Threaded Order Chronological Order
| Without your water bottles. Nmi | |
| Posted by: dramedy 06:22 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Yes - aislestorm 05:47 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
|
|
|
| Nm | |
| reply to this message |
| re: Without your water bottles. Nmi | |
| Posted by: robert_j 10:51 am EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: Without your water bottles. Nmi - dramedy 06:22 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
|
|
|
| Yeah, I don't think I have ever been angrier than when I had my empty water bottle confiscated (and not even recycled, mind you), which I was planning to refill after the show, at a different location, for my train ride home. I mean, WTF? I almost did not attend the show. | |
| reply to this message |
| For what it's worth... | |
| Last Edit: ShowGoer 02:32 am EST 02/18/19 | |
| Posted by: ShowGoer 02:30 am EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: Without your water bottles. Nmi - dramedy 06:22 pm EST 02/17/19 | |
|
|
|
| I've said this before on here (and occasionally been excoriated as being 'greedy' or some such nonsense), but at every Scott Rudin production at which I've had a water bottle confiscated (4 or 5 by now), I've callled Telecharge afterwards to complain, and have always been refunded the price of the water bottles sold at the bar, to my original credit card. (Once I had to threaten a credit card dispute, but only once.) I also know that many of my theatergoing neighbors sitting near me, all similarly irate, have done the same thing. And before anyone says I'm 'spoiled' or 'entitled', I should add that EACH. SINGLE. TIME., Telecharge has told me that this shouldn't be happening, and have promised to look into it to assure me it wouldn't happen again. Which, in the end, is why I've had no problem making a regular habit of asking for and receiving a partial refund for each water bottle I've had to purchase at a Scott Rudin production. The problem, again, isn't merely that Broadway isn't Madison Square Garden or Yankee Stadium... it's that the reason being given for confiscating water bottles isn't one of safety, but rather of 'the crinkling of the water bottles being distracting to the performers'. Which, obviously, is bullshit, since they have no problem selling loud drinks with clinking, crunchy ice that make twice as much noise, or expensive crinkly bags of M&M's. Every other theatre or producer on Broadway allows water bottles, and Telecharge is on the record as agreeing their theatres shouldn't be an exception, so Rudin shouldn't be allowed to get away with it. (And, for the last 3 or 4 years since he instituted this policy, at least from where I sit, he obviously hasn't been.) It's a bit of a hassle, but it's worth the minor effort and protest, to make sure this doesn't become policy at all theatres going forward. (And, as long as Telecharge has made it clear I'm not "getting away with anything" or "being entitled", it also doesn't hurt that many of us wind up getting a $5 or $6 refund on nearly every show of his that I see.) Just a little tip for anyone similarly inconvenienced or incensed. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
| re: For what it's worth... | |
| Posted by: winters 09:00 am EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: For what it's worth... - ShowGoer 02:30 am EST 02/18/19 | |
|
|
|
| So, you’ve ‘passed water’ at Scott Rudin productions eh? I am glad to read that you have expressed your annoyance by asking for recompense. It is your right and I would suggest that we all, instead of solely bitching about things that bother us on sites like this, we go to the source and lodge our complaints with a request that we be compensated for our loss, including the loss of our personal time. Companies will only respond to complaints when it affects their revenue. (Yes, I am talking to you Verizon FIOS) I totally don’t understand this water bottle policy. Who gets the monies from a newly purchased bottle of water? Is it the producer or the theater owner? Noise issue? That can’t be it. How often have I listened to the clinking of the ice cubes in a sippy cub containing ice cubes and a good red wine? Please read this last sentence with the bitter sarcasm intended. |
|
| reply to this message | reply to first message |
Time to render: 0.012371 seconds.