So, recently an actor complained about how we handle valuables; I've been fighting a lot of little battles lately and have admittedly lost perspective and so am curious about what others do...
At 15 minutes, the ASM (that's me) goes around to the dressing rooms and collects the valuables bags (they are zipper banker bags, ie. not see-thru) Bags are often just left at their station for us to pick up. We lock them in a safe in our office for the show.
Toward the end of the show, just before the final musical number and bows, valuables bags are returned to their dressing rooms. At this point, the deck SM goes up to the stage to do a final check that all is in place for the last number, watches the moving scenery and follows the cast back downstairs after bows. (This has been the deck track for over 2 years).
One of the actors recently expressed concern that valuables were being returned and sat in the dressing room for a few minutes before the end of the show. Now, I understand her concern (it's also not so coincidental in my mind that she got engaged over Xmas and now has her ring in her valuables...) and the SM & I have suggested to her that I could either leave her valuables in a location "unexposed" such as in her bag, under her sweater on the chair, etc. or that she could come and retrieve them from the office once she is out of costume. The SM does not seem interested in changing our track to deliver at a different time. For the record, the SM is relatively new and therefore is not the one who set up the track (so it's not like she's taking it personally; she didn't set it up this way but doesn't see any need to change it either). Also for the record, I find our theatre fairly safe; I leave my wallet in my totebag under or on my desk, my iphone sitting out...
On other shows I've returned valuables after bows, just beating the actors to the dressing rooms (not possible here as the office is WAY out of the way and the dressing rooms are really spread out) or have had the actors come to me on their way back to their dressing rooms (again not possible here the way the actors split the stage for final exit, very little room, and no single path to dressing rooms.)
Does this seem like a big deal? What do you do on your show?