The Bitch of Ushering- Page 4

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:11pm

Preach it, sistah!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bruce Memblagh!]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:28pm

"ive had like 481 jobs" - yes, and little wonder with the sort of retarded nonsense you've spouting above. AGAIN. Accept it dearie that some of us can cope with tough jobs and enjoy it overall. Some of us, even when the job gets rough going, are capable of handling those pressures with maturity without bitching about it to all and sundry, with the desperate grasping at shreds of pity from strangers online.

[Parsley]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:31pm

Lol Bruce. Sad thing is some folk are never happy unless they are bitching about something or other. And they wonder why they lack fulfilment in life.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:32pm

Lolly, I don't know how anyone can take you seriously. You say you are 'really nice', but then rail on folks here who disagree with you. Your rants are tiresome and will soon be ignored. And calling other posters dumb seems strange coming from someone who only uses the capital button to yell things, but can't seem to use it to write out a proper sentence.

"For a lot of people, ushering is a survival job."
Maybe they should get another one, the ARE 1000's of 'survival jobs out there. I suggest working in a warehouse, or something that doesn't have anything to do with the public.

"I don't claim I have Asperger's syndrome. I've been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome."

If you’ve been diagnosed with it, then you have it.

This thread wouldn’t have bothered me if you didn’t immediately categorize the folks that spoke with you. So, you thought the woman who lost her glove was a rich bitch, and then you walked away from her (for God knows how long) to get a flashlight. Maybe she thought you were blowing her off, so she talked to another usher. Do you dislike every person who lost something, or just the ones you think are bitches?

*Edit for one letter*

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 01:32 PM

[Parsley]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:42pm

Thing is, nobody really does take her seriously. Quite the reverse; her posts have become the stuff of ridicule.

[LollyNYC]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:45pm

Okay...

I was hoping that I wouldnt have to explain that in most of my posts I am kidding.......?? And that I don't take message board posting as seriously as some of you here apparently do? And that much of what I say is exaggerated sarcasm?

But apparently I do!!!

I was never 'railing' on anyone. I just said you're saying I can't handle "stressful situations" because I complained about something but that's not true. Jobs for me are never stressful - I don't let anything get to me like that. But if I'm not having fun at a job or if it's not paying me enough, I'll find something better and leave. I have never left a job because I "couldn't deal with it". One job I had paid me $7.50 an hour and it wasn't enough money for my new apartment so I got a new one. Another job, my boss treated me like crap and was a horrible person, and I have too much self respect to stay in a job where someone is going to constantly belittle me.

Like I said, I'm not here to work in an office or do retail. Jobs like that are everywhere. I can leave one and find another one immediately, they are extremely disposable, so why stay in one I'm not having fun at or am being treated poorly at or not making enough money at, if I can find something else? I'm going to do what makes me happy.

I never tried to get anyone's pity and I never complained on here. I was letting you know that I have every right to complain just as you do. I have shared some stories, and you have yelled NO NOT ALLOWED NOOOOO COMPLAINING!!! This isn't Germany in the 40s, and as I've said 85 times, I like my job but sometimes things happen to make me "momentarily hate it", but I stay with it because I know it is just a handful of incidents out of a billion. If suddenly they told me I'd have to also clean the theater by picking up trash with my tongue for half the pay, yeah, I'd probably leave.

I am really nice YO! I'm one of the nicest people in the world!!! These aren't rants, and I don't think I have ever been bitching about anything. I'm just expressing myself in a really really cool way - on a message board!!!

TheatreDiva- For someone to "rail on" me for not using the CAPITAL button, its spelled CAPITAL with an A, not an O, you are not in the White House. Get off your high horse and play around in the mud with the rest of us who DO NOT CARE* about caps and correct spelling!! BOO YEAH.

*UPDATED to take out the part about the "monkey jizz" flying because I have been told it is "uncalled for".
Updated On: 11/28/06 at 01:45 PM

[LollyNYC]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:47pm

Parsley- Thanks!! That's kind of been the point!!! In a not-so-subtle way I'm kind of "making fun" of all of you who take this seriously by posting ridiculous things in a faux serious manner!! Hilarious that you don't get it and think I'm taking myself seriously!!! I love you!!! <3

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:56pm

Yea! You found the capital button. Sorry my spell check decided it should be spelt that way, but if all you have is one letter, then I'm going to sleep just fine tonight.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 1:58pm

Also, remember that the audience members are the ones paying your paychecks.

Suck it up.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:02pm

We need more people like Lolly!

(I worked retail for five years -- the only thing/person in this thread that I'm complaining about is Matt.)

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:08pm

So we can have more posts like:

i have comps for thursday. i havent heard anything about it, pretty much because I just dont care. we shall see how I enjoy it. I can tell you right now if I dont see weens ill be pretty pissed. anyone know if there are weens? either nude or weens pressed against tight chorus boy pants. im quivering!!!

YES! any ween slapping is good with me. whats the policy at broadway theaters about sex with the actors? like, say I like an actors ween a lot. is it considered a no-no to, in the middle of their song, get onstage and give them my number on a napkin along with "i like your ween, wanna do it with me?" or do I have to do the whole follow them to a secluded area and tie them up and do it with them against their will bit? and what about the gays? would they be offended at my lack of a ween? im new to this whole dominatrix thing and i want it WHEN i want it.

anybody? anybody? can I felate the actors? anybody?



Lizzie, I had more hope for you....

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:11pm

Lolly is at least entertaining AND informative. With a bonus roll of hilarity. We need more of that combination. And if people can't smell her sarcasm from 20 miles away, they need to get help.

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 02:11 PM

[Bwayfan4]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 2:26pm

"...DO NOT GIVE A FLYING PIECE OF MONKEY JIZZ about caps and correct spelling!! BOO YEAH."

And you call ME 14???? Wow...

By the way, I worship at the alter of sarcasm, but I don't Lolly entertaining or informative...but rather...SAD.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:00pm

The Company Theatre is a nonprofit organization. I don't get paid.

And when you said I claimed to have Asperger's syndrome, you sounded like I was trying to make an excuse.

Lolly, you're the best damn thing to happen to this thread.

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 03:00 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:14pm

If you aren't getting paid (which everyone here seems to think you were) then quit.

It isn't a survival job anyhow.

Frankly, it makes more sense, because I wouldn't pay you either.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:20pm

I'd sooner become a skinhead than work for you.

And I'm not quitting because apart from those experiences, I love ushering.

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 03:20 PM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:24pm

I'm sure the Company Theatre is thrilled to have you.


I'm off to my paying job.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:27pm

Believe me, they are.

Updated On: 11/26/06 at 03:27 PM

[Bruce Memblagh!]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:40pm

Ah bless!

[Bwayfan4]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:41pm

"I'd sooner become a skinhead than work for you."


Wow...did you actually type that? (it's incredibly mature) That's one of the stupidest statements I have ever read.

Here's a lesson that most people learn when they are young....

THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK
(or in this case, "type")

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:48pm

Lollygag (or whatever your name is)- I have to agree with everyone else in this thread without making a personal attack. If you don't like it, then suck it up. Also like Theaterdiva said, we are the ones paying your way. Honestly, if you are working at New World, you are representing the staff there in a horrible way. And you never know, your managers could be looking at this.

Mattbrain- I'm sorry but you just need to stop while you are in midair. You'll start to fall.

[MaronaDavies]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 3:53pm

Sorry but it IS easy to get another job. I have done so many times when I have not enjoyed my job. Yes it takes determination and effort but heck, why stick at something and moan about it and have a miserable life when seeking new challenges which may or may not work out. But it is not a difficult thing to find other employment. it will not come to you, you have to go looking for it.

I don't think anyone has come on here saying "I'm miserable, I hate ushering." They're just complaining about certain aspects of the job. Eavesdrop on a group of doctors, actors, lawyers, pilots or anyone else and you'll hear them complaining about the clients they've had, the bad crew they've worked with, etc. You "suck it up" while you're working and bitch about it later, that's simply human nature. I challenge any one of you...you don't have a single "bad day at work" story?! I don't believe that at all. I doubt there's a single person in the world that's brimming with happiness 24/7 and looooveees every single aspect of their work all the time!

Also, it's very cavalier to say "oh, it's so easy to find another job." If that were true, there wouldn't be anyone in the world stuck in a job or career they disliked. Sometimes the job you have is the only one which will give you the hours, benefits or pay scale that you need. When I had my customer service-oriented job, I kept it because it gave me health insurance and travel perks. That was the selling point, and it was enough to keep me there. I could have taken something else, sure, but it wouldn't have given me the perks I needed.
Updated On: 11/26/06 at 03:53 PM

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:38pm

Thanks for the message with "F" in it in my inbox. Don't start sending me crap.

[MandaGurl]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 4:58pm

Some of the women at the Al Hirschfield, total biOTCHES..lol

-Amanda*

[LollyNYC]

Posted: 11/26/06 at 6:18pm

Listen, you're all really cute for caring so much, but did I ever say I hate ushering? Nope. I said I enjoy it and have fun but everyone has to put up with bad parts of every job and sometimes patrons when vomiting or being rude can be a 'bad part' of a job. Some people hate it - I've worked in Broadway theaters with all 500 year old women and they clearly weren't there for a love of anything, they were there to collect paychecks.

I said I'm always happy and positive at my job but I complain when something silly or ridiculous happens, like someone being EXTREMELY rude, and I said before, I have every right to, how does this make me a bad person if I'm always polite and getting the job done? I also work in an office right now and I don't love every minute of that either, but it's a job and I do it and I've been complaining a lot about the amount of telemarketers who have been calling recently, and that I'm there too much, but I LIKE it and do it right with a smile on my face. I know people who full out complain to patrons of shows, and in my office who are constantly pissed about so-and-so or having to stay an extra five minutes, yet I'm not a good person?

It's been said before, but before you knock someone else, try spending a day in their shoes. It doesn't matter where I work, but I didn't represent any staff in any sort of bad light because I never said anything negative in any regard to patrons that are views that this company has, I voiced opinions about certain problems I as an individual have had with patrons who have been less than ideal and they are all opinions backed with evidentiary support. If I'm running around screaming I HATE ALL THEATER GOERS!!! yeah, that's not good and I shouldn't be working as an usher. But when certain incidents give me cause to have complaint, I have every right to say "this certainly is NOT a perk of the job so beware, ushers, it may happen to you!"

Calm down, ya'll. It was all in good fun and you all need to sedate yourselves.

*EDITED BECAUSE I SAID "CERTAINLY" LIKE 75 TIMES IN ONE PARAGRAPH AND IT WAS IRKING ME. Updated On: 11/28/06 at 06:18 PM