They say desperate times call for desperate measures — this isn't one of those times.

An audience member at the Booth Theatre tried to charge his iPhone on the set of Hand to God by jumping up on stage and plugging it into the set's outlet.

The set may look real, but the outlet was of course a fake prop. According to Playbill, the set crew had to stop the music, unplug the phone and make an announcement as to why it was a terribly foolish idea.

One of the main cast members, Sarah Stiles, as well as several audience members, tweeted their astonishment at the hair-brained act.

Hopefully the man learned an important lesson about common sense that night — and also how to put a phone into airplane mode.

A guy jumped on the stage and plugged his phone into the fake outlet on our set just before we started. @HandtoGodBway #fullmoon or #idiot ? — Sarah Stiles (@Lulubellestiles) July 3, 2015

On a scale of 1 to stupid, trying to charge a phone using an onstage outlet at a Broadway show is off the fucking charts. #handtogod #jersey — Keren Landman (@landmanspeaking) July 3, 2015

Dear general audience, an electrical socket that's a part of the set of the play is NOT for you to charge your iPhone.....just an FYI..... — Marc Kudisch (@MarcKuds) July 4, 2015

Some kid leaped onto the Hand to God stage before the show started to plug his phone into the outlet on the set. I can't BELIEVE. — Alexa Nicole (@AlexaSpiegel) July 3, 2015