If you're going to the movies...

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

I can't quite tell if you're trying to be some sort of over-the-top parody or not...

How about next time before you leave the theater you take a piss in the corner... They'd probably call in a special cleaning service to deal with that (in addition to the ushers you are keeping employed), thus employing even more people! Horah!

My friends have masturbated in the theater, and the amount of theater sex that has happened in the history of movie theaters is probably a decent sized number. I'm sure they've delt with worse than urine, which is sterile.

[DeathsHand]

When the price of gas shot up above $3.00 a gallon, did you leave the pump off the hook and drop the squeegee on the nearest section of ground that wasn't in the path of your car?

I mean they have an employee manning the station right? So many people pay with credit cards these days, what is he really doing all that time? I say make him get off his ass and work for his pay.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

When the price of gas shot up above $3.00 a gallon, did you leave the pump off the hook and drop the squeegee on the nearest section of ground that wasn't in the path of your car?

dont be ridiculous.


I leave the squeegee right in front of my back tire so I can snap the damn thing in half. If squeegees never needed to be replaced, the squeegee manufacturing businesses would be doomed. Are you going to sit there and say that you make sure that those squeegees will last for as long as possible and therefore endanger the health of squeegee manufacturer workers' families because they cant afford to feed them anymore? Shame on you.


...how do you sleep at night? HOW?!

[The Germanator]

I'm surprised people still buy **** at the movie theaters. Buy some gummi bears and a soda at the local Wal-Mart or Targert, sneak the damn things in, and then throw them away in the trash....Easy as that...You're spending less money, and not giving the movie theater the satisfaction of selling you a $4 soda because you just bought one for a buck and snuck it in.

Though, also, don't complain about high movie prices. Theaters barely make any money because the studios take most of it anyway to allow the bitches of the industry (the theaters) to show their precious movies. The only way they can survive and allow you to see Spiderman 3 is too ridiculously overcharge you. I still choose not to buy concessions at movies though, because it is absurd. The price of admission is enough at this point.

[Teuthida]

I've stopped going to see movies in theaters altogether. Besides the ticket price they ruined the best part of the experience: the previews. Now I get to sit there and watch glorified commercials for blue jeans and soda for 10 minutes.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Teuthida

I've stopped going to see movies in theaters altogether. Besides the ticket price they ruined the best part of the experience: the previews. Now I get to sit there and watch glorified commercials for blue jeans and soda for 10 minutes.

dont really care about that, its the same as sitting there while the other stuff displays on the screen and you talk with friends while its on. no one actually pays attention to the commercials.

what bugs me is that they changed it so that stuff starts at the time the movie is listed to start. so the movie actually starts 20min after its official 'showtime'
was better when they started playing that stuff 20min before the movie was starting.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

When the price of gas shot up above $3.00 a gallon, did you leave the pump off the hook and drop the squeegee on the nearest section of ground that wasn't in the path of your car?

I mean they have an employee manning the station right? So many people pay with credit cards these days, what is he really doing all that time? I say make him get off his ass and work for his pay.

You just compared gas, something that is considered a necessity by most, to a form of entertainment.

Also, there were a few entertaining stories about people doing irrational things in response to the raised prices.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

You just compared gas, something that is considered a necessity by most, to a form of entertainment.

So if you need something, you'll play nice, but if something's considered optional/entertainment, you support being a complete ******* instead of say, simply chosing not to give them your business? I do believe food is more of a necessity than gas, yet not everyone throws their trash away at fast food places either... Not everyone places items at the grocery store back where they got them from...

If you don't need to watch movies at the theater (and you don't), why complain about the price? You don't have to spend your money on them... And if you spend them anyways and still complain, then go back next week to spend some more money, then complain again, is that not somewhat similar to getting a crappy job and complaining, but not looking for a better job? Find something better (or maybe just cheaper) to spend your money on...

Originally Posted by KillerGremlin

Also, there were a few entertaining stories about people do irrational things in response to the raised prices.

And the keyword there is "irrational".

[Ginkasa]

I would just like to know that I, the one who started the thread, was not complaining about putting butter on the popcorn or layering the butter or anything like that. While it is a little frustrating to have nearly every customer ask for fresh layered butter when I have a line going on forever, its is their right to ask for layered butter, etc.

I still do not believe, however, that they have a right to just leave their garbage laying in the aisles however they please. I still stand by my statement that an usher's job is to make a theatre pretty for the next showing so that audience doesn't have to sit in a popcorn spill, not to clean up the previous showing's garbage so that they don't have to.

Yes, an usher's job is to keep the theatre clean. But just because you know someone has to clean the restroom doesn't mean to crap on the floor and sitkc the toilet paper to the walls. That doesn't help the economy, not matter how much you delude yourself that you're doing a favor.

And I'm not complaining about someone accidentally kicking over their popcorn or a drink forgotten in the cupholder. I'm talking about nachoes where the cheese has been upended over the floor. I"m talking about entire aisles filled with popcorn. I'm talking about nasty, wet napkins stuck in the cupholder or spitcups left on the floor.

I always try to make the customer happy, so long as making the customer happy doesn't go against what the bosses tell me to do. So if a customer accidentally spills their entire tub of popcorn on the floor, I'll refill it for free and probably end up sweeping the popcorn up. If someone didn't like the taste of Redvines and want to switch it out with something else, I'll give them a different candy and take that hit to our inventory.

I know my job and I do it well. Pretty darn well. I just think sometimes I'd like a little appreciation from the people I help is all.


/me shrugs and walks away

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by Link1130

I would just like to know that I, the one who started the thread, was not complaining about putting butter on the popcorn or layering the butter or anything like that. While it is a little frustrating to have nearly every customer ask for fresh layered butter when I have a line going on forever, its is their right to ask for layered butter, etc.

I still do not believe, however, that they have a right to just leave their garbage laying in the aisles however they please. I still stand by my statement that an usher's job is to make a theatre pretty for the next showing so that audience doesn't have to sit in a popcorn spill, not to clean up the previous showing's garbage so that they don't have to.

Yes, an usher's job is to keep the theatre clean. But just because you know someone has to clean the restroom doesn't mean to crap on the floor and sitkc the toilet paper to the walls. That doesn't help the economy, not matter how much you delude yourself that you're doing a favor.

And I'm not complaining about someone accidentally kicking over their popcorn or a drink forgotten in the cupholder. I'm talking about nachoes where the cheese has been upended over the floor. I"m talking about entire aisles filled with popcorn. I'm talking about nasty, wet napkins stuck in the cupholder or spitcups left on the floor.

I always try to make the customer happy, so long as making the customer happy doesn't go against what the bosses tell me to do. So if a customer accidentally spills their entire tub of popcorn on the floor, I'll refill it for free and probably end up sweeping the popcorn up. If someone didn't like the taste of Redvines and want to switch it out with something else, I'll give them a different candy and take that hit to our inventory.

I know my job and I do it well. Pretty darn well. I just think sometimes I'd like a little appreciation from the people I help is all.


* Link1130 shrugs and walks away

Don't think people don't respect and appreciate that. I like coming into a clean theater, I like getting butter on my popcorn, and I know that part time work sucks.

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

So if you need something, you'll play nice, but if something's considered optional/entertainment, you support being a complete ******* instead of say, simply chosing not to give them your business? I do believe food is more of a necessity than gas, yet not everyone throws their trash away at fast food places either... Not everyone places items at the grocery store back where they got them from...

If you don't need to watch movies at the theater (and you don't), why complain about the price? You don't have to spend your money on them... And if you spend them anyways and still complain, then go back next week to spend some more money, then complain again, is that not somewhat similar to getting a crappy job and complaining, but not looking for a better job? Find something better (or maybe just cheaper) to spend your money on...



And the keyword there is "irrational".

The theater would rather lose my business in place of me leaving my condiments on the floor?

I'm not going to lie, I do play nice when I need something. I think most people do.

I'll call you out on your food/gas comment. I'll start by suggesting you walk to the store and walk 300 dollars of groceries back. I'm going to ask that you exclude buying alcohol and meat. Or, you can walk to McDonalds. That actually might sway in your favor, since McDonalds will eventually make you fat, however the closest McDonalds from my house is about 2 miles away, and I'd rather drive.

I don't need to watch movies at the theater. I live in a day of age where I can go online and download it, sometimes the night before the movie comes out. I won't delve into this argument since there is no winner, but the battle between the industry, the prices, and the piraters is crazy. Same goes to music.

But just so you know, I DO NOT buy music. And if I do, it's usually from the band's site, or music from obscure band that doesn't get money, and coincidently doesn't charge 17 dollars for their CD.