Whatever Happened to Ettiquite?
Soo--
I did FOH for the Belle of Winnipeg.
And as anyone who's been in a box office/FOH setting can tell you, some patrons can be obnoxious.
The Saturday of our final weekend, a gentleman decided he was going to be the obnoxious king for that night.
He came out half way through act I, and said he had to pee. He then went downstairs, to the DRESSING ROOMS and said it was locked and threatened to pee out front. I told him the washrooms were on the second floor. So off he went again.
He comes back from the washroom, and I have to wait by the door, to wait for an appropriate time to let him back into the house, so that he doesn't ..you know...disturb the performance.
He is not pleased. He tells me- repeatedly-that it's fine, he won't make much noise, etc. When *that* doesn't work, he pulls out the asshole card. Basically- "let me in NOW, or I'm gonna demand my money back!" So-to avoid any ensuing BS- I let him in.
I wanted to smack this guy. Or toss him out on his ass.
I am seriously sick to death of people who seem to think that once the money's been exchanged, they can pull whatever crap they want. It doesn't seem to matter to them that they're disrupting other people, or treating other people like they're unreasonable for trying to do their jobs!
NEWS FLASH! MONEY IS *NOT* EVERYTHING! GET OVER YOURSELVES AND STOP BEING DOUCHE BAGS!!!!
/Rant.
I did FOH for the Belle of Winnipeg.
And as anyone who's been in a box office/FOH setting can tell you, some patrons can be obnoxious.
The Saturday of our final weekend, a gentleman decided he was going to be the obnoxious king for that night.
He came out half way through act I, and said he had to pee. He then went downstairs, to the DRESSING ROOMS and said it was locked and threatened to pee out front. I told him the washrooms were on the second floor. So off he went again.
He comes back from the washroom, and I have to wait by the door, to wait for an appropriate time to let him back into the house, so that he doesn't ..you know...disturb the performance.
He is not pleased. He tells me- repeatedly-that it's fine, he won't make much noise, etc. When *that* doesn't work, he pulls out the asshole card. Basically- "let me in NOW, or I'm gonna demand my money back!" So-to avoid any ensuing BS- I let him in.
I wanted to smack this guy. Or toss him out on his ass.
I am seriously sick to death of people who seem to think that once the money's been exchanged, they can pull whatever crap they want. It doesn't seem to matter to them that they're disrupting other people, or treating other people like they're unreasonable for trying to do their jobs!
NEWS FLASH! MONEY IS *NOT* EVERYTHING! GET OVER YOURSELVES AND STOP BEING DOUCHE BAGS!!!!
/Rant.