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Jack White Bans Cellphones At Concerts For '100% Human Experience' (nme.com)
Singer and guitarist Jack White has banned the use of mobile phones at upcoming live shows. NME reports that the policy will be strictly enforced, requiring concert-goers to lock up their smartphones in pouches." From the report: White embarks on a tour of the U.S. from April, with a statement announcing that shows would be "phone-free," confirming: "No photos, video or audio recording devices allowed." "We think you'll enjoy looking up from your gadgets for a little while and experience music and our shared love of it IN PERSON," the statement adds. "Upon arrival at the venue, all phones and other photo or video-capturing gizmos will be secured in a Yondr pouch that will be unlocked at the end of the show. You keep your pouch-secured phone on you during the show and, if needed, can unlock your phone at any time in a designated Yondr Phone Zone located in the lobby or concourse." "For those looking to do some social media postings, let us help you with that. Our official tour photographer will be posting photos and videos after the show... Repost our photos & videos as much as you want and enjoy a phone-free, 100% human experience."
In before all the posts crying "what if there's a disaster and the Yondr system goes down and all the lights go out and I need to call home and I can't be without my phone because reasons and disaster and my rights and oh noes and I need an Uber car and my kids must be able to reach me and did I mention active shooter and what do I do if there's a disaster?"
Beware of the Leopard.
>"Singer and guitarist Jack White has banned the use of mobile phones at upcoming live shows. NME reports that the policy will be strictly enforced, requiring concert-goers to lock up their smartphones in pouches." "
I have no interest in interacting with my cell phone during a concert (or movie or any other type of paid entertainment). But tell me I have to lock up my phone in a "pouch" and you can shove your concert where the sun doesn't shine. I am so tired of the lowest-common-denominator ruining everything for everyone. Either they ruin it directly by being rude, annoying, and/or irresponsible, or ruin it indirectly due to places creating draconian rules/procedures to try and combat it.
You're exactly the kind of asshole that has made other assholes create rules and procedures like this.
If you hadn't been such an asshole then maybe the rest of us could have enjoyed our concerts without all this BS about shoving phones in puches?
If people valued their "hard-earned" money, they wouldn't be wasting it on a live show that they're watching on their phone. This is about people getting their actual money's worth: seeing a skilled musician performing live, not through a screen.
Those who do not learn from commit history are doomed to regress it.
He's not black like Barry White is, he's white like Frank Black is.
Excuse me if I read into your comment more than I should have, when I read it I got the impression that you dislike this policy and believe that it should not be allowed for them to confiscate / disable / make otherwise unusable your phone. If that's not what you meant, then ignore me.
Now for my response based on how I interpreted yours:
What you said is fine. You should understand the position you're in, and that there are certain times and places that don't make any sense for you. A concert, movie theater, Broadway show and any other such venue where it is completely and utterly inappropriate for someone to be a distraction to others are examples of things you simply should not attending with such demands placed on you. I would also hope that your children would be left in capable hands when you aren't around them, and that you stop worrying so darn much as it's not good for them or you! Maybe that's why you think they are so prone to "other crisis", because your definition of crisis needs to be reevaluated and adjusted. The thing is, the last part of your statement says it all... If you can't answer your phone on the first ring, it's someplace you cannot and do not wish to be. Simple, don't go there. Don't expect others to lessen their experience just so you can live your unnecessarily over-stressed lifestyle.