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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: bopper Date: February 5, 2020, 10:35 am
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we went to an AMC Dine-in theater and the seats are sort of
separated into sets of 2..people definitely think nobody can
hear them talking.
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: NFPwife Date: February 5, 2020, 11:56 am
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[quote author=TootsNYC link=topic=1615.msg46725#msg46725
date=1580916619]
or, you know, trust her husband and also truly BE at the
performance, so she could actually get something out of her time
away.
[/quote]
Agree. A reply with, "I know you've got this. Love you!" and
then no communication sounds like what was called for. I find
that people who do that never ending communicating during that
kind of situation are communicating not for ideas about what to
do, but, instead for reassurance. If he sent her out to enjoy
the performance then he should have let her enjoy it, if he
couldn't get the situation managed then he needed help beyond
what his wife could offer from a theater seat.
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: TootsNYC Date: February 5, 2020, 12:00 pm
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it may have been the wife who kept checking in; we don't really
know.
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: NFPwife Date: February 5, 2020, 12:26 pm
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[quote author=TootsNYC link=topic=1615.msg46744#msg46744
date=1580925628]
it may have been the wife who kept checking in; we don't really
know.
[/quote]
True.
I have so many experiences of being out with my friends when the
person in charge of the children keeps texting that it colored
my perspective :D
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: Star Wars Fan Date: February 5, 2020, 10:13 pm
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I'm sorry I think if you're not willing to interrupt your movie
watching and get an usher then it's all on you. Because that's
exactly what I would've done. So you've basically lost my
sympathy
Ed.
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: Soop Date: February 6, 2020, 7:33 am
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[quote author=Rose Red link=topic=1615.msg46656#msg46656
date=1580833216]
Why isn't getting an usher an option? Isn't it better to
distract your companion and miss a few minutes of the movie
better than listening to them talk through the entire movie? If
you don't want to get an usher and miss anything, that's fine
too but I don't think there's anything else you can do except
live with it after they got defensive about it. Doing more might
make the situation worse.
And I agree that next time, don't touch and give a "gentler"
request, rather than what they interpreted as a order.
[/quote]
I don't know about other theatres people are going to, but most
of the ones I go to are big multiplexes. Your theatre could be
quite far from staff and amenities, so to actually leave and
find someone...someone who is free and not doing an actual other
job...isn't a quick thing. By then you've missed a lot of the
movie. I don't know the last time I actually saw someone who
would be called an 'usher'.
Mr S and I can't do movies much past dinnertime cause he falls
asleep (he gets up very early and has for years, so his clock is
really stuck on that schedule). We go first thing to the
earliest show we can. It's very rare to encounter problems. I
guess the hooligans aren't up yet.
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Re: Movie theater rudeness
By: jpcher Date: February 6, 2020, 4:56 pm
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[quote author=Star Wars Fan link=topic=1615.msg46784#msg46784
date=1580962415]
I'm sorry I think if you're not willing to interrupt your movie
watching and get an usher then it's all on you. Because that's
exactly what I would've done. So you've basically lost my
sympathy
Ed.
[/quote]
I disagree with this*. In my movie-going experiences there are
no ushers inside the theater proper. I would have to go out to
the lobby in order to find someone to take care of the complaint
meaning missing 10+ minutes of the movie that I paid good money
for.
OP said:
[quote author=betty link=topic=1615.msg46596#msg46596
date=1580746458]
I could hear them and it was distracting, but not bad enough
that I left the theater.
I think I was a bit rude for touching her to get her attention.
What other options did I have? Thoughts on the whole situation?
Getting up to get an usher is not an option for me: It means
I'll distract my companion and miss a good part of the movie.
[/quote]
OP -- instead of touching her you could have leaned over with a
quiet "Excuse me please" then stated your thoughts once you got
her attention.
Star Wars Fan -- OP stated that getting an usher was not an
option for her. While you do not agree with her stance I
understand that you have thoughts/actions of your own. That's
okay. Everybody is different.
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