we have no bananas today
So remember how I decided to try having principles and not renew my paid LJ features for this year? Yeah, I maybe caved. I just don't UNDERSTAND Dreamwidth, not really, and like. MY ICONS. I MISSED them. It's a terrible line of reasoning, but for the time being, I have caved and you may feel free to judge me.
In any case, I am coming to you once again from Down Time at the Box Office, that exciting time of the week where I sit around and poke through the internet while fielding the occasional call. The first show of our 2012 season has its first performance tonight, and so until that builds up any buzz, things are moving pretty slowly. They keep barraging us with new ticket deals in attempts to lure in new patrons, but mostly these serve to confuse the staff and fail to entice the plebes.
In an amusing turn of events, when I came into the box office on Monday morning, the manager pulled me into an office and let me know, in cagey tones, that "things would be changing" around the box office soon, and would I be interested in becoming an assistant manager? I was reasonably flummoxed- I haven't even been here a YEAR and there are definitely people who I would have ranked above me on the staff totem pole. I can't say that I wasn't momentarily starry-eyed at the thought of higher pay and benefits, but there's also no question in my mind that it would not be a great career move for me right now. I'm stepping up to full time in the fall at my other job, with benefits on the horizon there, and besides- I am NOT the person to deal with the cranky patrons. I actively appreciate being able to put a caller on hold, turn to a manager, and say, 'For the love of all that is good in this world, take this call away from me.' I have a feeling why the change-up is happening (and it's not a surprise) and it's nice to have been thought of, but yeah- not for me, not right now. This place, like so many struggling regional theatres, is CRAZY CAKES in a heap of ways, and I don't need to be pinning myself to its fading star.
(At present, I'm listening in on a coworker doing her best to patiently deal with a patron over the phone. The ability of folks to find a deal giving them a major discount and then NOT UNDERSTAND why they don't also automatically get all the benefits of a patron with a full-price ticket is ASTOUNDING. If you are paying $10 for a $50 seat... BE HAPPY IN YOUR THRIFTINESS and LET THE REST GO.)
In frustrating news, my March 3rd performance in Brooklyn is canceled. The Montauk Club proved to be incredibly unhelpful and first, double booked that night and gave us the boot, then gave us the run-around when we tried to reschedule. Tucker eventually threw up his hands and made the decision that we would go elsewhere, so we're back to the drawing board and looking for a new NYC venue. He'd also like to do a New Orleans concert at some point, and the new Big Dream is to do all three song cycles- Murder, Love, and Labor- in Ann Arbor in September. So there shall be music!... just, not yet. AH WELL.
In any case, I am coming to you once again from Down Time at the Box Office, that exciting time of the week where I sit around and poke through the internet while fielding the occasional call. The first show of our 2012 season has its first performance tonight, and so until that builds up any buzz, things are moving pretty slowly. They keep barraging us with new ticket deals in attempts to lure in new patrons, but mostly these serve to confuse the staff and fail to entice the plebes.
In an amusing turn of events, when I came into the box office on Monday morning, the manager pulled me into an office and let me know, in cagey tones, that "things would be changing" around the box office soon, and would I be interested in becoming an assistant manager? I was reasonably flummoxed- I haven't even been here a YEAR and there are definitely people who I would have ranked above me on the staff totem pole. I can't say that I wasn't momentarily starry-eyed at the thought of higher pay and benefits, but there's also no question in my mind that it would not be a great career move for me right now. I'm stepping up to full time in the fall at my other job, with benefits on the horizon there, and besides- I am NOT the person to deal with the cranky patrons. I actively appreciate being able to put a caller on hold, turn to a manager, and say, 'For the love of all that is good in this world, take this call away from me.' I have a feeling why the change-up is happening (and it's not a surprise) and it's nice to have been thought of, but yeah- not for me, not right now. This place, like so many struggling regional theatres, is CRAZY CAKES in a heap of ways, and I don't need to be pinning myself to its fading star.
(At present, I'm listening in on a coworker doing her best to patiently deal with a patron over the phone. The ability of folks to find a deal giving them a major discount and then NOT UNDERSTAND why they don't also automatically get all the benefits of a patron with a full-price ticket is ASTOUNDING. If you are paying $10 for a $50 seat... BE HAPPY IN YOUR THRIFTINESS and LET THE REST GO.)
In frustrating news, my March 3rd performance in Brooklyn is canceled. The Montauk Club proved to be incredibly unhelpful and first, double booked that night and gave us the boot, then gave us the run-around when we tried to reschedule. Tucker eventually threw up his hands and made the decision that we would go elsewhere, so we're back to the drawing board and looking for a new NYC venue. He'd also like to do a New Orleans concert at some point, and the new Big Dream is to do all three song cycles- Murder, Love, and Labor- in Ann Arbor in September. So there shall be music!... just, not yet. AH WELL.