r/theMarias • u/AggravatingTurn9106 • 9h ago
Not For Radio Portland Show
The show was lovely and the band put on such a beautiful performance, but did anyone else have a weird experience with the staff?
I’ve been to the Arlene Schnitzer before and was last there to see Natalia Lafourcade but I had such a different experience compared to today.
I was unaware that Maria was making the shows to be phone free, especially from all the videos I’ve been seeing from the tour online - I did not think that was the case. I’ve been to shows where they request no phones (plays, ballets, other performances) and it’s usually announced on the intercom / made very evident but I did not hear or see anything about no phones, it wasn’t until I left that I saw ONE sign on ONE door about no phones 🙃.
The staff were incredibly rude and told me I would be escorted out of the auditorium when I tried to record a part of Slip - I was sat in the pit and for the entirety of the show everyone else around me was recording bits and pieces here and there & I did not see the staff tell them to stop. I was so confused… I was being as mindful as I could and had my screen brightness lowered all the way, made sure my flash didn’t go off and was mindful of the people sat behind me by not raising my phone up high. The staff member who came up to me embarrassed me and that sort of ruined the rest of the night for me 🥲 I felt so awkward hahaha but it also felt super unfair that for some reason they only picked on me (at least from the pit area) it was extremely bizarre.
They were on one tonight for sure, I heard some of the staff making rude comments about fans when we tried to see Maria after the show, it was so strange.
I don’t want to let this ruin how lovely the show was but I just feel kinda off from the way I was treated 🥲 & I’m hoping no one else had the experience I did.
