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| Posted by: PlazaBoy 01:16 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. - ShowGoer 12:49 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
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| "people have always been allowed to discreetly sip in their seats." Not always. There were no bottles of water or anything else sipped at your seat in my early days of attending the theater. That was the late 80s. I don't quite remember when water bottles and drinks became the norm. |
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| re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. | |
| Last Edit: finally 01:50 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| Posted by: finally 01:45 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. - PlazaBoy 01:16 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
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| Having food and drink in the seating area is a relatively recent phenomenon. I was a house manager at a few regional venues until around 2000 and drinks (even water) were never allowed in the seating area anywhere I worked. I heard the medication/hydration excuse back then, too, but only a handful of times. We always held firm and it was never an issue, although that was pre-social media so I'm sure I'd be put on blast somewhere these days. However, you're realistically away from food or drink for about an hour. No different than waiting to use the restroom during intermission, to me. In the DC area, allowing food & drink in the theater came into fashion within the last 10 years or so, and I feel like it's probably been less time than that at most. Some places have only allowed it in the past few years & there are a few that still don't. I remember attending the Color Purple tour in 2018 at the Kennedy Center, and a friend got a sippy cup of wine, which was the first time I'd seen it at that venue. Ford's only allows water. The idea that we somehow cannot go back to not allowing food or drinks in the seating area, especially during a pandemic, is a big stretch. Just a matter of instituting the policies. Even the best trained and attentive house staff cannot police everything once the show starts, and you also have to weigh the disruption factor when you're the one charged with doing it. |
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| re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 03:33 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. - finally 01:45 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
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| I miss those days! No eating, drinking or smart/cell phones in the theater. Heaven. | |
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| re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. | |
| Posted by: fosse76 05:55 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Not so much a loophole as an impracticality. - PlazaBoy 03:33 pm EDT 09/01/21 | |
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| It's been common for the 10 years or so. And, no, they wont go back to that. Allowing beverages at the seats had certainly increased sales, so they aren't going to restrict it. But frankly, this mostly posturing. Everyone inside the theater is required to be vaccinated, and breakthrough infections are still rare. |
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