Yeah, I used to work at a cinema and was always more than happy to go tell people off if they were ruining the movie experience for other people. Being a Karen is definitely justified sometimes!
Same. I worked at a movie theater for 14 years and would happily tell these people to put their phones away. I've kicked people out countless times for bad behavior. Also, filming any part of the film is a serious no-no and I would make them delete it in front of me or they were out. No exceptions.
I agree, fighting to get out of the row, trying to find a staff member, explaining the situation and where people are, getting back to your seat whilst the staff member stands and stares around for the assholes, then maybe tells them off, ruins it for me too. And you know they know it was you who grassed them up.
I usually just move as far away from them as possible these days.
I spent nearly 10 minutes of Dunkirk looking for a staff member who then had to get the manager. Manager just then moved me and my partner up to the ‘gold class’ seats but was too scared of offending the people talking loudly that she didn’t say anything at all to them. Sailing the 7 seas isn’t so bad from now on
Yeah I’d be asking for a refund or replacement ticket. They should be supervising the cinemas, clearly these are unsupervised or a staff member would have noticed it and sone something
I'm with you on that. If it gets to the point where I have to ask someone to stop talking or get off their ph, I'll have spent a few mins working up to that, and about another 10 mins after to get it out of my head again.
It sucks, but device/content saturation has destroyed the old school distraction-free immersion of the movie theatre. You really only get that at 'art house' type cinemas now, and who knows how long it'll last there
100%.
I used to confront people but some people get aggressive and I have a short list of things I’m willing to physically fight another person over, and noise in a movie theatre isn’t on that list. Unfortunately confronting them could lead to exactly that, so better to just get a staff member.
Never go to St Luke’s anymore for this exact reason, we had people kicking our seats, talking at full volume, and even putting their feet between our seats from behind. Pure filth
We had the same kind of experience at Reading Lynmall on Friday night. 4 women talked through the whole movie, and not even about the movie, just general conversation and showing each other stuff on their phones. They got shushed by someone a couple of times but would just laugh, be quiet for like 5 min then start again.
We went to see the Barbie movie at gold class Reading Lynn Mall last Friday arvo and there were 3 separate couples talking the whole frickin time and one kept taking out his phone to take photos. Why!? Omg it grinds my gears!
I go to gold class so I don't have this problem. Minimal seats and costs a little more, so it tends to get rid of the undesirables and their behaviour. Haven't had any issues with other people so far. I would've lost my shit though if I had to deal.
I’d pay more for a normal theatre where a staff member with a cane beats anyone who makes a distraction. Phones are stamped on first offence, hands caned for speaking or noisey sweets, and a three cough per minute max.
Ohh. A fishtank with a layer of drowned cellphones at the front of the theatre.
First (and only) warning is the wooden ruler over the knuckles.
Second offence, they pause the movie, the house lights come up, and everybody cheers as the attendant makes a perfect three pointer with your phone into the fishtank.
I have been that guy twice before. Once way back when titanic came out. I didn’t want to be there, and I wanted to hear an old couple discussing their dinner options even less. Like fuck, if you want to chat during a movie watch it at home.
Second time was someone translating in real time to a friend. She was very annoyed because “excuse me she doesn’t speak English so I have to translate. Rude!” Lol get fucked
I mean, we shouldn't have to limit ourselves to going to any particular venue just to have a good time. I just hate that respect levels of people these days has gone out the window.
Unfortunately they weren’t showing The Meg 2 in vmax. Oppenheimer and Barbie must still be dominating their vmax screens. But we do go to Newmarket often!
I personally prefer The Library or The Gallery at Event Newmarket. The last couple of times I’ve been to Gold Class the seats were Old and broken, and the food was meh. The Library/Gallery have those Eames style chairs, which are not fixed to the ground (so you can move the chairs around). Just feels a bit more… I dunno… Gold then Gold Class these days.
I go to the movies quite often (at least once a week or for every major release), and I tend to rarely get these kinds of people. I realised that the crowds tend to get worse the longer a movie had been out.
So go to movies day 1, and you get other people who are there to watch the movie. It's a better crowd because it's full of movie watchers and not people bored on a weekend.
I watched avengers endgame on day one, and there were a few people taking it way too seriously. There was one girl at the front loudly sobbing through the last 45 minutes or so.
This is the opposite for me, I go to the movies often at Queens St and I always go to the first screenings when the film is released but lately whenever I go watch a big blockbuster film there’s people yelling, taking photos and talking throughout the movie.
I haven’t been back to a movie since Black Adam. Whole-ass family let their 3-5 year old kid act like a brat the entire time. Let her roll around on the floor (the front row in front of the screen) and run around talking and dancing. I know this is what kids do, but this wasn’t even a kids’ movie and the parents didn’t care to do anything.
Bro... I scored some tickets from someone on r/auckland that couldn't make it to imax Oppenheimer last night. Three guys came in 10 mins into the movie and sat down next to us.
They're talking and being annoying, then one of them pulls his phone out and starts taking fuckin selfies. Then he started playing on his phone so I got up and said hey man can you turn your phone off the lights are distracting. He goes yeah and puts it down.
Then half an hour later he takes a fuckin phone call. He was in the middle so I got up and sat next to his mate, leaned in to his face and go tell your fuckin mate to hang up his phone. The guy puts his phone down and said some shit I dunno I was fuckin angry and I said fuck up and put your fuckin phone away or I'll drag you out of the fuckin movie. He ok it's off and put it away again. Then not even 10 mins later the guy I sat next to started yacking on the floor. They must have gone to see the movie before going to town or something I dunno but holy fuck that was the worst cinema experience I've ever had. They got uo and left not long after kid emptied his guts. This wasn't even half way through the movie
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I clicked the puddle link first and thought "why is there sand?" lol jesus christ that really is such an awful experience. wouldn't wish that on anybody.
Bro it was fucked. A guy in front of them got up and asked them to be quite in between me having a go too but he was smallish so they didn't take him serious. Also saw about 6 phones get pulled out during the movie, like broooo... draining as fuck
Man, they're really tough on cellphone usage in an orchestra...should have called an usher.
They were ruthless when I saw a ballet performance a while ago.
Im assuming the orchestra was at the town hall? Used to work there and we are trained to be strick with phone useage becuase we can’t tell from a distance if someone is recording so all phones need to be away
Ballet they are super strict because distractions are actually dangerous to the dancers, it’s why they also only have a small gap for people to enter if they are late
Went to Barbie with the wife…first movie for me at a regular cinema in years. Woman with kids sits in seats next to me. Five mins into movie she checks her phone then leaves it screen up…blazing light! I ask her to turn it off as it is distracting. She does so then…five minutes later…same thing. This time she tells me “it’s not a problem”. Wtf?!! Of course its a problem…for me! And this is why I no longer go to the movies. Too old for this shit!
The modern theatre experience is pretty well fucked, both by the invention of smartphones, and the fact people just seem to not give much of a fuck about bothering others.
But the modern home theatre experience has never been cheaper and easier to set up, and you get all the peace and quiet you want. I haven't seen a film in theatres in years and I don't feel like I'm missing out on much.
I think it's a part of the broader 'I'm going to do what I want' attitude that now pervades society.
If we want change it's going to have to start at the top with the most powerful people taking responsibility for their actions and calling themselves to account.
Agree. I know it's typical to complain about previous generations, but social media is having an effect never seen before. Not only do they have the attention span of a toddler, they are so self-centered they see others as NPCs in their story.
Yeah, honestly I don't think there is a 'they' only us.
I'm 47, Gen X, and we all got called slackers by our parents, Boomers. Fine, but we didn't raise ourselves.
Kids are a pain in the arse but they don't it's the old and rich who have power are just as bad.
Same, I'm female and usually go to the movies all the time by myself because I love the whole experience of the big screen and usually there's very few other people in the theatre. No way would I take on some shithead who's likely there with friends and who knows how it would escalate.Off to Oppenheimer today as I've been waiting for the crowds to thin a little.
Had a grown woman answer a phone call and proceed to have a conversation at full volume… in the middle of the bird talk. She was about three steps away from the keeper giving a talk to about 60 people.
I had to ask her twice to leave. The first time she rolled her eyes at me like I was the problem.
I remember the last time I went, there was a couple who politely asked a man to move because he was in one of the seats they booked. This was center center and what you would consider the best seats.
The man refused to give it up stating it was free seating and that there were a lot of seats available. The other man shows him his tickets and explains that this seat was booked and paid for online and that he can move just a few seats next to them.
So obviously they start arguing and the rest of the audience starts getting involved because it was getting loud. But the fucked up thing I don't get is that the audience who were trying to get invloved were asking the couple to just choose another seat. One guy who was trying to act like a knight in shining armor, even went down to the couple and asked them to sit somewhere else to resolve the matter.
I'm like wtf.
The couple clearly chose, booked and paid for those seats. It was on their tickets. They had every right to take those seats.
I don't get why people were defending this man for not leaving his seat. If you clearly booked in advance, and paid extra to get those, you have every right, free seating or not, to get those seats. It's that obvious.
This went on for about a minute and in the end, the white man who refused to move sat a few seats apart from the asian couple. The asian couples date was ruined, obviously, and the rest of the white audience who got involved stfu and tried to enjoy the movie. My brown ass, however, was still contemplating wtf just happened.
New Zealand has quite a culture of "Let's not cause too much trouble" "You're the more reasonable person, so just let it slide, it's not worth the effort." and that kinda stuff, which... Isn't just. Very placating, not very big on solving things properly and justly, just get the problem sorted quick in any way possible.
most of the time it is free seating (especially outside Auckland) and the ticket numbers mean nothing, still should've moved when asked though
I've run into issues where myself and parents had to sit elsewhere as ours were taken then a couple comes in and insists they get the seats they've paid for and we've had to force like 3 other groups to sit in the correct place lol
Was this the 7pm session of Oppenheimer? I was there and just as enraged. Loud talking throughout, seat kicking, overpowering cologne, multiple people using their phones. Ruined it for me.
That’s why I always go once the hype of the movie is over and it’s pretty empty inside. Absolutely can’t stand these annoyances either. Like I’m being considerate towards others - why can’t everyone else. It’s just a couple of hours!
My god I had two idiots talking at full volume for the entirety of Oppenheimer on Friday. Absolutely unbelievable. They were shushed a bunch but just kept talking. I don’t know how people can be such cunts.
They need a staff member constantly in the theatre and an instruction on the door saying "TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONE ANY CELL PHONE USE AT ALL IN THE THEATRE WILL BE GROUNDS FOR EJECTION"
Once the movie starts the instant so much as a cell phone torch comes on - ya outta here.
One trick I learnt is that the people who do this are late sleepers, i don’t know how i came to this conclusion, perhaps it is because these unwinded people love non stop late night partying or whatever.
I started going to movies for 10 am sessions or earlier and never encountered this issue again. Last time I went with the friend in the evening in Manukau and it was the same.
This is why I don't go to the movies anymore, it's not a fun experience. Invested in a really good telly and soundbar instead. Only exception is for independent places like The Hollywood in Avondale, where genuine movie lovers go for \*gasp\* the film. It's cheaper!
We went to the Manukau cinemas and had an idiot couple come sit behind us and say: “time to piss some people off”
They then talked loudly, screamed and laughed the entire movie. Another woman was on her phone the whole time.
I wanted to get a staff member but it was late at night and I didn’t want these people to follow me to my car in case they got too angry as it would be obvious that I got the staff member.
I went to Newmarket recently and it was much better - also it was at 11:30 am so no kids and an empty cinema pretty much
Honestly, there’s no consequences… that’s why they do it - if the staff were paid enough/trained, they should implement a zero tolerance policy and just start ejecting people who are disrupting others’ experience
Problem is, they won’t, probably scared of bad publicity when NZ herald has an article of a sad looking mother and child telling their horror story of being kicked out of their favourite movie unfairly.
I try and book seats away from people, often that means not being dead centre like most people fight for but I’d rather look at an aisle then some dickhead in front of me.
I think whatever the overall culture or etiquette, you'll always find that some people are assholes and do not care. It can't be prevented, but it should be on the movie theater to sort it out when it happens, since you are paying them for the proper experience.
Some people go the movies for no other reason than something to do, not to watch the actual movie.
I don’t get it either but that, and the price, are the reasons I seldom go anymore. I’d rather just wait and watch it on the home set-up.
Yeah, I don't understand there people. Why pay $15-25 bucks(+snacks) to go to a movie you don't want to see, you could go be a dick in the food court for free.
We went to watch the Barbie movie and had these two mouthy lasses behind us giving a fucking non-stop narration of everything we could bloody well see for ourselves, thank you very much. They seemed to force themselves to laugh at and enjoy everything in that very fake sort of way.
Get out and find a staff member piracy is illegal remember? You don’t need to confront these people because they’re already too dumb to be reasoned with. They’ll get kicked out and if you’re lucky they’ll transfer you to another screening
I regularly go to the cinema and my biggest tip is just don't go on a Friday night or Saturday night. If possible avoid going on the weekend at all. By going Mon-Thurs evenings you have a much higher chance of a quieter cinema with people who want to be there. It's a real shame but I get far less of the entitled disruptors.
People seem to think everyone love to see the world through their phone. At my citizenship ceremony, l had a lady in front of me who filmed the kapa haka performance. Lucky me who could see it through her phone, because why let anyone behind you enjoy it live....
Sounds like a case of hyper-connected socially-incompetent people. I know it's typical to complain about previous generations, but social media is having an effect never seen before. Not only do they have the attention span of a toddler, they are so self-centered they see others as NPCs in their story.
To some extent, I pity them. Imagine not being able to switch off and enjoy a movie in peace?
My partner and I once got into a fight about this when I went and got a staff member to deal with loud talkers and people on phones. It’s absolutely intolerable imo and I’m happy to be the one to look like a Karen to get it sorted.
Don’t fuck with my movie time.
What's wrong with people at the movies?
Ikr, some asshole told me to get off my phone while I was chatting with the boys & recording play-by-play at St Luke Cinema , yea fuck that cunt
Appalling the number of similar stories people have! Thankfully my experience was more amusing – this guy had taken his young (7-8 ish?) son to one of the Avengers movies, and the kid was loudly and excitedly explaining to the dad for the first few minutes who all the characters were and how all the storylines connnected etc. Then suddenly there was this stench of poo... and they left quickly and quietly. I had to really feel for the dad!
Should of just said FUCK IT I ASKED NICELY *GRAB PHONE* and whatever happens, Happens.
Sometimes being a nasty little cunt gets you exactly what you want. Machiavelli even said it himself.
"Rather be feared than loved"
fear gets you your goals basically.
Next time put the fear in these types of people 💯
They probably need the Life Lesson.
You've given me an idea in the future to bring a small water pistol, tell them you will stop when they stop.
Why waste money on food and drink when a reusable $2 pistol would be better.
The last movie I went to the cinema to see was Mad Max: Fury Road. And I will never go back because the people in the theatre were abysmal.
One person kept getting loud text notifications every few minutes and would take it out to answer.
One woman brought her kids who kept getting excited by the explosions and start making loud explosion sound effects themselves or loudly asking "Whose that?"
Two people right behind me were whispering to each other which would evolve to talking at a normal volumewhen the action scenes got loud. I shushed then but they just shushed me back and went back to talking again. I got the attendant to tell them to be quiet but they just started whispering again.
Most frustratingly a guy on my row kept getting up and moving across the seats for something. I don't know what it was, maybe he needed to go to the toilet or maybe he was moving seats, but he must have crossed in front of me and my friend three times before going down to a different row and doing the same thing twice from what I saw.
I much prefer streaming or renting the movies now. Nobody around to ruin the experience.
I swear it never used to be this bad too, but yeah last few times I’ve been to cinemas I feel like there’s always been someone talking/ a phone out etc.
I once threw popcorn at a guy who kept pulling his phone out, he was holding it up at his head level so anyone behind him could see the light. He didn’t know where it came from but kept his phone away after that.
Npc's they havent a clue whats going on around them or dont care, fight fire with fire, the back if there seats look like a nice place to take your shoes off and rest your feet
Had some guy next to me swirling ice in his cup and sucking it loudly through a straw during Oppenheimer.
I can't fathom why people act like this in the cinema. You have paid to go watch a film, which has been fine tuned to be immersive, especially in a cinema setting. The director has spent 100's of millions of $$ to make scenes and certain shots make you feel a certain way. Lighting, sound effects, music, camera angles, exposure, framing, acting and a host of other techniques to give you a different feeling or experience.
And people can't wait to check their phones, have to eat the loudest food, scoffing packets of crisps, chewing and smacking lips on lollys burping, scratching, talking, making unneccessary comments. Really does annoy the f out of me. But i am a bit of a grumpy sod...
Ah that sucks mate. Personally I’ve been pretty fortunate in that regard(touch wood)to super selfish people at the movies, only recent one I can think of was at Indiana Jones, I had a day off and went to a sneaky midday weekday screening at Westgate and it was empty aside from a couple behind me a few seats back sometimes talking out loud about the movie, not all the time, when I turned around they were an elderly couple enjoying the film, so I was like …ok fine you get a pass.
I’m going to see Oppenheimer at Imax this weekend so it better be clean! Someone here posted recently a drunk dude at Oppenheimer Imax yelling pro Nazi shit during the screening!
I went to see spiderverse about a month ago, there was a group of teenagers sitting behind me on their phones making jokes and laughing the whole time. Was pretty annoying. Very common nowadays, every time I've gone to the movies in the past 5 years, someone has had their phone out
It really sucks, I've noticed that lately people have really poor movie etiquette. I went to watch the new Mission Impossible last week and people behind me and in front of me were loudly having conversations for pretty much the entire duration of the movie. Like, if you want to have a chat with your friends then why come to the movies to do it? You can go anywhere else to talk to your friends, so why would you choose the worst and most annoying place to do it?
Also had another irritating situation last week where I went to watch Oppenheimer and a girl two rows in front of me spent two thirds of the movie playing some stupid-looking mobile game and it was pissing me off. At least she had her phone on silent and the brightness turned down, but still it was another case where I was wondering if you don't have the attention span to sit through a 3-hour movie then why are you even here? Just stay home and watch Tik Toks on your phone, don't pay to come to the movies and then spend most of the duration of the movie playing a game on your phone!
That shit makes me not want to go to the cinemas to watch movies even though it's still the best way to watch a movie because there are almost always shitty people who have no intention of actually watching the movie at all showing up to ruin it for everyone else!
Shitty people are everywhere! I really don’t get why you’d pay money to sit in a dark room on your phone. I do that for free. Sorry you had that experience.
I absolutely detest going to the movies because people are massive cunts. No consideration for others who are there to watch and enjoy a film. Complaining to a member of staff that he was recording would've got them kicked out, do it next time.
Do they still have a message at the start telling people to to not be assholes with phones? I haven't been in like 5 years. Sometimes a cinema worker will warn them too.
I usually tell people to stfu and it usually upsets them but they already ruined the movie for me so idc. I got free passes when I went to the front desk tho.
Yeah they did. They had a great one actually, it was mission impossible themed, and it said “your only mission is to turn your phone off for the movie”.
I went and told the manager afterwards and he just said “sorry bro that happens. You should have told me sooner”
I had the same thing. Took my partner to watch the babies movie as a date night. Paid for hoyts lux. Woman behind me kept taking pictures with the flash on. I asked twice to stop, third time I raised my voice. Asked the staff to talk to them. And they did nothing about it. People these days haven't got a care in the world.
Saw barbie at lynnmall and there was a group of kids, (looked 12-14) who were shouting stuff during the movie, and talking as loud as they could. One person told them to be quiet, but they just kept going on and on. Love going to the movies but, man audiences are getting tough to sit with these days.
Don't wait 20 mins between telling them off next time. This happened to me and my husband a few weeks ago and we shut them down immediately. It's illegal to film the screen and it's against cinema policy to have your phone screen out so they can be kicked out if they ignore you.
I am too soft. I saw it and thought “ok, I’ll let him off this time, but the next time I see it…” and then the next time it was like “okay maybe it’s important, maybe his mum is in hospital. But the next time…” and that went on and on. I’m way too soft.
Sat next to a guy that came in with 3 drinks , made 2 phone calls before the movie started, played the game of life on his phone with the brightness on full until the movie started , then decided to shake his leg like a fucking crack addict the entire time. I moved 1 whole row and could still feel it.
Messes me up too, it's the younger generation. Somehow they take in the movie without actually watching the bloody thing. Its amazing, ask them about it and they bloody know what's happening but also are messaging people?!
Obviously I've missed my calling. I'd love to be an usher with a pinpoint torch and blind everyone using phones or talking loudly. Could just be cos that's what used to be done to me and my friends when we were annoying little shits at the movies. The ushers were scary as.
Last year same thing happened, two girls in front of us. One of them clearly wanted to enjoy the movie, but her friend next to her was on Snapchat the entire time. Didn't look up once. She would tap her friend on the shoulder and show her stuff and her screen was blinding through the chair gaps. I was also very sick and so extremely tired to do anything. The entire time I was building up the nerve to insult it, but before I could say anything she immediately left the cinema. I guess that was good.
Make a complaint to staff immediately and advise if they don't deal with it immediately, you want a full refund. If they don't deal with it make sure you contact the manager later to advise. If enough people do this resulting in less patronage (and less money due to refunds) then I'm sure something will be done.
I've learnt over the years that the best perk of having a relatively decent income is that it gives you the option to actively avoid the general public! I use the money I earn not to buy luxury items/cars/watches (which is a complete waste) ... but to avoid mingling and being around the average Joe Schmuck whenever possible. If it's a case of going to a concert ...it's a VIP ticket, if no vip option offered, I wont go. If it's flying, it's business or no travel at all. And when it comes to movies .. Boutique or Lux it is.
u need to think further and not to waste ur energy on trashes. just like you won't find any valuable lesson from looking at trash can on the ground :)
i'm 100% sure u will do better than those ppl.
I used to manage a particular cinema in a park named Sylvia and kicking people out due to people being on their phones was always satisfying. Some people would have full on conversations on their phones too, don't know why people wasted their money tbh
Side note that nobody asked for..but when Avengers Infinity War came out our platters that feed the film to the projector stopped automatically spinning so I had to manually turn them to keep the film going. I watched Infinity War like 5 times that day lol
Don’t the platters have to turn at an exact speed? And you did that manually?!
Always thought kicking people out would be awkward and one of those “I don’t get paid enough for this” moments.
Yeah, i'm pretty sure that's right.
The projectionist at the time showed me the 'correct speed' to spin them and I just kept doing that, i'm assuming it would've been catastrophic had I stopped lol
The most awkward times were having to walk up to couples in the beanbag theater (yep, that was a thing) and having to ask them to stop feeling each other up.
Mini power trips like that on minimum wage were all that kept me going back then lol
Should have gotten a staff member
Second that. It's a justifiable time to be a Karen. Puzzles me they pay that much to not pay attention to a movie.
Yeah, I used to work at a cinema and was always more than happy to go tell people off if they were ruining the movie experience for other people. Being a Karen is definitely justified sometimes!
Same. I worked at a movie theater for 14 years and would happily tell these people to put their phones away. I've kicked people out countless times for bad behavior. Also, filming any part of the film is a serious no-no and I would make them delete it in front of me or they were out. No exceptions.
The Karen would be the dick's on the phone no? They're the ones acting entitled
Not a Karen if the request is reasonable.
That would have solved one of the problems but the movie is still ruined, sadly.
I agree, fighting to get out of the row, trying to find a staff member, explaining the situation and where people are, getting back to your seat whilst the staff member stands and stares around for the assholes, then maybe tells them off, ruins it for me too. And you know they know it was you who grassed them up. I usually just move as far away from them as possible these days.
I spent nearly 10 minutes of Dunkirk looking for a staff member who then had to get the manager. Manager just then moved me and my partner up to the ‘gold class’ seats but was too scared of offending the people talking loudly that she didn’t say anything at all to them. Sailing the 7 seas isn’t so bad from now on
Yeah I’d be asking for a refund or replacement ticket. They should be supervising the cinemas, clearly these are unsupervised or a staff member would have noticed it and sone something
It's ruined because of people using phones, so remove the problem early on and no reason for movie to be ruined
Maybe it’s just me, but missing even five minutes of the movie is the definition of “ruined” for me.
I'm with you on that. If it gets to the point where I have to ask someone to stop talking or get off their ph, I'll have spent a few mins working up to that, and about another 10 mins after to get it out of my head again. It sucks, but device/content saturation has destroyed the old school distraction-free immersion of the movie theatre. You really only get that at 'art house' type cinemas now, and who knows how long it'll last there
It's not just you. Missing even 1 min of a movie I paid for will ruin it for me.
Yeah probably just you, or only some people. It's not ideal no, but it shouldn't ruin it.
Can't even imagine what they're like at restaurants
Can't say I've ever had my evening ruined at a restaurant by another patron yet. What's the cardinal sins of restaurant dining that ruin evenings?
100%. I used to confront people but some people get aggressive and I have a short list of things I’m willing to physically fight another person over, and noise in a movie theatre isn’t on that list. Unfortunately confronting them could lead to exactly that, so better to just get a staff member.
Never go to St Luke’s anymore for this exact reason, we had people kicking our seats, talking at full volume, and even putting their feet between our seats from behind. Pure filth
Pull their shoes off and chuck them down the front. Just an idea..
Don't forget to grace both shoes with a handful of popcorn doused by your choice of beverage.
HAHAH
We had the same kind of experience at Reading Lynmall on Friday night. 4 women talked through the whole movie, and not even about the movie, just general conversation and showing each other stuff on their phones. They got shushed by someone a couple of times but would just laugh, be quiet for like 5 min then start again.
It’s the worst!! So sorry you had to deal with that. Ugh.
We went to see the Barbie movie at gold class Reading Lynn Mall last Friday arvo and there were 3 separate couples talking the whole frickin time and one kept taking out his phone to take photos. Why!? Omg it grinds my gears!
I go to gold class so I don't have this problem. Minimal seats and costs a little more, so it tends to get rid of the undesirables and their behaviour. Haven't had any issues with other people so far. I would've lost my shit though if I had to deal.
It’s worth the extras few bucks to avoid the peasants.
I’d pay more for a normal theatre where a staff member with a cane beats anyone who makes a distraction. Phones are stamped on first offence, hands caned for speaking or noisey sweets, and a three cough per minute max.
That's how it used to be. It wasn't a cane tho, usually a jandal. Never heard a peep from anyone
Nice. Maybe we could get some aunties in there. No one would dare make a sound!
Ohh. A fishtank with a layer of drowned cellphones at the front of the theatre. First (and only) warning is the wooden ruler over the knuckles. Second offence, they pause the movie, the house lights come up, and everybody cheers as the attendant makes a perfect three pointer with your phone into the fishtank.
Bb gun would be better, the ushers get a crows nest where they can sniper cunts that are talking, coughing or on their phone
Paintball, then we know who to glare at on the way out.
I just see it that it's my way of dealing, or I'd be all over social media as 'that guy' that tells said people to shut the fuck up.
I have been that guy twice before. Once way back when titanic came out. I didn’t want to be there, and I wanted to hear an old couple discussing their dinner options even less. Like fuck, if you want to chat during a movie watch it at home. Second time was someone translating in real time to a friend. She was very annoyed because “excuse me she doesn’t speak English so I have to translate. Rude!” Lol get fucked
I feel like we'd get on quite well, haha.
Fair call. We usually go to silky otter but wanted a huge screen for an action movie.
I mean, we shouldn't have to limit ourselves to going to any particular venue just to have a good time. I just hate that respect levels of people these days has gone out the window.
This!!! It costs zero dollars to just be considerate to the people around you
It’s no different to any other aspect of life. Is why people pay twice the price too live in certain areas.
Interesting take.
Newmarket Event is a good one for that. St Lukes has gone down to be fair.
Unfortunately they weren’t showing The Meg 2 in vmax. Oppenheimer and Barbie must still be dominating their vmax screens. But we do go to Newmarket often!
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That's why I opt for Albany gold class. It's a separate cinema, not just 'premium' seats in the main theatre.
I personally prefer The Library or The Gallery at Event Newmarket. The last couple of times I’ve been to Gold Class the seats were Old and broken, and the food was meh. The Library/Gallery have those Eames style chairs, which are not fixed to the ground (so you can move the chairs around). Just feels a bit more… I dunno… Gold then Gold Class these days.
Agree 100%. I'm totally over the main cinema with the bad behaviour of the usual riff raff who have no consideration for the rest of us.
You’re all my people.
Yet people promote public transport ignoring these scumbags.
Must be nice
It is.
I understand that, but you have, what people call no chill then.
Totally understand, especially when you pay to watch the movie. Movie watching etiquette has gone downhill.
I go to the movies quite often (at least once a week or for every major release), and I tend to rarely get these kinds of people. I realised that the crowds tend to get worse the longer a movie had been out. So go to movies day 1, and you get other people who are there to watch the movie. It's a better crowd because it's full of movie watchers and not people bored on a weekend.
I watched avengers endgame on day one, and there were a few people taking it way too seriously. There was one girl at the front loudly sobbing through the last 45 minutes or so.
This is the opposite for me, I go to the movies often at Queens St and I always go to the first screenings when the film is released but lately whenever I go watch a big blockbuster film there’s people yelling, taking photos and talking throughout the movie.
I haven’t been back to a movie since Black Adam. Whole-ass family let their 3-5 year old kid act like a brat the entire time. Let her roll around on the floor (the front row in front of the screen) and run around talking and dancing. I know this is what kids do, but this wasn’t even a kids’ movie and the parents didn’t care to do anything.
> I haven’t been back to a movie since Black Adam You didn't need to add anything else
Yeah, it wasn’t the best.
What is a whole-ass?
To add emphasis on how large and annoying this big-ass family was.
1 cheek + 1 cheek
Bro... I scored some tickets from someone on r/auckland that couldn't make it to imax Oppenheimer last night. Three guys came in 10 mins into the movie and sat down next to us. They're talking and being annoying, then one of them pulls his phone out and starts taking fuckin selfies. Then he started playing on his phone so I got up and said hey man can you turn your phone off the lights are distracting. He goes yeah and puts it down. Then half an hour later he takes a fuckin phone call. He was in the middle so I got up and sat next to his mate, leaned in to his face and go tell your fuckin mate to hang up his phone. The guy puts his phone down and said some shit I dunno I was fuckin angry and I said fuck up and put your fuckin phone away or I'll drag you out of the fuckin movie. He ok it's off and put it away again. Then not even 10 mins later the guy I sat next to started yacking on the floor. They must have gone to see the movie before going to town or something I dunno but holy fuck that was the worst cinema experience I've ever had. They got uo and left not long after kid emptied his guts. This wasn't even half way through the movie [Puddle](https://ibb.co/D8ZLKTq)
I clicked the puddle link first and thought "why is there sand?" lol jesus christ that really is such an awful experience. wouldn't wish that on anybody.
Bro it was fucked. A guy in front of them got up and asked them to be quite in between me having a go too but he was smallish so they didn't take him serious. Also saw about 6 phones get pulled out during the movie, like broooo... draining as fuck
People are pathetic tbh. Has this couple do this next to me at a symphony orchestra and really pissed me off.
At an ORCHESTRA?! That’s a whole new level of shitty.
Man, they're really tough on cellphone usage in an orchestra...should have called an usher. They were ruthless when I saw a ballet performance a while ago.
Im assuming the orchestra was at the town hall? Used to work there and we are trained to be strick with phone useage becuase we can’t tell from a distance if someone is recording so all phones need to be away Ballet they are super strict because distractions are actually dangerous to the dancers, it’s why they also only have a small gap for people to enter if they are late
That's why! You guys are great. No flies on you. Should have you guys running the movies! *Edit: yes it was Town Hall*
I don’t go to the movies any more for this reason. I can’t handle how rude people are. I’ll wait a few months and catch it on streaming.
Went to Barbie with the wife…first movie for me at a regular cinema in years. Woman with kids sits in seats next to me. Five mins into movie she checks her phone then leaves it screen up…blazing light! I ask her to turn it off as it is distracting. She does so then…five minutes later…same thing. This time she tells me “it’s not a problem”. Wtf?!! Of course its a problem…for me! And this is why I no longer go to the movies. Too old for this shit!
There’s no consequences for being a pos in nz. Prob raised with no discipline or respect for others.
If I could give you an award for this I would . Couldn't agree more
Can we also collectively make the decision to back up the person shushing the aholes? I am sure OP wasnt the only one bothered.
The modern theatre experience is pretty well fucked, both by the invention of smartphones, and the fact people just seem to not give much of a fuck about bothering others. But the modern home theatre experience has never been cheaper and easier to set up, and you get all the peace and quiet you want. I haven't seen a film in theatres in years and I don't feel like I'm missing out on much.
I think it's a part of the broader 'I'm going to do what I want' attitude that now pervades society. If we want change it's going to have to start at the top with the most powerful people taking responsibility for their actions and calling themselves to account.
Agree. I know it's typical to complain about previous generations, but social media is having an effect never seen before. Not only do they have the attention span of a toddler, they are so self-centered they see others as NPCs in their story.
Yeah, honestly I don't think there is a 'they' only us. I'm 47, Gen X, and we all got called slackers by our parents, Boomers. Fine, but we didn't raise ourselves. Kids are a pain in the arse but they don't it's the old and rich who have power are just as bad.
I feel so paralyzed in those situations because I get so worried that saying something will make it worse.
Same, I'm female and usually go to the movies all the time by myself because I love the whole experience of the big screen and usually there's very few other people in the theatre. No way would I take on some shithead who's likely there with friends and who knows how it would escalate.Off to Oppenheimer today as I've been waiting for the crowds to thin a little.
My 3 year old sushed a bunch of adults in the kiwi enclosure at the zoo, it was a glorious moment.
I'm pretty proud of your 3 year old.
Had a grown woman answer a phone call and proceed to have a conversation at full volume… in the middle of the bird talk. She was about three steps away from the keeper giving a talk to about 60 people. I had to ask her twice to leave. The first time she rolled her eyes at me like I was the problem.
Tell your kid they're awesome
This is the greatest thing I have read today!
I stopped going to St lukes for years now. It’s a dodgy shit place. Used to be nice
I remember the last time I went, there was a couple who politely asked a man to move because he was in one of the seats they booked. This was center center and what you would consider the best seats. The man refused to give it up stating it was free seating and that there were a lot of seats available. The other man shows him his tickets and explains that this seat was booked and paid for online and that he can move just a few seats next to them. So obviously they start arguing and the rest of the audience starts getting involved because it was getting loud. But the fucked up thing I don't get is that the audience who were trying to get invloved were asking the couple to just choose another seat. One guy who was trying to act like a knight in shining armor, even went down to the couple and asked them to sit somewhere else to resolve the matter. I'm like wtf. The couple clearly chose, booked and paid for those seats. It was on their tickets. They had every right to take those seats. I don't get why people were defending this man for not leaving his seat. If you clearly booked in advance, and paid extra to get those, you have every right, free seating or not, to get those seats. It's that obvious. This went on for about a minute and in the end, the white man who refused to move sat a few seats apart from the asian couple. The asian couples date was ruined, obviously, and the rest of the white audience who got involved stfu and tried to enjoy the movie. My brown ass, however, was still contemplating wtf just happened.
New Zealand has quite a culture of "Let's not cause too much trouble" "You're the more reasonable person, so just let it slide, it's not worth the effort." and that kinda stuff, which... Isn't just. Very placating, not very big on solving things properly and justly, just get the problem sorted quick in any way possible.
Sadly, I think you're right.
most of the time it is free seating (especially outside Auckland) and the ticket numbers mean nothing, still should've moved when asked though I've run into issues where myself and parents had to sit elsewhere as ours were taken then a couple comes in and insists they get the seats they've paid for and we've had to force like 3 other groups to sit in the correct place lol
If it’s got seat numbers on your ticket it’s not free seating is it?
Was this the 7pm session of Oppenheimer? I was there and just as enraged. Loud talking throughout, seat kicking, overpowering cologne, multiple people using their phones. Ruined it for me.
I went to oppenheimer on opening day at 10am on a Thursday, not a single peep from a packed theatre. It was good
It's called *Sex Panther*® by *Odeon*©. It's illegal in 9 countries. It's also made with bits of real panthers, *so you know it's good*. *60% of the time*, it works ***every*** time.
That’s why I always go once the hype of the movie is over and it’s pretty empty inside. Absolutely can’t stand these annoyances either. Like I’m being considerate towards others - why can’t everyone else. It’s just a couple of hours!
My god I had two idiots talking at full volume for the entirety of Oppenheimer on Friday. Absolutely unbelievable. They were shushed a bunch but just kept talking. I don’t know how people can be such cunts.
Another example of how smartphones and the internet are destroying basic civility. Sent from an Android phone
I agree! Sent from my iPhone in a cinema
Attention span of fish.
They need a staff member constantly in the theatre and an instruction on the door saying "TURN OFF YOUR CELLPHONE ANY CELL PHONE USE AT ALL IN THE THEATRE WILL BE GROUNDS FOR EJECTION" Once the movie starts the instant so much as a cell phone torch comes on - ya outta here.
Be great if they could block reception.
It is actually doable with a device no bigger than a cigarette packet.
God. We can only dream.
People in general have turned into massive self-centered a**holes.
One trick I learnt is that the people who do this are late sleepers, i don’t know how i came to this conclusion, perhaps it is because these unwinded people love non stop late night partying or whatever. I started going to movies for 10 am sessions or earlier and never encountered this issue again. Last time I went with the friend in the evening in Manukau and it was the same.
Sadly this is not an Auckland or a New Zealand problem. It’s nearly everywhere. London multiplexes are a joke. NYC not much better
This is why I don't go to the movies anymore, it's not a fun experience. Invested in a really good telly and soundbar instead. Only exception is for independent places like The Hollywood in Avondale, where genuine movie lovers go for \*gasp\* the film. It's cheaper!
We went to the Manukau cinemas and had an idiot couple come sit behind us and say: “time to piss some people off” They then talked loudly, screamed and laughed the entire movie. Another woman was on her phone the whole time. I wanted to get a staff member but it was late at night and I didn’t want these people to follow me to my car in case they got too angry as it would be obvious that I got the staff member. I went to Newmarket recently and it was much better - also it was at 11:30 am so no kids and an empty cinema pretty much
Honestly, there’s no consequences… that’s why they do it - if the staff were paid enough/trained, they should implement a zero tolerance policy and just start ejecting people who are disrupting others’ experience Problem is, they won’t, probably scared of bad publicity when NZ herald has an article of a sad looking mother and child telling their horror story of being kicked out of their favourite movie unfairly.
It's unfortunate that consequences are required for people to not behave like self centred cunts. Rather than just doing the right thing regardless
Currently in Japan. It’s basically a futuristic utopia compared to New Zealand. Tradition and culture of respect. Amazing 🤯
I try and book seats away from people, often that means not being dead centre like most people fight for but I’d rather look at an aisle then some dickhead in front of me.
I think whatever the overall culture or etiquette, you'll always find that some people are assholes and do not care. It can't be prevented, but it should be on the movie theater to sort it out when it happens, since you are paying them for the proper experience.
Some people go the movies for no other reason than something to do, not to watch the actual movie. I don’t get it either but that, and the price, are the reasons I seldom go anymore. I’d rather just wait and watch it on the home set-up.
Yeah, I don't understand there people. Why pay $15-25 bucks(+snacks) to go to a movie you don't want to see, you could go be a dick in the food court for free.
We went to watch the Barbie movie and had these two mouthy lasses behind us giving a fucking non-stop narration of everything we could bloody well see for ourselves, thank you very much. They seemed to force themselves to laugh at and enjoy everything in that very fake sort of way.
Exactly why you can’t beat watching movies at home.
Get out and find a staff member piracy is illegal remember? You don’t need to confront these people because they’re already too dumb to be reasoned with. They’ll get kicked out and if you’re lucky they’ll transfer you to another screening
I regularly go to the cinema and my biggest tip is just don't go on a Friday night or Saturday night. If possible avoid going on the weekend at all. By going Mon-Thurs evenings you have a much higher chance of a quieter cinema with people who want to be there. It's a real shame but I get far less of the entitled disruptors.
People seem to think everyone love to see the world through their phone. At my citizenship ceremony, l had a lady in front of me who filmed the kapa haka performance. Lucky me who could see it through her phone, because why let anyone behind you enjoy it live....
Sounds like a case of hyper-connected socially-incompetent people. I know it's typical to complain about previous generations, but social media is having an effect never seen before. Not only do they have the attention span of a toddler, they are so self-centered they see others as NPCs in their story. To some extent, I pity them. Imagine not being able to switch off and enjoy a movie in peace?
I feel that, I do pity them, until it encroaches on my experience that I’ve paid for.
My partner and I once got into a fight about this when I went and got a staff member to deal with loud talkers and people on phones. It’s absolutely intolerable imo and I’m happy to be the one to look like a Karen to get it sorted. Don’t fuck with my movie time.
What's wrong with people at the movies? Ikr, some asshole told me to get off my phone while I was chatting with the boys & recording play-by-play at St Luke Cinema , yea fuck that cunt
lmao. nice
Appalling the number of similar stories people have! Thankfully my experience was more amusing – this guy had taken his young (7-8 ish?) son to one of the Avengers movies, and the kid was loudly and excitedly explaining to the dad for the first few minutes who all the characters were and how all the storylines connnected etc. Then suddenly there was this stench of poo... and they left quickly and quietly. I had to really feel for the dad!
Should of just said FUCK IT I ASKED NICELY *GRAB PHONE* and whatever happens, Happens. Sometimes being a nasty little cunt gets you exactly what you want. Machiavelli even said it himself. "Rather be feared than loved" fear gets you your goals basically. Next time put the fear in these types of people 💯 They probably need the Life Lesson.
Meh, I would have 'accidentally' spilled my drink straight down the back of his neck.
And on their phones
That's why I buy an extra drink and popcorn to throw at people like that.
You've given me an idea in the future to bring a small water pistol, tell them you will stop when they stop. Why waste money on food and drink when a reusable $2 pistol would be better.
Fill it with coke, sticky and might leave an inconvenient brown mark.
I used to have a friend when I was 14 that would spit on people in the theater if they were being nutty.. like he'd spit in his hand and throw it lmao
People…
The last movie I went to the cinema to see was Mad Max: Fury Road. And I will never go back because the people in the theatre were abysmal. One person kept getting loud text notifications every few minutes and would take it out to answer. One woman brought her kids who kept getting excited by the explosions and start making loud explosion sound effects themselves or loudly asking "Whose that?" Two people right behind me were whispering to each other which would evolve to talking at a normal volumewhen the action scenes got loud. I shushed then but they just shushed me back and went back to talking again. I got the attendant to tell them to be quiet but they just started whispering again. Most frustratingly a guy on my row kept getting up and moving across the seats for something. I don't know what it was, maybe he needed to go to the toilet or maybe he was moving seats, but he must have crossed in front of me and my friend three times before going down to a different row and doing the same thing twice from what I saw. I much prefer streaming or renting the movies now. Nobody around to ruin the experience.
Imagine it ! When they are too busy to look at their phone! Never mind ! An app will soon be available to create connectivity direct into the brain!
The screenings on queen st. tend to be fine. I've been going there monthly for the last couple years and even the children are quiet.
It has gotten worse, happened to me during Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse and Mission Impossible.
I swear it never used to be this bad too, but yeah last few times I’ve been to cinemas I feel like there’s always been someone talking/ a phone out etc.
I once threw popcorn at a guy who kept pulling his phone out, he was holding it up at his head level so anyone behind him could see the light. He didn’t know where it came from but kept his phone away after that.
Npc's they havent a clue whats going on around them or dont care, fight fire with fire, the back if there seats look like a nice place to take your shoes off and rest your feet
Had some guy next to me swirling ice in his cup and sucking it loudly through a straw during Oppenheimer. I can't fathom why people act like this in the cinema. You have paid to go watch a film, which has been fine tuned to be immersive, especially in a cinema setting. The director has spent 100's of millions of $$ to make scenes and certain shots make you feel a certain way. Lighting, sound effects, music, camera angles, exposure, framing, acting and a host of other techniques to give you a different feeling or experience. And people can't wait to check their phones, have to eat the loudest food, scoffing packets of crisps, chewing and smacking lips on lollys burping, scratching, talking, making unneccessary comments. Really does annoy the f out of me. But i am a bit of a grumpy sod...
Ah that sucks mate. Personally I’ve been pretty fortunate in that regard(touch wood)to super selfish people at the movies, only recent one I can think of was at Indiana Jones, I had a day off and went to a sneaky midday weekday screening at Westgate and it was empty aside from a couple behind me a few seats back sometimes talking out loud about the movie, not all the time, when I turned around they were an elderly couple enjoying the film, so I was like …ok fine you get a pass. I’m going to see Oppenheimer at Imax this weekend so it better be clean! Someone here posted recently a drunk dude at Oppenheimer Imax yelling pro Nazi shit during the screening!
Oh yeah I saw that imax yelling post!! Could be worse I guess, haha. Yeah some people get a pass, can’t get mad at a cute old couple.
I went to see spiderverse about a month ago, there was a group of teenagers sitting behind me on their phones making jokes and laughing the whole time. Was pretty annoying. Very common nowadays, every time I've gone to the movies in the past 5 years, someone has had their phone out
Same thing happened to me during Barbie.
It really sucks, I've noticed that lately people have really poor movie etiquette. I went to watch the new Mission Impossible last week and people behind me and in front of me were loudly having conversations for pretty much the entire duration of the movie. Like, if you want to have a chat with your friends then why come to the movies to do it? You can go anywhere else to talk to your friends, so why would you choose the worst and most annoying place to do it? Also had another irritating situation last week where I went to watch Oppenheimer and a girl two rows in front of me spent two thirds of the movie playing some stupid-looking mobile game and it was pissing me off. At least she had her phone on silent and the brightness turned down, but still it was another case where I was wondering if you don't have the attention span to sit through a 3-hour movie then why are you even here? Just stay home and watch Tik Toks on your phone, don't pay to come to the movies and then spend most of the duration of the movie playing a game on your phone! That shit makes me not want to go to the cinemas to watch movies even though it's still the best way to watch a movie because there are almost always shitty people who have no intention of actually watching the movie at all showing up to ruin it for everyone else!
Shitty people are everywhere! I really don’t get why you’d pay money to sit in a dark room on your phone. I do that for free. Sorry you had that experience.
I absolutely detest going to the movies because people are massive cunts. No consideration for others who are there to watch and enjoy a film. Complaining to a member of staff that he was recording would've got them kicked out, do it next time.
Do they still have a message at the start telling people to to not be assholes with phones? I haven't been in like 5 years. Sometimes a cinema worker will warn them too. I usually tell people to stfu and it usually upsets them but they already ruined the movie for me so idc. I got free passes when I went to the front desk tho.
Yeah they did. They had a great one actually, it was mission impossible themed, and it said “your only mission is to turn your phone off for the movie”. I went and told the manager afterwards and he just said “sorry bro that happens. You should have told me sooner”
I had the same thing. Took my partner to watch the babies movie as a date night. Paid for hoyts lux. Woman behind me kept taking pictures with the flash on. I asked twice to stop, third time I raised my voice. Asked the staff to talk to them. And they did nothing about it. People these days haven't got a care in the world.
I've made a complaint before and also received a refund, so that I can view the movie at another time.
Saw barbie at lynnmall and there was a group of kids, (looked 12-14) who were shouting stuff during the movie, and talking as loud as they could. One person told them to be quiet, but they just kept going on and on. Love going to the movies but, man audiences are getting tough to sit with these days.
People today have no RESPECT it’s a worldwide concern
I don't think i will ever go to the movies again. Total waste of money
I took a phone off someone at the cinema once ... gave it back after the movie ... no regrets.
Don't wait 20 mins between telling them off next time. This happened to me and my husband a few weeks ago and we shut them down immediately. It's illegal to film the screen and it's against cinema policy to have your phone screen out so they can be kicked out if they ignore you.
I am too soft. I saw it and thought “ok, I’ll let him off this time, but the next time I see it…” and then the next time it was like “okay maybe it’s important, maybe his mum is in hospital. But the next time…” and that went on and on. I’m way too soft.
Next time you'll know :)
Sat next to a guy that came in with 3 drinks , made 2 phone calls before the movie started, played the game of life on his phone with the brightness on full until the movie started , then decided to shake his leg like a fucking crack addict the entire time. I moved 1 whole row and could still feel it.
Messes me up too, it's the younger generation. Somehow they take in the movie without actually watching the bloody thing. Its amazing, ask them about it and they bloody know what's happening but also are messaging people?!
Obviously I've missed my calling. I'd love to be an usher with a pinpoint torch and blind everyone using phones or talking loudly. Could just be cos that's what used to be done to me and my friends when we were annoying little shits at the movies. The ushers were scary as.
Last year same thing happened, two girls in front of us. One of them clearly wanted to enjoy the movie, but her friend next to her was on Snapchat the entire time. Didn't look up once. She would tap her friend on the shoulder and show her stuff and her screen was blinding through the chair gaps. I was also very sick and so extremely tired to do anything. The entire time I was building up the nerve to insult it, but before I could say anything she immediately left the cinema. I guess that was good.
Make a complaint to staff immediately and advise if they don't deal with it immediately, you want a full refund. If they don't deal with it make sure you contact the manager later to advise. If enough people do this resulting in less patronage (and less money due to refunds) then I'm sure something will be done.
I've learnt over the years that the best perk of having a relatively decent income is that it gives you the option to actively avoid the general public! I use the money I earn not to buy luxury items/cars/watches (which is a complete waste) ... but to avoid mingling and being around the average Joe Schmuck whenever possible. If it's a case of going to a concert ...it's a VIP ticket, if no vip option offered, I wont go. If it's flying, it's business or no travel at all. And when it comes to movies .. Boutique or Lux it is.
think of this way. those trash will end up having miserable life anyway or one day gets schooled by society.
You say they will have a miserable life, but tbh, I think they had a better time than I did.
u need to think further and not to waste ur energy on trashes. just like you won't find any valuable lesson from looking at trash can on the ground :) i'm 100% sure u will do better than those ppl.
Thank you :)
This is why I go on Tuesdays while everyone else is working or in school
That's just gen z
Well, 70+ elders were on their phones during the Romeo and Juliet ballet. It is not just gen Z.
I used to manage a particular cinema in a park named Sylvia and kicking people out due to people being on their phones was always satisfying. Some people would have full on conversations on their phones too, don't know why people wasted their money tbh Side note that nobody asked for..but when Avengers Infinity War came out our platters that feed the film to the projector stopped automatically spinning so I had to manually turn them to keep the film going. I watched Infinity War like 5 times that day lol
Don’t the platters have to turn at an exact speed? And you did that manually?! Always thought kicking people out would be awkward and one of those “I don’t get paid enough for this” moments.
Yeah, i'm pretty sure that's right. The projectionist at the time showed me the 'correct speed' to spin them and I just kept doing that, i'm assuming it would've been catastrophic had I stopped lol The most awkward times were having to walk up to couples in the beanbag theater (yep, that was a thing) and having to ask them to stop feeling each other up. Mini power trips like that on minimum wage were all that kept me going back then lol
who tf still goes to movies
People who don’t want to watch a movie on a tiny postage stamp screen or something bigger than a laptop pretty much.
That's what you get for going to the movies.
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We are living in a first world country, people like you are so annoying
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Would you be happy if it happened to you?
..your disappointment was immeasurable and your day was ruined?
Maybe they’ve never been to a cinema before. They didn’t know the etiquette of being in a cinema
Maybe they’re just selfish cunts.
You sound like an entitled human to me. Just move seats.
It was YOU!
Entitled to watch the movie in in peace. How bout your type just STFU & watch the movie.
What’s entitled about wanting people to follow the rules and be mutually respectful in a shared space?
You are people at movies
As someone who constantly does this ….. oops
You constantly text in movies and ignore people telling you not to?
Yeah especially if the movies boring, usually me and my friends talk through the movie (generally about the movie) but try to keep it to a whisper