<div>On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 2:42 AM Bill Nelson via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Second: Unless you ensure the phone is muted before the phone is placed in the<br class="gmail_msg">
case, then there is no way for the person to stop the ringing/beeps without<br class="gmail_msg">
exiting the protected area.<br class="gmail_msg">
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Assuming its a soft pouch, it is very simple to silence a ringing phone by giving the pouch a quick squeeze with your thumb or finger over the ringer volume buttons, which in most cases silences the ringer. The other option is to remind patrons to set their phones on silent mode before pouching their phones, which should be a simple matter.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">How do you track cases for retrieval after the event?<br class="gmail_msg">
</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Y'wanna use your phone again unencumbered? You return the pouch. Generally speaking, if you're a venue you hat-check them; serialize them and key the pouch number to the seat number. Seriously, same principle as a coat-check or hat-check, which have worked just fine in theatres for decades.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br class="gmail_msg">
And, what do they do with a person like me, who does not pack a cell phone?</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We don't worry about you; you're not the problem.</div><div><br></div><div>IF, on the other paw, you claim you don't carry a phone and are later found to be carrying and/or using an unpouched phone, you are summarily ejected from the performance, no appeals honored. Three or more ejections and you're barred for life. That'll teach you to lie about it.</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Dave Vick
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