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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 17:43:53 GMT
A lot can depend on what time people go to their seats, any moaning about having to get to the middle of a row with over 5 minutes to go before curtain up isn't really on. Ironically it's often people who are towards the ends of rows who go in earlierl
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Post by MrsCondomine on Feb 25, 2019 10:17:40 GMT
On the above note, the couple next to me at Company arrived back just at the end of the interval, he seemed to need to walk her back to her seat before going off to the loo...there were three of us “after” them towards the aisle who then loitering with intent while everyone else sat. Another odd thing- during “Being Alive” she sort of snuggled up to him in a “awww isn’t it lovely” kind of way, which is well, a tad worrying. I hate audience members who snog their significant other in the middle of plays. Why? Partner more interesting than what's going on onstage? Why not just stay at home instead of blocking my view with your combined heads? I always seem to see it during moments/plays that are in no way sexy!! This weekend's bad behaviour - girl on the end of the row just tucking her legs in instead of standing up to let us go past into our row. She was a sniffer too. Grrr.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 10:22:04 GMT
Okay, I know that self-awareness isn't exactly an easy thing for SO many people, but next time you blow your nose, have a listen to yourself. Really LISTEN. If the sound of you blowing your nose sounds bizarrely like an angry person hissing "SHHHHH!" then could you please consider quietly wiping your nose while the play is happening and save the actual blowing for the interval, otherwise people are going to look around every time you blow your nose, wondering who's being so disruptive that they need to be constantly shushed. That would be super great, thanks so much.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 10:53:39 GMT
With the issue about the timing of getting to seats do others think it may be almost a generational thing. Older theatre goers may take up their seats before younger theatre goers, the younger people perhaps arriving later or possibly being in the bar or talking outside, on their phones longer. Also older people may be more likely to book a seat nearer an isle so it is quicker to get in and out of. But older people may be more "timely" and take their seats earlier and have a chat there.
Hence you have late comers wanting to get to the middle of the row having to get past people who were seated earlier.
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Post by basi1faw1ty on Feb 25, 2019 13:47:08 GMT
I have a confession: I am guilty of being part of some bad behaviour, but this wasn't my fault.
A couple years ago, a big group of us were on our way to Leeds Town Hall to watch a stand up comedian. We arrived in Leeds with enough time to spare, and I told my group to hurry up as we only had 10 minutes to walk through Leeds centre to get to the hall. However my group, consisting of close family and friends, dawdled so much walking and chatting to each other and even queuing up for a last minute McDonald's (WHY???) and just messing about that we ended up being late to the show, and we did the walk of shame into the auditorium and shuffled our way down our row while the comedian continued his act. Got several disgruntled faces staring back at me as we made them miss the first 10 mins of his routine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 16:17:40 GMT
With the issue about the timing of getting to seats do others think it may be almost a generational thing. Older theatre goers may take up their seats before younger theatre goers, the younger people perhaps arriving later or possibly being in the bar or talking outside, on their phones longer. Also older people may be more likely to book a seat nearer an isle so it is quicker to get in and out of. But older people may be more "timely" and take their seats earlier and have a chat there. Hence you have late comers wanting to get to the middle of the row having to get past people who were seated earlier. Hmm not entirely sure. I agree that the elderly theatre goers love to take their seats early, get comfy and settle down (usually because they knew it takes them a bit longer). Recently I've noticed the sub-30's sat early, snapping and tweeting away contently. In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 16:57:52 GMT
With the issue about the timing of getting to seats do others think it may be almost a generational thing. Older theatre goers may take up their seats before younger theatre goers, the younger people perhaps arriving later or possibly being in the bar or talking outside, on their phones longer. Also older people may be more likely to book a seat nearer an isle so it is quicker to get in and out of. But older people may be more "timely" and take their seats earlier and have a chat there. Hence you have late comers wanting to get to the middle of the row having to get past people who were seated earlier. Hmm not entirely sure. I agree that the elderly theatre goers love to take their seats early, get comfy and settle down (usually because they knew it takes them a bit longer). Recently I've noticed the sub-30's sat early, snapping and tweeting away contently. In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time. Good point about it being middle aged people who may have domestic arrangements, younger people may not pay theatre bar prices too. Now if fangirls take their seat early that's a whole new thread.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 17:19:46 GMT
Hmm not entirely sure. I agree that the elderly theatre goers love to take their seats early, get comfy and settle down (usually because they knew it takes them a bit longer). Recently I've noticed the sub-30's sat early, snapping and tweeting away contently. In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time. Good point about it being middle aged people who may have domestic arrangements, younger people may not pay theatre bar prices too. Now if fangirls take their seat early that's a whole new thread. And then theres the 'Just going to squeeze my way in with my friends, bags of everything and cup of wine precariously held by one finger but with lots of time to spare... oh its 5 minutes til the show starts best go to the loo'... squeeze past out... and leave everyone sat in said row stressing they wont return in time when the conductor gets in place and the curtains are drawn over the doors. Gosh Im stressing just thinking about it.
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Post by SamB (was badoerfan) on Feb 26, 2019 22:06:29 GMT
People leaning forward in restricted view seats is often a problem, as we've discussed many times, but I think this is the first time I've seen a theatre/booking site encourage it in seats where there's people behind who'll be blocked by it (as opposed to slips etc where it's less of an issue).
(sorry, I didn't realise that was going to be quite so massive, is there any way to size it down?)
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Post by poster J on Feb 26, 2019 22:12:47 GMT
In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time. Or who have barely managed to escape from work to get to the theatre in time, because the idea of 9-5 doesn't actually exist any more. That happens to me fairly frequently (as does missing the show altogether sometimes), and although I try to book an aisle for that reason, sometimes that isn't possible and I do end up rushing in red faced, out of breath and apologetic at the last minute.
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Post by eatbigsea on Feb 27, 2019 3:29:29 GMT
In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time. Or who have barely managed to escape from work to get to the theatre in time, because the idea of 9-5 doesn't actually exist any more. That happens to me fairly frequently (as does missing the show altogether sometimes), and although I try to book an aisle for that reason, sometimes that isn't possible and I do end up rushing in red faced, out of breath and apologetic at the last minute. As an early aisle-seat booker, I definitely know the difference between the latecomers due to work and the latecomers for other reasons. The drink (or lack of) in the hand is usually a dead giveaway, as are the presence (or lack of) apologies.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 7:45:59 GMT
In my experience the late-comers are normally the middle aged usually rushed out of work, gone for dinner, few too many wines and lost track of time. Or who have barely managed to escape from work to get to the theatre in time, because the idea of 9-5 doesn't actually exist any more. That happens to me fairly frequently (as does missing the show altogether sometimes), and although I try to book an aisle for that reason, sometimes that isn't possible and I do end up rushing in red faced, out of breath and apologetic at the last minute. Those people I have empathy for. It's normally fairly obvious in their apologetic manner.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 9:00:18 GMT
Surely, as long as you're sat down in your seat when the show starts, whatever time you arrive and sit down clearly can't be considered "bad behaviour"?
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Post by MrsCondomine on Feb 27, 2019 12:00:07 GMT
Buffeted over the head by someone's backback in the Lyttleton on Monday evening, as she tried to get to her seat in the row behind us. Ow
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 12:06:48 GMT
Buffeted over the head by someone's backback in the Lyttleton on Monday evening, as she tried to get to her seat in the row behind us. Ow Oh I usually report those kinds of people to the management and tell them that I saw them taking drugs in the auditorium. The backpack soon gets confiscated and they get ejected shortly after. Job done.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Feb 27, 2019 12:07:18 GMT
Buffeted over the head by someone's backback in the Lyttleton on Monday evening, as she tried to get to her seat in the row behind us. Ow Oh I usually report those kinds of people to the management and tell them that I saw them taking drugs in the auditorium. The backpack soon gets confiscated and they get ejected shortly after. Job done. HA. Noted for next time.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 12:08:24 GMT
Oh I usually report those kinds of people to the management and tell them that I saw them taking drugs in the auditorium. The backpack soon gets confiscated and they get ejected shortly after. Job done. HA. Noted for next time. Here to help. 10 years of 'Dynasty', you don't walk away with nothing.
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Post by peggs on Feb 27, 2019 12:16:41 GMT
So they're still only loosely applying their bag size policy then? I had to listen to the announcement a lot the other day as I marvelled at people seemingly quite calmly wandering about with a minute to go before performance started.
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Post by MrsCondomine on Feb 27, 2019 12:19:39 GMT
So they're still only loosely applying their bag size policy then? I had to listen to the announcement a lot the other day as I marvelled at people seemingly quite calmly wandering about with a minute to go before performance started. I tend to have mixed experiences with the NT's ushering staff- occasionally I see people being turned back to go to the cloakroom, but more often than not they just let people with larger rucksacks in.
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Post by peggs on Feb 27, 2019 17:53:18 GMT
So they're still only loosely applying their bag size policy then? I had to listen to the announcement a lot the other day as I marvelled at people seemingly quite calmly wandering about with a minute to go before performance started. I tend to have mixed experiences with the NT's ushering staff- occasionally I see people being turned back to go to the cloakroom, but more often than not they just let people with larger rucksacks in. Snap. Having de sized into tiny meets their rules size bag I'm always unamused when the person in front of me sales through with a giant bag though presumably not as unamused as the poor person who then gets wollopped by it.
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Post by CG on the loose on Feb 27, 2019 18:25:16 GMT
Or who have barely managed to escape from work to get to the theatre in time, because the idea of 9-5 doesn't actually exist any more. That happens to me fairly frequently (as does missing the show altogether sometimes), and although I try to book an aisle for that reason, sometimes that isn't possible and I do end up rushing in red faced, out of breath and apologetic at the last minute. As an early aisle-seat booker, I definitely know the difference between the latecomers due to work and the latecomers for other reasons. The drink (or lack of) in the hand is usually a dead giveaway, as are the presence (or lack of) apologies. I will often be last minute because of work, drink in hand because again.. work, AND full of apologies because.. well, just because. Not everyone fits in a neat little black or white box
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2019 18:57:48 GMT
I can't beleive I neglected the JOY that was David Duchovny's concert on Friday night. First of all shout out to the lads in the queue behind us who said 'Should have gone to Tottenham instead' and then 'Shut up we're here to see Hank Moody' not bad behaviour just highly amusing. But I found myself surrounded by a fan group who I can only assume went by the name Loud German Duchovny Fans. German is really just a descriptor here, some of my best friends are German right viserys? but Very Loud and Very Stand Up was their remit (for context in the circle, most everyone stayed seated like the old as balls people we were, until the encore, except this group of say 8-10 women who then blocked the view for so so many of us) Then there was The Whistler to our right. Who at periodic intervals, usually at the most inappropriate moments, would let out a loud two fingered whistle. Again this wasn't particularly that sort of crowd- more a polite cheer and clap kind of crowd. Meanwhile to my right, the two ladies who when they weren't mocking DD they were scrolling through their phone. Not a quick check, a full on 'bored at work scroll to the depth of instagram' one (honestly I saw more of it than my own social media) now I really don't mind photo taking at that kind of gig, and you kind of expect it (again at this one most people were doing a quick few photos or a bit of video then listening) but why pay so much money to scroll through social media?
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Post by winonaforever on Feb 27, 2019 19:52:39 GMT
So they're still only loosely applying their bag size policy then? I had to listen to the announcement a lot the other day as I marvelled at people seemingly quite calmly wandering about with a minute to go before performance started. I tend to have mixed experiences with the NT's ushering staff- occasionally I see people being turned back to go to the cloakroom, but more often than not they just let people with larger rucksacks in. I TRIED to put my bag in the cloakroom at the NT a couple of months ago (I had my normal small cross-body bag and - can't remember why - also a large shopping bag) The man in the cloakroom told me it was ok to take the shopping bag in with me. I checked again with the usher as I was going into the theatre and he looked astonished and waved me through. Announcements about bag size were made several times as we were waiting to go in, apparently the actual staff don't pay any attention to them. At the Open Air theatre last year I noticed the same thing, warnings about anyone bringing a bag over a certain size not being allowed to take them in, and yet there were loads of people with huge backpacks there...
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Post by eatbigsea on Feb 27, 2019 21:47:31 GMT
As an early aisle-seat booker, I definitely know the difference between the latecomers due to work and the latecomers for other reasons. The drink (or lack of) in the hand is usually a dead giveaway, as are the presence (or lack of) apologies. I will often be last minute because of work, drink in hand because again.. work, AND full of apologies because.. well, just because. Not everyone fits in a neat little black or white box Sorry! I meant that drink plus no apology usually doesn’t = work, and no drink plus apology usually does. A mix can have many meanings.
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Post by viserys on Feb 28, 2019 6:33:54 GMT
Very Loud and Very Stand Up was their remit (for context in the circle, most everyone stayed seated like the old as balls people we were, until the encore, except this group of say 8-10 women who then blocked the view for so so many of us) Then there was The Whistler to our right. Who at periodic intervals, usually at the most inappropriate moments, would let out a loud two fingered whistle. Again this wasn't particularly that sort of crowd- more a polite cheer and clap kind of crowd. Welcome to the world of German fandom. I invite you to sit through one of the super popular musicals here (coughtanzdervampirecough) to enjoy the whistlers, whoopers and hollerers in their full glory!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 7:37:14 GMT
Very Loud and Very Stand Up was their remit (for context in the circle, most everyone stayed seated like the old as balls people we were, until the encore, except this group of say 8-10 women who then blocked the view for so so many of us) Then there was The Whistler to our right. Who at periodic intervals, usually at the most inappropriate moments, would let out a loud two fingered whistle. Again this wasn't particularly that sort of crowd- more a polite cheer and clap kind of crowd. Welcome to the world of German fandom. I invite you to sit through one of the super popular musicals here (coughtanzdervampirecough) to enjoy the whistlers, whoopers and hollerers in their full glory! You know what...I think I’m ok 😂😂 Seriously though Germans aside I think I’ve filled my quota of gigs and fandom en masse for a while...I’m glad everyone is having fun but it’s not for me.
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Post by viserys on Feb 28, 2019 7:59:38 GMT
I dread to think what will happen on Sunday when closing performance hysterics meet drunk carnival audiences.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 8:29:47 GMT
Bad behaviour about a show....wanting praise because you actually PAID for a ticket and bragging about the fact you paid for a ticket for once seems poor form (as the implication being, and that we all know, is that you don't usually).
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Post by stuart on Feb 28, 2019 9:32:47 GMT
At the Open Air theatre last year I noticed the same thing, warnings about anyone bringing a bag over a certain size not being allowed to take them in, and yet there were loads of people with huge backpacks there... And then you’ve got me who actually got the tape measure out at home to ensure my bag fit within their guidelines...
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Post by peggs on Feb 28, 2019 10:04:44 GMT
At the Open Air theatre last year I noticed the same thing, warnings about anyone bringing a bag over a certain size not being allowed to take them in, and yet there were loads of people with huge backpacks there... And then you’ve got me who actually got the tape measure out at home to ensure my bag fit within their guidelines... That's me too
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