Judith Martin aka Miss Manners
I’m back, art-lings, and invigorated by the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference. I’ll fill you in on this later.
But in the meantime, here’s a ball that I dropped while in Orlando—another bit of anecdotal evidence suggesting that the cashiers at the Metropolitan Museum’s ticket counter may not always be as “extremely well-trained” and “extremely nice” as Harold Holzer, the museum’s senior vice president for external affairs (who told me he has supervisory responsibility over them) insists that they are.
CultureGrrl reader LaRue Allen, executive director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, responds to More on the Met’s Admission Fee Hike: Lessons in Pricing and Etiquette
and to The Shaky Finances Behind the Met’s Admission Fee Increase (wherein I had quoted Holzer on this):
I’m a big fan of the Met and a member, so this admission increase won’t
have a direct impact for me. [Members get in free, after paying annual dues.]But when my elderly parents visited the
museum and paid half the suggested amount—what they could manage and
felt was appropriate for seniors—the gatekeeper was visibly
disapproving. [“Recommended” admission price for seniors currently is $15; regular adult admission, until July 1, is $20.]Not so well-trained, in my opinion.
Where’s Miss Manners when we really need her?