I can't wait for the day I can get rid of it for good.We used to be able to go years without phones. Are you willing to give up your cell phone for a year?
I can't wait for the day I can get rid of it for good.We used to be able to go years without phones. Are you willing to give up your cell phone for a year?
Do you think people should be able to use their phones during a broadway show?
I cannot imagine doing that during the opera or a performance. Phone stays off in my bag.
I take that to mean you can't get rid of it now.I can't wait for the day I can get rid of it for good.
No need to get defensive about it. Rest assured they aren't consulting with me before setting policy.Good for you. I'm glad you have no potential emergency outside the event that would force you to leave early.
I do not support use of technology which disables phones because that makes people unavailable in an emergency---
I think they're crossing a line when they disable the basic functionality of the phone.
I strongly suspect that Radio City Music Hall uses some type of jammer to disable cellphones inside the building. It's an old building, very art deco, I think, when they used a lot of metal in the building. So, it just may be all the metal acting as a natural jammer.
But, I've been in there several times, and in various areas, from the main lobby level, the downstairs lobby & women's room. (Didn't expect my cellphone to work down there.) To the upstairs balcony level. I first thought it was only my cheapo phone. But, I've seen & talked to many other people with the latest iPhones & Samsung phones who haven't been able to use their phones anywhere inside either. Radio City even provides a free WiFi signal - which doesn't really work. I could only get a signal when I was able to stand right near the entrances and see out to the street.
It isn't so much that they want people to watch them instead of texting. One can still do whatever they want during a concert or show. They don't want people RECORDING them and then posting the shows on social media so others can see their shows for FREE.
We used to be able to go years without phones. Are you willing to give up your cell phone for a year?
I think Broadway plays and such are one thing and concerts such as Beyonce are something else entirely.
DD and I saw Adam Lambert a few years ago. The venue was mostly standing area and we were fairly close to the stage. She did video it. He noticed her and had a ball posing and singing toward her phone. She wasn't the only one he did that with.
Would she have videoed Wicked? Not in a million years. Of course not. There is just a difference.
And by the way, she never just looked at Adam through her phone. She held it up head high (not in anyone's way) and watched him without looking through the phone.
For people saying that cellphones are relatively new, don't you remember old sitcoms where the doctor would go to the front desk/hostess/usher/security guard/other official at venue and say "I'm doctor so and so, please get me at seat 13A if someone calls."?
People on call just handled it differently when they didn't have access to a cell phone. And yes, if I couldn't have my phone, I wouldn't be able to go to the concert. Which would suck if it was someone I really liked. (And I'm not even a doctor!)
There is a vast difference between a Broadway show or an opera and a concert. The expectation is that you sit down and are quiet in the former and cell phones impede with that. Like a movie theater. A concert, OTOH, is loud and fun and you get up and dance and sing and have fun. I would want to take photos and snippets of videos to remember a concert. I'm not at all on board with this kind of ban.Do you think people should be able to use their phones during a broadway show?
I cannot imagine doing that during the opera or a performance. Phone stays off in my bag.
I grew up with a small town Dr. before beepers and cell phones. There are ways to get people during emergencies IF only real emergencies are the reason people need to communicate. If you have some need to be available, the venue can help you.
I do agree that theater is different than concerts, but disagree that a phone held up head high is not in anyone's way. Most of the venues around here disallow cell phones, it doesn't matter if the artist cheeses towards the phone or not, it's still against the venue rules.
The argument was "You didn't used to be able to use a cell phone before, so why do you need one now."What on earth are you talking about? People are talking about being without their phone for a few hours.
Yup. Agreed. And that's what I do. If I take a call, I step out of the venue. However, if the venue or artist takes steps so that I can't use the phone for emergencies, I think that's crossing a line.People keeping their phones off or in their pocket on vibrate for emergencies and leaving if they needed to use them would solve this entire problem.
So you think a venue is going to keep track of 100 people (assuming a concert with over 10K people) and know if someone calls the venue for disykat, they're going to find you in row 12, seat 7? What about 500 people?I grew up with a small town Dr. before beepers and cell phones. There are ways to get people during emergencies IF only real emergencies are the reason people need to communicate. If you have some need to be available, the venue can help you.
If it was the venue policy that kept you from having your phone turned on, then yes, I would expect them to help you in the event of an emergency.But would they? I'm not so sure.
A couple of years ago, I was running errands and left my phone at home. I needed to call my husband about something (I don't remember what about, but it was important and couldn't wait.) I could NOT find a pay phone. I asked at 2 different places if I could use their phone and both told me it was against their policy. (Editing -- I first said it was a stranger who let me use theirs but now that I remember it, it was the clerk at the second store who pulled out his personal cell phone after I said "I just don't know what I'm going to do -- I can't find a pay phone and nobody will let me use a phone." He said, "I can't let you use the store phone, but here... you can use my cell.") The culture has changed. People EXPECT you to be available by cell phone now. It's kind of a blessing and a curse.
I'd believe that was the reason except for they they themselves have said things like the below quoted in the link, so I'm not buying that.
People have been recording concerts for ever and announcements have always been made about not doing it so if that was the real reason they have no reason to say this kind of stuff, they can flat out say recording is banned. They can even pay for security to enforce it too.
Adele, most famously, scolded a woman at a concert in Italy: “Can you stop filming me with a video camera? Because I’m really here in real life.”
“We think you’ll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON,” White said.
So you think a venue is going to keep track of 100 people (assuming a concert with over 10K people) and know if someone calls the venue for disykat, they're going to find you in row 12, seat 7? What about 500 people?