The recent cell phone alarm scandal at the New York Phil has caused me to channel my inner Joan Rivers: CAN WE TALK about this?
Long story short, some dude's iPhone kept going off during last week's performance of Mahler 9. (For the long version, go here.) His phone keeps ringing, and he refuses to turn it off until Alan Gilbert STOPS THE ORCHESTRA to call him out.
It blows my mind to think that this is still a problem, but I tend to be naive to the levels of rudeness to which people will stoop. Even thinking back on all the times I've been at or in a concert and a phone rang, I am still shocked every time. Even at the lecture I attended today someone's phone rang. REALLY?
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