Grrrrr!!! Movie Theatre VENT!!!!!

[boomhauer]

When I went to see Harry Potter 3, some kid was kicking my chair. I asked him to stop. He thought this was funny and got his friend/sibling to do it, too. I looked to the mother and told her to please ask her kids to stop kicking my chair. She told me, "Mind your own business." I had two choices....I could beat the crap out of her, or I could leave. I left. Life is too short to sit there for 3 hours and be miserable.

I hate movie theaters.

No no no.

You shouldn't have left. You should have gotten up, walked out to the manager, and told him. He would have then gone to the mother, warned her, then if her little pukes kept doing it, kicked her hillbilly butt out.

 

[Tigger_Magic]

On the flip side. What do you do about the talkers/seat kickers? What about when the theatre is crowded? Do you keep quiet and hope the stop? Do you say something?

Nope... I quietly exit and ask for the manager. I explain the situation, reminding him/her that I've dropped money for admission and concessions to enjoy a film that I am now missing a good portion of to seek their assistance. At the multiplex we go to, so far it's worked fine every time.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Nope... I quietly exit and ask for the manager. I explain the situation, reminding him/her that I've dropped money for admission and concessions to enjoy a film that I am now missing a good portion of to seek their assistance. At the multiplex we go to, so far it's worked fine every time.

This is exactly what I would do. It is thier establishment and they need to deal with the problem.

 

[Marseeya]

DH and I have preferred seats, and if expecting people to be considerate, not kick my seats, talk on their cell phones, or make a lot of noise is inflexible, then by all means, I'm inflexible!

We like to sit in the front row of stadium seating right behind the wheelchair spots on the right hand side. If there were people right behind that spot or right beside it, though, we would find another spot. But, hey, we just like that spot.

I will say, however, that we've gained a new appreciation for the last row of the theater (stadium seats). Fewer families with kids, and fewer older people sit up there.

Personally, I just don't like being crowded in, as I have a bit of social anxiety. I have to sit on an end, and I make sure to get to a movie early enough to get the seat I want.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Now that would really have been rude and I would have been looking around to see if I was on Candid Camera or something!!

The theatre was not one of the newer ones with stadium seating, and I'm 5', and my daughter is barely 4'10", so it doesn't take much to obstruct our view.

Gotcha

 

[Crankyshank]

Nope... I quietly exit and ask for the manager. I explain the situation, reminding him/her that I've dropped money for admission and concessions to enjoy a film that I am now missing a good portion of to seek their assistance. At the multiplex we go to, so far it's worked fine every time.

That's exactly what I do. Or I send my husband off and if the manager doesn't respond then I complain again. I've gotten comped tickets many times because management doesn't want to do anything

 

[Tigger_Magic]

We've been offered free tickets a couple of times and only once have I asked for them. On that occasion, I felt we missed enough of the movie that I didn't believe we should have to pay to actually see it again -- in it's entirety.

It does seem that most theatres will do almost anything to avoid ejecting someone -- even someone who is obnoxiously disrupting the movie. Maybe they are too wary of lawsuits.

 

[cardaway]

I'm going to sit in the middle of the theater if there are seats available. If there are people in front or behind me it's likely because they also like the middle.

 

[almacdonald]

This thread is frustrating me as much as paying $13 to have the only other people in the entire theater practically sitting on my lap.

I hope I'll be sharing an elevator with all you "favorite seat" people and i'm gonna corner you, and stand right beside you, and if you're lucky i'll fart on my way out!

 

[luvflorida]

This thread is frustrating me as much as paying $13 to have the only other people in the entire theater practically sitting on my lap.

I hope I'll be sharing an elevator with all you "favorite seat" people and i'm gonna corner you, and stand right beside you, and if you're lucky i'll fart on my way out!

You're funny!!

Nobody will convince me that it isn't a little creepy, odd, or rude for people to walk into a theatre with only two people in it and proceed to sit directly in front of those two people.

 

[cardaway]

You're funny!!

Nobody will convince me that it isn't a little creepy, odd, or rude for people to walk into a theatre with only two people in it and proceed to sit directly in front of those two people.

So in a near empty theater the only people entitled to the middle are the first ones there?

 

[Tigger_Magic]

So in a near empty theater the only people entitled to the middle are the first ones there?

Sadly in some people's world,

 

[Marseeya]

So in a near empty theater the only people entitled to the middle are the first ones there?

Isn't there enough middle to skip a row?

 

[Tigger_Magic]

Isn't there enough middle to skip a row?

Why should they have to, if that's where they choose to sit? Why should your choice of seat get to dictate where everyone else sits?

If people want their own special "people free" zone around them at the movies, then buy the extra tickets to create the special zone. Otherwise, you get what you pay for -- 1 ticket = 1 seat.

 

[cardaway]

Isn't there enough middle to skip a row?

If there only two couples in the middle, yes.

Usually however the people complaining are in theaters with ten or more couples. In that case the answer is no. You can only go back so many rows before it not the middle anymore.

And in case it isn't clear, left to right is only one part if the middle. Front to back is just as important.

It's pretty simple. The people who were there first picked those middle seats for a reason. To think others shouldn't do the same thing is wrong.

 

[Marseeya]

Why should they have to, if that's where they choose to sit? Why should your choice of seat get to dictate where everyone else sits?

If people want their own special "people free" zone around them at the movies, then buy the extra tickets to create the special zone. Otherwise, you get what you pay for -- 1 ticket = 1 seat.

As far as I can see, nobody here is "dictating" anything. Questioning the reasoning behind it, yes. Being annoyed by it, yes. Being angry that someone is being disruptive by talking loudly and kicking seats, yes. But dictating? I don't think so.

 

[cardaway]

Why should they have to, if that's where they choose to sit? Why should your choice of seat get to dictate where everyone else sits?

If people want their own special "people free" zone around them at the movies, then buy the extra tickets to create the special zone. Otherwise, you get what you pay for -- 1 ticket = 1 seat.

Or sit on the side. In near empty theater you will likely have the sides all to yourself.

I've seen people do this. It's more important for them to have their space than it is to sit in the middle.

 

[luvflorida]

So in a near empty theater the only people entitled to the middle are the first ones there?

I never once said that we were sitting in the middle of the theatre. As I recall, we were sitting near the middle of the theatre, but off a bit to one side. I don't think I've ever seen anyone walk into a theatre and stand there and calculate where the exact middle seat is in a theatre.

 

[Marseeya]

If there only two couples in the middle, yes.

Usually however the people complaining are in theaters with ten or more couples. In that case the answer is no. You can only go back so many rows before it not the middle anymore.

And in case it isn't clear, left to right is only one part if the middle. Front to back is just as important.

It's pretty simple. The people who were there first picked those middle seats for a reason. To think others shouldn't do the same thing is wrong.

I was just going by what you said -- "near empty." Near empty to me isn't 10 couples, it's only 5 or 6 people altogether.

 

[luvflorida]

It's pretty simple. The people who were there first picked those middle seats for a reason. To think others shouldn't do the same thing is wrong.

BUT, I'm talking about an incident where we were the only two people in the theatre and two people walked in and sat directly in front of us. WE had to move because WE couldn't see without looking around them, so the way I see it, THOSE people were only thinking of themselves and NOT being considerate of other people.

Maybe I'm the weird one, but I would NEVER do that.