music: Tricky - Black Steel

Crossposted from my gaiaonline journal.



Wednesday night after the 3:45 showing of Rent broke, I saw a young black girl with a baseball cap walk out. I was working the door and was facing the theater so I saw her. There was a group of people waiting by the ropes waiting to get in, including two older black women. After the theater was cleaned, it was announced that the show was now seating. Then I see the young black girl follow the two older women into the theater. I told the usher to take the door so I could handle something and went in to ask the girl for her ticket. She claims 'sorry, I went into the wrong theater' and then left the building.



I wasn't pissed or anything. She was young and doing what young kids do. I know I'd have done that kind of thing when I was younger. Sneaking in and out of theaters. Plenty of times.



Today, she came back for the first show for Rent, which was at 12:50. When I came back from my break, Ben the day manager was in the box and I alerted him that someone who had tried to sneak in for a free show was in Rent. Two and a half hours later the theater broke and Ben asks that girl if she was there for the next show and she said she was. Ben was unsure of my description of the girl so he comes back to the box (where I was working) and questions me on how many tickets I sold, etc, etc. I tell him that only 6 tickets have been sold and I tore three of them already, the other three was purchased by a woman earlier. Ben didn't want to 'humiliate' the patron by asking her for her ticket. Hell, I would've asked anyway. That's the job as an usher. Or ANYONE. You're allowed to ask for tickets. It's not like a cavity search or anything.



So Ben goes back in and says he hadn't ripped any tickets yet so the girl apologizes and asks if she can buy a ticket and he says 'Sure'. I saw her walk out the door with Ben behind her.



If I see her again, I'll have to warn her about pulling that same stunt with me around. For the third time. I'm not angry about it. She didn't get fresh or anything. I don't know what the theater does about repeat offenders but I have a feeling that she had gotten away with this act before. Lame.



Oh, I saw Mr. and Mrs Smith and loved it. Also, Jane made brownies. I love it.