As reported by the Gowanus Lounge, a parent who is part of the Park Slope Parents web group is lashing out against Carnegie Hall. The reason? She had to purchase a ticket for her infant who was sleeping in its carrier.
To sum up the rant quickly, the parent took the baby and an older child to a performance. The parent had been to many other family friendly concerts, and had never assumed that the babies seen there had to have tickets. The parent quickly found out that she was wrong, and finally gave in and bought a ticket. The parent is now enraged and trying to rally the troops against Carnegie Hall.
She wrote: “To me this policy seems greedy and truly absurd–I think that maybe there were perhaps ten other infants in the audience so the financial gain for this policy couldn’t have been very significant. An infant cannot occupy a seat so making parents buy a ticket for the baby leaves empty seats which seems wasteful.”
After attempting to complain to higher ups and getting nowhere, the parent is now hoping that a mob mentality might work.
“Perhaps there can be a small, grassroots effort here…Because my gut feeling was that other parents reading this might agree that charging for infants is absurd and seems quite greedy (looks bad press-wise), my thought was that some parents might be willing to do–as I’ve done–and write Carnegie Hall (email via their website, etc) to voice their objections to this ridiculous, unfair, and unpublicized policy. Hopefully, if enough parents write quick notes to Carnegie Hall they might reconsider this dumb policy. Thanks anyone out there who may want to help see this rule changed…”
Do you think the rule will change? Is it fair? Should babies even be allowed in Carnegie Hall? Share your thoughts.
With so many challenges facing kids today, why on earth would you pick having to buy a ticket for your infant at Carnegie Hall as a fall-on-your-sword battle? I know things are pretty nice in Park Slope, but, seriously?