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| Posted by: Guillaume 01:15 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rush Violators on Broadway - BroadwayTonyJ 09:45 am EST 12/26/21 | |
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| Quite an incident! But it's what I suggested it was - she was arrested for child neglect or similar charge, not for standing in a ticket line (which she wasn't doing anyway). This had nothing to do with standing in line, it had to do with mistreatment of a child, no? | |
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| Completely agreed, this is NOT about rush violators | |
| Posted by: skier74 06:18 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rush Violators on Broadway - Guillaume 01:15 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
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| There are many reasons someone might abandon (even temporarily) a child, and even if flipping a rush ticket was the motivation, that's totally besides the point. I can't even believe there needed to be any discussion over calling 911. They should have been called the second the mother was observed leaving a 9-year old child alone on the streets. | |
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| Really? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 04:09 am EST 12/27/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:05 am EST 12/27/21 | |
| In reply to: Completely agreed, this is NOT about rush violators - skier74 06:18 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
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| The woman was well dressed and was driving a fairly luxurious SUV. It appeared that she deposited her sleeping child in the line so that she would not have to stand there herself for 3 hours. I was first in line and was a tourist from Chicago. In 2008 I would not have been carrying a cellphone around with me. If the kid had not woke up, soiled himself, and begun to cry, I doubt if any of us would have done anything. The lady most likely would have returned shortly before 10:00 AM to purchase the tickets. A 9-year old child in a rush line holding a spot for an adult is an obvious violation of any sane box office policy. |
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| re: Rush Violators on Broadway | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 05:08 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rush Violators on Broadway - Guillaume 01:15 pm EST 12/26/21 | |
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| The lady was a grifter. She put her special needs child in a rush line to score 2 inexpensive tickets to a hot play and then resell them. It was reprehensible behavior. It was a very unusual, extreme case. I wasn't the one who made the call, but all of us who were in line agreed that the authorities had to be notified. What else could we do? Years ago there were a whole group of ATC-ers who were frequent rush line attendees. I was friends with them and some of them would post on the board. I met a few of them at the annual Tony parties that Ann organized. We would occasionally swap stories about some of the crazy things we experienced while standing in rush lines. Over the years I heard some pretty wild tales. |
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