tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post2971607408404655467..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: The Sin of LatenessPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-31501262703790546912011-01-11T10:10:55.140-05:002011-01-11T10:10:55.140-05:00I agree with the other comment that there are a lo...I agree with the other comment that there are a lot of situations where being late isn't ok. I also wouldn't recommend arriving late at a gig!<br /><br />That said, I once arrived at a theatre 2 min before its starting time, and the owner (it was a small theatre) was waiting at the door, and pretty much gave us a lecture about almost being late. I wasn't a happy camper that night, and I'll think twice before going back!<br /><br />Geraldine<br />http://geraldineinabottle.blogspot.comGeraldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371410028619077502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-88368048127056054752011-01-10T10:49:26.560-05:002011-01-10T10:49:26.560-05:00Sans Taste's comparisons are illuminating as f...Sans Taste's comparisons are illuminating as far as they go. But others are possible. Arrive late for service at any sort of formal church and you'll be accepted (probably) but frowned at; the implication is you ought to take this matter seriously enough not to miss any of it. Which is much like the response he/she sketched for a theater. One might feel that neither the church itself nor the theater (nor the opera or other high-art performance) should be such a stuffy, stuck-up temple: "this is the age of casual, man!" On the other hand, why shouldn't a theater be entitled to expect on-time arrival, if that's the way it chooses to work?<br /><br />I can go either way, casual or formal, but the disruption of a shared experience, whether in a church (which I never attend on my own anymore) or a theater, often breaks my attention. Rather like someone talking loudly in a quiet library. Which is why late arrival is frowned upon.<br /><br />And there are other situations where arriving late just isn't smart: a job interview, a job itself, almost any other kind of business meeting, a birthday or anniversary with a spouse/lover/close friend... Not to mention the airline flight that Playgoer mentioned. It's not obvious to me, in the larger scheme of things, that being expected to observe the curtain time is an imposition.John Branchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323569021826786444noreply@blogger.com