[NEohioPAL]Food and Drink in the Auditorium

Thu Feb 22 10:36:51 PST 2007

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C75686.84BB9200
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Tammy-

I must agree that this is an annoying norm to some degree.  I was at a
concert last night and the two young girls that sat next to our group not
only ate and drank (slurped so loud it made me want to cry...  ;-)  ) but
took camera-phone pictures during the show.  When the concert was over we
went to walk out and.... about stumbled over their 64 ounce 'gulps' and
popcorn boxes left on the floor.  Rude to those around them AND expected
someone to clean up after them as they left.  When did they have to be back
at 'the home', I wondered to myself?

We also attended OPA's presentation of "Babes In Toyland" (which was great,
by the way  Kudos, Angela!) at World View Church (on Rte. 252 in Olmsted
Falls) back in late January.  We were told 'no food or drink' in the worship
center/auditorium.  A 10 year old, with his parents right in front of me,
was munching a large box of popcorn so loud I wanted to bury his face in it.
Good grief, the parents knew 'the rules' and sat there and let "junior" do
what he wanted.  Thankfully he ate it fast and was done by the second act...

As a parent I ensure my family leaves our host's home (and anywhere else we
visit) in as good condition as when we arrived, if not better.  The noise of
food and drink during a live performance is not only disrespectful to those
on stage and around you but to the management of the venue you've visited.
Since when does the ticket price include the right to be an "oinker"?  ;-)

"Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins"

Thanks, Fred!  I feel better now.

     Mark

"It's not whether you get knocked down it's whether you get up"; --Vince
Lombardi

-----Original Message-----
From: neohiopal-admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com
[mailto:neohiopal-admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com] On Behalf Of Tammy Warner
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:17 PM
To: neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com
Subject: [NEohioPAL]Food and Drink in the Auditorium

I have just come home from a middle school musical production and was
absolutely appalled at the amount of food and drink that was consumed in the
auditorium throughout the performance.  I am just curious, is this the trend
in theatre today---eating and drinking as if you are at the movies? 
A young lady behind me actually said, "there should be cup holders."  I
turned around and said that there shouldn't be an food or drinks and that it
was an auditorium and not a movie theatre!  Am I way off base here???
I would be interested to know what is the "norm" in theatres in the
surrounding communities.
Thanks!
Tammy Palermo
Music Director
Riverside High School Drama Club

____________________________________________________________________________
________
Finding fabulous fares is fun. 
Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and
hotel bargains.
http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C75686.84BB9200
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii">
<TITLE></TITLE>

<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
Tammy-
I must agree that this is an =
annoying norm to=20
some degree.  I was at a concert last night and the two young girls =
that=20
sat next to our group not only ate and drank (slurped so loud it made me =
want to=20
cry...  ;-)  ) but took camera-phone pictures during the =
show. =20
When the concert was over we went to walk out and.... about stumbled =
over their=20
64 ounce 'gulps' and popcorn boxes left on the floor.  Rude to =
those around=20
them AND expected someone to clean up after them as they left.  =
When did=20
they have to be back at 'the home', I wondered to myself? We also =

attended OPA's presentation of "Babes In Toyland" (which was great, by =
the=20
way  Kudos, Angela!) at World View Church (on Rte. 252 in Olmsted =
Falls)=20
back in late January.  We were told 'no food or drink' in the =
worship=20
center/auditorium.  A 10 year old, with his parents right in front =
of me,=20
was munching a large box of popcorn so loud I wanted to bury his face in =

it.  Good grief, the parents knew 'the rules' and sat there and let =

"junior" do what he wanted.  Thankfully he ate it fast and was done =
by the=20
second act... As a parent I ensure my family leaves our host's =
home (and=20
anywhere else we visit) in as good condition as when we arrived, if not=20
better.  The noise of food and drink during a live performance is =
not only=20
disrespectful to those on stage and around you but to the management of =
the=20
venue you've visited.  Since when does the ticket price include the =
right=20
to be an "oinker"?  ;-) "Your right to swing your fist ends =
where my=20
nose begins" Thanks, Fred!  I feel better=20
now.      Mark "It's not =
whether you=20
get knocked down it's whether you get up"; --Vince=20
Lombardi -----Original Message----- From:=20
neohiopal-admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com [<A=20
href=3D"mailto:neohiopal-admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com">mailto:neohiopal-=
admin at lists.fredsternfeld.com</A>]=20
On Behalf Of Tammy Warner Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 10:17 =
PM To:=20
neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com Subject: [NEohioPAL]Food and Drink =
in the=20
Auditorium I have just come home from a middle school musical =
production=20
and was absolutely appalled at the amount of food and drink that was =
consumed in=20
the auditorium throughout the performance.  I am just curious, is =
this the=20
trend in theatre today---eating and drinking as if you are at the=20
movies?  A young lady behind me actually said, "there should be =
cup=20
holders."  I turned around and said that there shouldn't be an food =
or=20
drinks and that it was an auditorium and not a movie theatre!  Am I =
way off=20
base here??? I would be interested to know what is the "norm" in =
theatres in=20
the surrounding communities. Thanks! Tammy Palermo Music=20
Director Riverside High School Drama=20
Club _____________________________________________________=
_______________________________ Finding=20
fabulous fares is fun.  Let Yahoo! FareChase search your =
favorite travel=20
sites to find flight and hotel bargains. <A=20
href=3D"http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097">http://farecha=
se.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097</A> </BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_007B_01C75686.84BB9200--