My vocal chords must be bionic
I go on autopilot at the Theatre job. I have to, for sanity purposes.
A sample. On the phone:
Me: “Good afternoon, (insert name of theatre here) box office. May I help you?”
Customer: “Yes, I’d like 2 tickets to see (insert name of current production here) this Thursday.”
Me: “I’m sorry, we’re sold out. Standing room only.”
Customer: “Well, they [the seats] don’t have to be together.”
Me: “We’re sold out. Standing room only.”
Customer: “How about just one, single seat?”
Me: “We’re sold out. Standing room only.”
Customer: “You keep repeating that!”
Uh, yeah… this all after the "pre" recording informing callers that shows Tuesday through Friday are sold out.
Comments
I thought the theatre is a place of magic. Can't you just conjure up one more seat for this obviously important woman?
Posted by: Noelle | August 14, 2007 9:04 AM
I don't blame that woman for not believing you. I tend not to believe box office people now. No offense. :-) Years ago I went to a production at a different theatre in town with my roommate and at the box office we were told there were no adjacent seats available, we'd have to sit separately. We didn't care that much so we just said forget it, we'll leave. Then miraculously as soon as we said that, some adjacent seats opened up. When we were seated we saw other empty blocks of seats around us. We were convinced they saw two guy friends and figured they could convince us to fill in empty single seats and save the other seats for couples.
Posted by: Kevin | August 14, 2007 2:14 PM
K: hmmm... that's interesting. yeah, we don't do that... because people are very willing to take single seats. sold out, literally means no more seats. oh and while I have you on here - why haven't you updated your site???
Posted by: kir | August 15, 2007 9:03 AM
So... how much will the tickets be, and in what row...? are they aisle seats?
No one listens to me at work, either... OH, I feel the pain.
Posted by: Tom | August 17, 2007 1:42 AM