Twizzlers and M & Ms-why dear god?- Page 2

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/27/23 at 12:49pm

jagman1062 said: "It's not just the products sold at the theater that are a problem. People bring food into the theater and have no problem eating it any time during a performance. At the revival of Grease about 15 years ago, a family of six was sitting directly behind me. During "Freddy, my Love" they broke out a box of Ritz crackers, passing the sleeves between them. Between the crinkling of the packaging and the crunching (especially among the kids), I was in theater hell. They decided to finish the box during Act II - apparently eating a Intermission wasn't an option..

In a different thread someone mentioned people behind him eating tuna salad sandwiches - probably not a lot of crunching, but that odor!"

Odor? What about the hotdogs and sauerkraut served at the Radio City Music Hall? I sat behind people who not only ate them during the Christmas Show but went back for seconds!

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 5/27/23 at 1:09pm

Gotta love listening to the crunch of Pringles as Leo Frank is lynched.  Am I right? 

Updated On: 5/28/23 at 01:09 PM

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/27/23 at 5:39pm

Wick3 said: "Sutton Ross said: "$38 for a double

That sh*t is HILARIOUS."

I'm ok with them charging that if patrons are willing to pay that. I always thought bartenders who work at Broadway houses make good money from tips alone!"

 

Not really -- you'd be surprised at how many people tip nothing (or even worse, leave .50 cents)!

 

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 5/27/23 at 10:34pm

I honestly think that a tip should be included in the price of a drink. We’re so used to the practice of tipping, since we do it all the time. But, in many other countries it’s not a practice put into play at all. So, if you’re dealing with a lot of international audiences as a bartender on top of American patrons who just don’t usually tip, you’re not in for a good night. 

And, I know there was a post that mentioned that an usher at Lincoln Center Theater stated that LCT had no control over what the bar sold. The usher is right, bartenders don’t work for the theatre owners or the production. They work for a company that is contracted out by theatre owners. 

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/28/23 at 6:22am

I always overtip the bartenders. They have the sorry job of having to charge people $30 for a cocktail. I’m sure many people cheap out because they just paid $30 for a cocktail.

I rarely go to the cinemas post Covid because people are disgusting there too. Bringing blankets to cover themselves on the recliners, taking off their shoes, eating hot dogs and pizza, talking full out, texting. It’s the Wild West. They act like they are at home or some other filthy place. 
 

People are devolving. And Jeremy O Harris (who feels people should be able to text and talk during plays) can call it whatever he wants, it’s disrespectful to fellow patrons and performers. 
 

Broadway will be in for a rude awakening in the coming years. Older audiences with $$ are dying off. Younger audiences will not have the income or careers to support the exorbitant prices. Their mommy and daddy who currently foot the bill will be gone. Only shows with huge stars will be profitable. People who pay top dollar will expect they can act like a wild animal in theatre. I’m grateful I had several decades of theatre going when it was considered sacred to enter a theatre. Those days are gone. 
 

 

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 5/28/23 at 11:16am

rosscoe(au) said: "In Australia all lollies are given in cups to cancel any noise during the performance."

That's such a good idea. They need to do the same in NYC.

I encountered so many people doing this in the US and in the UK, so F annoying!!!

Updated On: 5/28/23 at 11:16 AM

[rj1060]

Posted: 5/29/23 at 6:40am

I was at the opera recently and the lady next to me was chomping on gum for the entire first act of Champion. I was about to go bonkers.

[FosseTharp]

Posted: 5/29/23 at 3:04pm

Bettyboy72 said: "I always overtip the bartenders. They have the sorry job of having to charge people $30 for a cocktail. I’m sure many people cheap out because they just paid $30 for a cocktail.”

 

I’m not sure how it is on Broadway, but I tended bar for Broadway in Chicago while in college…. and you don’t need to feel bad for them if it’s anything similar…. Haha and we made BANK off of tips even though we technically weren’t supposed to even ask for tips— we were paid a flat rate per shift…. but if you put out a jar with some singles in it, people will leave a tip.  If I was assigned a balcony bar at a family friendly show… I’d make $35 max from selling sprite and skittles.  But if I was assigned one of the main bars in the orchestra during a sold out show on a Friday or Saturday night I could walk out with so much money for an hours worth of work.   (The most was one night Wicked was back in town and I had already made about $500 in tips during PRE-SHOW! My manager sent me home and took over my bar for intermission…. Which makes you twice as much money in 1/3 of the time).    
 

We also used to cheat the system big time…. Something I learned from the bartender who trained me when I got hired in college…   We’d stop at the nearest Jewel Osco on the way into our shift and pick up a 12 pack of the tiny little 12oz bottles ourselves that we sold.   The first 12 bottles we’d sell to patrons that paid in cash…. Straight into the tip jar….. haha.    
 

[pippy1]

Posted: 5/29/23 at 4:51pm

I’ll see your Twizzlers and M&Ms and raise you…..yesterday at Sweeney Todd, we had a couple in front of us who kissed every five seconds and another person who was eating some sort of candy, and thus rustling the package continuously. Finally at intermission, we said to the couple, Glad you are so in love, but you realize every time you kiss, you block our view. As my daughter said, who knew Sweeney Todd was such a turn on. 

[akhoya87]

Posted: 5/29/23 at 5:36pm

During Prima Facie this past Friday evening (the second half of the play), the gentleman sitting in front of me kept drinking out of his souvenir cup, which had nothing but ice at that point.  The sound of ice sliding back and forth in an otherwise-empty cup really added to Jodie Comer's performance. 

Oh, and a different guy sitting to my right decided to unwrap a brownie during the rainfall transition.  Because, you know, slowly unwrapping a brownie from its plastic cover and munching on it is definitely the credited response to emotionally gripping and traumatic scenes.  

(Jodie Comer was terrific -- thankfully, this was my second watch -- and she very much deserves the Tony.)