Sorry, Deb, but if you’re at the opera or a concert, your phone needs to be OFF. The people on stage have a job too and they work their asses off to get it done. And the people around you paid big money not to see your phone (or any phone) light up and ring.
Reminds me of when Al Pacino stopped one of his performances, asked a lady to turn her phone over to him. He picked it up and said: “Al Pacino here. I’m working right now, please call back.” The audience went wild.
Exactly! If you are on call, you can’t go to the opera, etc. So, in essence, your job is tying you down and without pay. (See that my response was to SoothingDave who thought extra pay should be unnecessary when you’re given a phone for free.)