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| re: Plaza Suite - no will call | |
| Posted by: Ncassidine 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza Suite - no will call - ryhog 02:48 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Glad you feel you can make a judgement call about someone's phone choice. | |
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| re: Plaza Suite - no will call | |
| Posted by: ryhog 08:50 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza Suite - no will call - Ncassidine 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| It's not a judgment call; it is a statement of fact. Technology is not static and not having a smart phone is no longer a reasonable choice. (And of course in this case there is a very simple alternative, getting a ticket printed somewhere in the neighborhood.) Would you feel the same if someone posted a complaint that they came to the theatre and discovered that there was nowhere for them to stable their horse? | |
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| re: Plaza Suite - no will call | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 05:42 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza Suite - no will call - Ncassidine 05:17 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| It's where things are going, though. We're at a point where people who are holding out from smart phones are putting themselves into forced obsolescence... and I say that as someone who just bought his husband his first smart phone. | |
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| re: Plaza Suite - no will call | |
| Posted by: den 09:46 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Plaza Suite - no will call - Singapore/Fling 05:42 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| You are right, it’s where things are going, but for me, it’s a question of how people choose to use their phones. In pre-pandemic days, I rarely brought my phone to the theater. I left it at home because I wanted to focus on the show with neither distractions nor temptations. I find that, for me, it’s necessary to disconnect from technology a few hours a day, like at a show or at dinner with friends. (I’m relieved to find, lately, that restaurants have rethought QR code menus and have gone back to printed menus; nothing more dispiriting than starting an evening with friends with everyone stating at their phones.) It’s one thing to have to stay connected at work, but it’s something else on my own time, and I resent the expectation that I will be tethered to my phone when I’m going to a movie or a show. I’m not a technophobe, just an old man, grumpy about technology, even as I type this on my iPad. | |
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