstoppable in their quest to instagram the actors' junk. Thats what the yondr pouches are for, and that is a noble cause even if it may inconvenience some of you for a few."

there are video bootlegs of Broadway musicals and plays recorded in the 70s and the 80s, it's clearly not a modern issue nor a "young people" issue, but a practice established long before current young people were even born

Have to agree. I thought the same thing. I will be 50 this year and most of the worst offenders I have come across in theaters regarding their phone usage have been my age or older.

The issue of age that has come up, regarding which demographic uses their phones most in the theatre, reminded me of an article I read in the NY Times a few years back. It spoke of a classical music fan, who was a subscriber to the NY Philharmonic (where this situation took place) didn't realize that it was he who was the offending party when his Iphone started to go off mid concert. In the article, he asked the Times to refer to him as Mr. X due to embarrassment he had felt. And, in the article, he never gave his exact age, only to say that he was somewhere between 60-70.NY Philharmonic article

One thing I have noticed is that there are many people out there who are older, not so technology inclined, who have, but not always 100 per cent sure how to use, smartphones. I feel that this is because of two things based on observations I have made. The first one is that the person with the smartphone isn't really technologically inclined, usually need the help from their child or grandchild as to how to operate the device. The other is that in this day and age, it's harder to get a phone that is not a smartphone.