I wanted to wait a couple days before posting yet another vent about the oh so lovely theatre patrons that I have the joy of sharing my day with...ugh.
1. Diving Up Your Tickets: Please don't sit there before you come up to the podium (the place where they tear your tickets for you), not only is it irritating becuase you're all going to the same place, but you waste our time. Some people come up to the podium tickets already divided, okay fine, I'll get over it. When you come straight from the box office, sit in front of me, and start to divide up your tickets, I want to rip them out of your hand and slap you in the face. You're not only holding up the line, but youre also defeating the purpose of me standing there. Plus I can do it way faster than you and have been practicing for about five years now. I've even had a kid say that I have amazing ticket tearing skills, so please stop being stupid and wasting everyone's time. Idiot.
2. Being Rude: Had a rough day or just in a bad mood? You better not take it out on me, because I don't get paid enough to deal with your bullshit. If you're rude to me for no apparent reason, then yes I'm going to have an attitude with you. Is it by any means professional? Absolutley not, but you autimatically blow a fuse with me and I can't stand you at that point. I could see if I had been a complete dick to you, then yeah I totally deserve, but not when I'm cheerful. It takes every ounce of me to come in to work, let alone be happy to assholes like you. Be a big kid and deal with you emotions, dont take them out on me, ass face.
3. AGAIN! I didn't think SO many people would just ignore someone. I mean I'm telling you where to go and I'm giving everything I have to be nice to you, could you at least say Hi or Thanks? It's so incredibly rude and it makes me want to slap the shit out of the back of your head as you walk off. Especially when you come back up to me to bitch about how you can't find your theatre, huh, that's weird I could have sworn I just told you. Be happy and stop being such a dick.
4. Dont Ask: I appreciate the courtesy of you asking me how my days going, but if you're not going to answer back then please just dont ask. You make me feel like a jack ass for being nice and asking how your day is too. I told you how my day way (I probably lied to you, sorry) was so have the damn courtesy when I ask you to say it back, it's not that hard. It's a couple words, "I'm good". Even if you have to lie, for fuck sakes at least pretend! Ugh...
5. What Movie: "What's that one movie with that guy" Let me pull that out of my asshole and check for ya...What the hell? Just because I work at a movie theatre doesn't mean that you giving me no lead what so ever will help me to figure out your movie. Do some research before you come in to the theatre, holy cow, you obviously aren't that excited for a movie if you have to ask me what it is.
6. Guessing Game: Do you know how many people walk into our establishment in a given hour, let alone a day? Don't come up to me and ask, "Have you seen a girl about this tall, with blonde hair?" Um....chances are I've probably seen about a dozen million since we opened. If it's an emergency then we'll do everything we can to help you look, but if you and your friend were stupid enough to split up with no means of communicating, or your a creepy stalker trying to find someone (yes we've actually had that happen), then just go away. I have no sympathy, and probably no soul, but I blame my job.
7. Wrong Coupons: Look at the coupon you have in your hand before you come into the theatre, you wouldn't believe how many idiots come in and try to use a coupon for a different theatre.
Customer: "Yeah, I want two for this movie at this time:
Employee: "These are actually for the theatre downtown"
Customer (in angry voice): "Yeah I wanna use these for this movie!!"
Employee (in annoyed voice): "Yeah, these AREN'T for this theatre!!"
Customer (getting mad at their own stupidity): "WELL WHAT THEATRE IS THIS?!"
Employee (humored): This is so and so theatre
Customer: "oh...."
Employee: "Yup...."
This happens on a regualr basis, maybe you should figure out which theatre your going to, and if the person that's WORKING tells you, you're at the wrong location, don't argue asshole.
8. Food: I know how excited you are to gobble up some of that popcorn or nachos on the way to your theatre, but if you can't not spill on the way to your theatre then stop. I can clean an entire hallway and look back and it's like I never touched it. You all are disgusting and we hate you like nobody else could hate you. Little kids have an excuse, but you adults have none what so ever. Stop trying to get pieces into your mouth with your tongue, because half the time you fail. Also, if you can't get a good grasp on that handfull of popcorn you just picked up, just don't attempt it. You wouldn't do that at your own house would you? I highly doubt it (if you do, your disgusting).
9. Caregiver: At the theatre I work at, we give out caregiver passes. So if you're registered/licensed to care for mentally handicapped then we give you a pass to watch the movie for free. It's not a right, it's a treat that you get to enjoy. We don't do it because we have to, because trust me we don't. So stop coming in to the theatre like you own us, demanding a ticket and being an asshole. Also, we know when you bring in your family and try to scam us, and we don't let you do it. You have to be working ass hole. I had a women come in the other day and say she was a care giver like it was a VIP word you say to get into the hottest club. I pointed to customer service and she ripped the ticket out of my hand and glared at me while being helped. You're an ugly bitch and I hate you. You're nothing special, and this isn't something you deserve. It's something nice the theatre does for you, for caring for them.
I'd like you all to remember that these are vents and my personal opinions. If you disagree with them then tough shit, I could care less, get over it asshole.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Oh the joys of the movies......
I was standing at the podium today thinking about my blog and how I didn't feel I was finished yet. I thought to myself, let the day go on and if you come across something "blog-worthy" then write it down. Not even ten minutes after I had this epiphany, I got an entire list, no sarcasm here ladies and gentlemen. Sit back, and read into the eyes of an average theatre employee...
1. No Outside Food or Drink: This little rule has been around since who knows how long, and it's not a very hard rule to follow. If you're going to sneak food or goodies in, please be smart about and at least attempt to hide it in your purse, pockets, coats, and what not. Being a lazy ass hole and just walking up like it's no big automatically has me thinking, wow, this persons a tool. Not to mention there is a sign in front of you as you walk up that simply says "NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK", simple enough right? Apparently not, as I've had a mother try to bring in an entire meal for six people from Taco Time. Are you kidding me? I know you aren't saving those hot mexi-fries and tacos for after the movie, not to mention we don't even sell anything remotely close to it, so your food will stink up the ENTIRE auditorium.
I also love when people try to argue with me, as if being an asshole will make me change my mind, news flash it makes me hate you and it then becomes my mission to make you throw it away. I love the common excuses such as, "They let me do it before!" or "Um, I JUST bought this!" just so you know, both of those get a look of, do you think I give a fuck? I don't know who let you do it before but I'm not so throw it our, I also don't care if your coffee is piping hot, chug it or throw it out asshole.
2. Get Off Your Phone: When you come up to buy tickets, hand someone your tickets, or buy food at the concessions stand, GET OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE! Do you know how rude and jack ass you are when you pull this with one of us? Are you fucking for real?! Not to mention you seem annoyed when your not paying attention and we're getting louder on purpose. You are a giant tool and we all hate you, we're trying to do our job which is to serve you, which is hard to do when you're giving us attitude for interrupting your asshole conversation to who the fuck cares. So please do us a favor and get off your phone because I will either ignore you and not talk to you or I will be a giant ass hole just like you and talk louder than you. This goes for blootooth as well.
3. Can I See the Movie Posters: No, you can't. I don't care if you need to see a picture to figure out what the movie is, even though we provide you with a synopsis for each and every movie, with pictures mind you. Maybe you should of done your research and figured out what the fuck you wanted to see before you came into the theatre? Just a thought champ.
Just another hint, if you're asking me a yes or not questions, odds are there's a 50/50 chance I might give you an answer you don't wanna hear, maybe you should prepare yourself for that. Don't act shocked like I just slapped you in the face, be a big kid and do your homework ya tool!
4. How Much: Don't act surprised when you buy your movie tickets, they prices haven't gone up since about three or four years ago. Maybe if you got our more you'd realize this, and you wouldn't harass me about the prices. Yes the matinee is $8.00 and the matinee time changed to four instead of six. Do you know why they did that? So that the matinee price would stay the same, otherwise they would of jacked up the price. Shut the fuck up about how expensive it is, I didn't MAKE you buy that tickets, so you will get NO sympathy from me what-so-ever. I hate you.
5. Can I Have That: Do you know how many times someone comes up to me asking for a poster or standee, even bribing me money? The answer will always be no, and for those tools that say it isn't fair that we get them and you don't? We have to deal with your stupid bull shit all day long so we deserve ass hole. So shut up and go away, we hate you.
6. Can't Find Your Ticket: I can't stand when customers come up to me with panic in their eyes, "I can't find my tickets!" and they empty the entire contents of their purse, wallet, pockets, etc. Did you not think you needed your ticket when you were walking the 20-30ft to get here? Maybe you should be prepared and think, hey we're going to the movies now, maybe I should get my ticket out so I'm not a jack ass. Just a thought.
7. What Movies: "What movies ya got playin' right now?"......are you fucking kidding me? There is a GIANT screen behind me with all of the movies and there show times in RED. Are you really that blind or are you as lazy of a fuck as I think you are. As soon as you say that, we automatically hate you and don't want anything to do with you anymore. Maybe take a second to look at the screen and if you're little brain can't handle all of the words and numbers together then come up and talk to us, but we'll still hate you, always.
8. Walking Past Me: Do you know how many times in a five hour shift someone walks right past me. I am not a Walmart greeter you tool bag, get the fuck over here so I can rip your tickets. "Oh ha ha oopsies" have you honestly NEVER been to the theatre? Pritty sure the routines been the same since who knows how long. The only way you can get away with this is if you've honestly NEVER been to a theatre, even then grab a clue.
9. 3-D Glasses: Sometimes we forget to hand you 3-D glasses or we didn't read your neat little print-at-home ticket. That's our bad, so let us grab them for you, don't be a fucking tool and point at your ticket like we're going blind and demand glasses. That only makes me want to throw them across the lobby and say fetch mother fucker. You'd be surprised how a little courtesy goes a long way, did your parents seriously raise you to be a giant fuck head?
10. Print-At-Home: So the theatre industry has decided to make you all even more lazy by inventing the awesome print-at-home tickets. It's very easy, you all just make it complicated. You pick your movie, the showtime, how many tickets, pay, and then print. Easy right? No. As soon as they print, just fold them in half and bring them in, don't cut them yourself or do anything to them. Just leave them alone, I will do all of that for you so you can enjoy your experience with us. It's not hard, your all just stupid.
Just a few things again that I needed to vent and get off my shoulders. Again this is just me venting, and these are my opinions so don't get all butt hurt, chances are if you get offended you're one of the mentioned ass holes.
I'd also like to give a shout-out to Tommy a fellow co-worker. Today while doing a routine men's check he discovered that someone actually shit on the floor. Are you fucking serious? Was the toilet to main stream for you that you had to shit on the floor. It wasn't a child size poop either unless he was an adult size child, this was a man shit. That disgusts me and is literally the grosses thing ever, grow the fuck up and shit in the toilet like your parents hopefully taught you, fucking jack ass.
1. No Outside Food or Drink: This little rule has been around since who knows how long, and it's not a very hard rule to follow. If you're going to sneak food or goodies in, please be smart about and at least attempt to hide it in your purse, pockets, coats, and what not. Being a lazy ass hole and just walking up like it's no big automatically has me thinking, wow, this persons a tool. Not to mention there is a sign in front of you as you walk up that simply says "NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK", simple enough right? Apparently not, as I've had a mother try to bring in an entire meal for six people from Taco Time. Are you kidding me? I know you aren't saving those hot mexi-fries and tacos for after the movie, not to mention we don't even sell anything remotely close to it, so your food will stink up the ENTIRE auditorium.
I also love when people try to argue with me, as if being an asshole will make me change my mind, news flash it makes me hate you and it then becomes my mission to make you throw it away. I love the common excuses such as, "They let me do it before!" or "Um, I JUST bought this!" just so you know, both of those get a look of, do you think I give a fuck? I don't know who let you do it before but I'm not so throw it our, I also don't care if your coffee is piping hot, chug it or throw it out asshole.
2. Get Off Your Phone: When you come up to buy tickets, hand someone your tickets, or buy food at the concessions stand, GET OFF YOUR FUCKING PHONE! Do you know how rude and jack ass you are when you pull this with one of us? Are you fucking for real?! Not to mention you seem annoyed when your not paying attention and we're getting louder on purpose. You are a giant tool and we all hate you, we're trying to do our job which is to serve you, which is hard to do when you're giving us attitude for interrupting your asshole conversation to who the fuck cares. So please do us a favor and get off your phone because I will either ignore you and not talk to you or I will be a giant ass hole just like you and talk louder than you. This goes for blootooth as well.
3. Can I See the Movie Posters: No, you can't. I don't care if you need to see a picture to figure out what the movie is, even though we provide you with a synopsis for each and every movie, with pictures mind you. Maybe you should of done your research and figured out what the fuck you wanted to see before you came into the theatre? Just a thought champ.
Just another hint, if you're asking me a yes or not questions, odds are there's a 50/50 chance I might give you an answer you don't wanna hear, maybe you should prepare yourself for that. Don't act shocked like I just slapped you in the face, be a big kid and do your homework ya tool!
4. How Much: Don't act surprised when you buy your movie tickets, they prices haven't gone up since about three or four years ago. Maybe if you got our more you'd realize this, and you wouldn't harass me about the prices. Yes the matinee is $8.00 and the matinee time changed to four instead of six. Do you know why they did that? So that the matinee price would stay the same, otherwise they would of jacked up the price. Shut the fuck up about how expensive it is, I didn't MAKE you buy that tickets, so you will get NO sympathy from me what-so-ever. I hate you.
5. Can I Have That: Do you know how many times someone comes up to me asking for a poster or standee, even bribing me money? The answer will always be no, and for those tools that say it isn't fair that we get them and you don't? We have to deal with your stupid bull shit all day long so we deserve ass hole. So shut up and go away, we hate you.
6. Can't Find Your Ticket: I can't stand when customers come up to me with panic in their eyes, "I can't find my tickets!" and they empty the entire contents of their purse, wallet, pockets, etc. Did you not think you needed your ticket when you were walking the 20-30ft to get here? Maybe you should be prepared and think, hey we're going to the movies now, maybe I should get my ticket out so I'm not a jack ass. Just a thought.
7. What Movies: "What movies ya got playin' right now?"......are you fucking kidding me? There is a GIANT screen behind me with all of the movies and there show times in RED. Are you really that blind or are you as lazy of a fuck as I think you are. As soon as you say that, we automatically hate you and don't want anything to do with you anymore. Maybe take a second to look at the screen and if you're little brain can't handle all of the words and numbers together then come up and talk to us, but we'll still hate you, always.
8. Walking Past Me: Do you know how many times in a five hour shift someone walks right past me. I am not a Walmart greeter you tool bag, get the fuck over here so I can rip your tickets. "Oh ha ha oopsies" have you honestly NEVER been to the theatre? Pritty sure the routines been the same since who knows how long. The only way you can get away with this is if you've honestly NEVER been to a theatre, even then grab a clue.
9. 3-D Glasses: Sometimes we forget to hand you 3-D glasses or we didn't read your neat little print-at-home ticket. That's our bad, so let us grab them for you, don't be a fucking tool and point at your ticket like we're going blind and demand glasses. That only makes me want to throw them across the lobby and say fetch mother fucker. You'd be surprised how a little courtesy goes a long way, did your parents seriously raise you to be a giant fuck head?
10. Print-At-Home: So the theatre industry has decided to make you all even more lazy by inventing the awesome print-at-home tickets. It's very easy, you all just make it complicated. You pick your movie, the showtime, how many tickets, pay, and then print. Easy right? No. As soon as they print, just fold them in half and bring them in, don't cut them yourself or do anything to them. Just leave them alone, I will do all of that for you so you can enjoy your experience with us. It's not hard, your all just stupid.
Just a few things again that I needed to vent and get off my shoulders. Again this is just me venting, and these are my opinions so don't get all butt hurt, chances are if you get offended you're one of the mentioned ass holes.
I'd also like to give a shout-out to Tommy a fellow co-worker. Today while doing a routine men's check he discovered that someone actually shit on the floor. Are you fucking serious? Was the toilet to main stream for you that you had to shit on the floor. It wasn't a child size poop either unless he was an adult size child, this was a man shit. That disgusts me and is literally the grosses thing ever, grow the fuck up and shit in the toilet like your parents hopefully taught you, fucking jack ass.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
A look into my job....
I work at a movie theatre, fun right? Well some of the time, when I'm not cleaning up after slobs and dealing with rude customers. I wanted to make a list of the things I can't stand that people do or say to me while I'm working. Nobody really thinks about some of these things, while others could care less.
1. Spit Cup: First of all that's disgusting, second of all are you to lazy to throw it away? I would rather pick up a bottle of chew that has a cap then a courtesy cup. Do you know how many times I unsuspectingly stink my thumb into chew? That's somebody elses' saliva and dirty mouth! Yuck!
2. Messy People: Is it really hard to pick you after yourself? I understand it's my job to clean up after customers, totally understand, but when you're cleaning up after 200 customers in one theatre alone it gets a little irritating. Not to mention when someone looks me dead in the eye and walks away from their garbage...really? Full bags of popcorn, unopened water bottles, pistatchio shells, sunflower seeds, wrappers (tons and tons of wrappers), not to mention when someone spills an entire BUCKET of popcorn.
The older crowd isn't so bad, the usual popcorn crumbs (everyone does it, even me!). Kids movies are the worst! All sorts of candy wrappers, popcorn tubs, freezie spills, cups, buckets, bags, and yes even the occasional diaper. The teens and young adults aren't so bad, unless it's a "scary movie" or a very popular movie, then it's disgusting. Did anyone teach their kids to clean up after themselves?
3. Complaints about cost: "This is ridiculous!", "Are you kidding me?!", Are you joking? We're leaving", "Why is it so expensive?", "You need to lower the price, that's bullshit", blah blah blah. I along with my co-workers and other staff members DON't and I repeat DON'T make up the prices, we didn't just sit around a table one day and say, "this will piss em off! muahaha!". The company made up the price, we just do our jobs. I understand it's expensive, trust me I get it, and it sucks but I also can't do anything about. I can take the occasional complaints, but what really gets me is when people are yelling at me while they continue to purchase tickets or concessions items...really? If it's that expensive and costing you SO much money then you think you wouldn't purchase the tickets or concessions right?
4. Kids Talking/Being on Phones: I can't stand when people are talking or texting during a movie, heck I can't even stand when people talk during previews. You come to the movies for the "experience" I mean you're spending a lot of money to come to a movie you want to see. So you don't want to be interrupted by someones stupid conversation that has nothing to do with the movie, or someone whos mindlessly texting throught the entire movie. Please let us know so we can stop it and you can enjoy your show, don't however come out and yell at me when it happens. If I have no idea whats going on how am I supposed to stop it? We have theare checks every thirty-twenty minutes but we don't always catch whats going on. So don't come up to me like I can read minds and automatically know whats happening in your auditorium.
5. No Sound: Sometimes there are technical difficulties we don't know about, if we know about it trust me we're fixing it. We don't want you to miss your show, so we do everything we can to make it easier. Simply walk out of your theatre, grab the nearest employee or manager and tell them what's going on. Don't rush out of your theatre like there is a fire and everyones going to die, scream at me, death glare me, and then stomp back into your auditorium. If anything that makes me laugh at you and go slower, rude yes, but true.
6. You're Not Old Enough? Tough shit. I could care less if you're not old enough to see a movie, there are FEDERAL laws that prohibit little babies like you from seeing a Rated R movie. Half of the time do they need to be rated r? Probably not but sorry it's my job to make sure you're not in there. Yelling at me about how it's bullshit isn't my problem and only makes it my mission in life to ensure you never see the inside of that theatre. I along with my co workers HATE when you try to sneak in, it becomes a fun game for us to make sure you leave our establishment. After a while you annoy us, hidding out in the bathrooms, pretending your lost, "forgetting" your ticket stubs, acting all confused, and what not. When you do get caught be a big kid, dont' cuss me out and yell at me, it just prooves how immature and undeserving you are to be in the theatre. P.S. We all hate you too.
Also bring your I.D. ahead of time, dont know what the movies rated? Here's a hint genious look it up! As much as we love to hear how you left it in the car, or it's total bullshit we again dont care.
7. Excited? Don't Run: Do you know how many people run to an auditorium when they are so excited they could pee themselves? If you trip and fall I will laugh at you, the movies going NOWHERE. It's going to start on time and again it's not going anywhere. Why you feel the need to run to the movie is beyond me, not to mention its a safety hazard and you look like an idiot, and that means you Twilight and Harry Potter fans.
8. Waiting in Line? So is Everyone Else: Ever find yourself waiting in line for the next showing? Awesome it means a couple of things, one the previous movie isn't out yet, or two we're cleaning it. People thing that just because a movie got out it's magically ready for the next showing. Uhh, no, exactly opposite. There are over 200 seats in a bigger auditorum and a movie like Twilight or Harry Potter is jam packed to the brim and sold out. Combine that with food and slobs and you get a disgusting auditorum that has us dripping with sweat trying to clean it as fast as we can. So messy in fact that it takes almost three garbage cans full of trash to get it clean and about three employees. So shut up about how you've been waiting in line FOREVER and we need to hurry up, we hate you.
9. READ: Ever get a coupon or what not? Read them people! Half the time the stupid questions you ask us and yell at us about are explained on the coupon. We have to sit there and smile while you scream at us and sometimes causes a HUGE scene when it's simply stated on the coupon in black ink. Then after you feel like a complete idiot that you are by the way, you yell at us some more. I'm sorry you're dumb and can't read or you didn't call a head and get the information you needed, I'm trying to get through my shift so I can go home and rid my mind of your stupid banter. Again, your dumb and I hate you.
10. Spill?: When you spill something in an auditorum or throw up or whatever you do that requires me to get a mop, let us know. You don't have to get up like the speed of lightning, even on your way out just let us know. It makes clean up way faster and easier and gets the next customers into their auditorium faster. I've even had a teen customer drop her 44 oz (that ALOT) slurpee all over the floor, look at me, laugh, and walk off...I wanted to grab you by your hair and rub your face in it and yell "see that? that's a no no! bad girl!!" because your stupid.
11. Look Up the Time on Some Crap Site?: The only place to find movies times that are 100% accurate are through the theatre and if the theatres small and doesn't have their own website then go to Fandango which is the next best thing. Don't look in the newspaper or some site that claims to have our times, because guess what? 99.9% of the time thier wrong, and then we have to listen to you bitch about how the showtimes are wrong and we need to get on that. No, you need to be a big kid and look up the right times. Not sure still if it's the right time? Call us,we'd be happy to tell you so we avoid stupid angry people.
12. We're Busy?: Every call a theatre and their busy? Chances are they are very busy so stop being stupid. I've had a HUGE line of customers and we aren't able to get another employee in to help, ring ring ring, crap..."hello", "Yeah, hi, I'd like ALL of your showtimes and movies", "Uhhh is there a specific genre you're looking for?"..."Nope.."..."You can call 1-800-FANDAGO and they'll give you all the showtimes and listings", "No"....That makes me what to hang up on you or put you on hold and never pick up until my line is gone.
13. Long Lines?: Guess what it's probably a VERY busy movie, it's the weekend, or everyones craving a movie. When we have huge lines and we're understaffed, it means we dont' have enough people. We have every person available to help in the areas their knowledgable in to help. Sometimes you catch us at an odd time when we're doing shift changes which takes a lot of time. We have to count people out and count people in and get them on their tills, it's not a two mintues process. We do as much as we can to make things efficent, so dont come up and tell me "you need more people, like, now".....um go away because your an asshole and I say "yeah we're on it......glare". Don't every TELL me to get more people, ask or be polite dont come up to me like you own the place because I will do the exact opposite and pretend our lobby is empty because I now don't like you.
14. Use the Potty?: Congratulations! You emptied your bladder in our bathrroom stall, now turn around and FLUSH the toilet. Last time I checked unless you're a small child in our restroom who looks like a deer in the headlights, you're old enought to flush the toilet. Don't like touching it? Use your foot, that's what I do. I dont like flushing your urine and your poop, especially if you dont. It's digusting and makes me want to vomit and rub your face in it. I'm not your mother or you bitch.
These are just some of my vents, I understand a lot of this is apart of my job. I like my job and do my job to the best of my ability. This is just an insight into the thoughts of an employee, so maybe next time you can become a customer we all love to serve, not hate.
1. Spit Cup: First of all that's disgusting, second of all are you to lazy to throw it away? I would rather pick up a bottle of chew that has a cap then a courtesy cup. Do you know how many times I unsuspectingly stink my thumb into chew? That's somebody elses' saliva and dirty mouth! Yuck!
2. Messy People: Is it really hard to pick you after yourself? I understand it's my job to clean up after customers, totally understand, but when you're cleaning up after 200 customers in one theatre alone it gets a little irritating. Not to mention when someone looks me dead in the eye and walks away from their garbage...really? Full bags of popcorn, unopened water bottles, pistatchio shells, sunflower seeds, wrappers (tons and tons of wrappers), not to mention when someone spills an entire BUCKET of popcorn.
The older crowd isn't so bad, the usual popcorn crumbs (everyone does it, even me!). Kids movies are the worst! All sorts of candy wrappers, popcorn tubs, freezie spills, cups, buckets, bags, and yes even the occasional diaper. The teens and young adults aren't so bad, unless it's a "scary movie" or a very popular movie, then it's disgusting. Did anyone teach their kids to clean up after themselves?
3. Complaints about cost: "This is ridiculous!", "Are you kidding me?!", Are you joking? We're leaving", "Why is it so expensive?", "You need to lower the price, that's bullshit", blah blah blah. I along with my co-workers and other staff members DON't and I repeat DON'T make up the prices, we didn't just sit around a table one day and say, "this will piss em off! muahaha!". The company made up the price, we just do our jobs. I understand it's expensive, trust me I get it, and it sucks but I also can't do anything about. I can take the occasional complaints, but what really gets me is when people are yelling at me while they continue to purchase tickets or concessions items...really? If it's that expensive and costing you SO much money then you think you wouldn't purchase the tickets or concessions right?
4. Kids Talking/Being on Phones: I can't stand when people are talking or texting during a movie, heck I can't even stand when people talk during previews. You come to the movies for the "experience" I mean you're spending a lot of money to come to a movie you want to see. So you don't want to be interrupted by someones stupid conversation that has nothing to do with the movie, or someone whos mindlessly texting throught the entire movie. Please let us know so we can stop it and you can enjoy your show, don't however come out and yell at me when it happens. If I have no idea whats going on how am I supposed to stop it? We have theare checks every thirty-twenty minutes but we don't always catch whats going on. So don't come up to me like I can read minds and automatically know whats happening in your auditorium.
5. No Sound: Sometimes there are technical difficulties we don't know about, if we know about it trust me we're fixing it. We don't want you to miss your show, so we do everything we can to make it easier. Simply walk out of your theatre, grab the nearest employee or manager and tell them what's going on. Don't rush out of your theatre like there is a fire and everyones going to die, scream at me, death glare me, and then stomp back into your auditorium. If anything that makes me laugh at you and go slower, rude yes, but true.
6. You're Not Old Enough? Tough shit. I could care less if you're not old enough to see a movie, there are FEDERAL laws that prohibit little babies like you from seeing a Rated R movie. Half of the time do they need to be rated r? Probably not but sorry it's my job to make sure you're not in there. Yelling at me about how it's bullshit isn't my problem and only makes it my mission in life to ensure you never see the inside of that theatre. I along with my co workers HATE when you try to sneak in, it becomes a fun game for us to make sure you leave our establishment. After a while you annoy us, hidding out in the bathrooms, pretending your lost, "forgetting" your ticket stubs, acting all confused, and what not. When you do get caught be a big kid, dont' cuss me out and yell at me, it just prooves how immature and undeserving you are to be in the theatre. P.S. We all hate you too.
Also bring your I.D. ahead of time, dont know what the movies rated? Here's a hint genious look it up! As much as we love to hear how you left it in the car, or it's total bullshit we again dont care.
7. Excited? Don't Run: Do you know how many people run to an auditorium when they are so excited they could pee themselves? If you trip and fall I will laugh at you, the movies going NOWHERE. It's going to start on time and again it's not going anywhere. Why you feel the need to run to the movie is beyond me, not to mention its a safety hazard and you look like an idiot, and that means you Twilight and Harry Potter fans.
8. Waiting in Line? So is Everyone Else: Ever find yourself waiting in line for the next showing? Awesome it means a couple of things, one the previous movie isn't out yet, or two we're cleaning it. People thing that just because a movie got out it's magically ready for the next showing. Uhh, no, exactly opposite. There are over 200 seats in a bigger auditorum and a movie like Twilight or Harry Potter is jam packed to the brim and sold out. Combine that with food and slobs and you get a disgusting auditorum that has us dripping with sweat trying to clean it as fast as we can. So messy in fact that it takes almost three garbage cans full of trash to get it clean and about three employees. So shut up about how you've been waiting in line FOREVER and we need to hurry up, we hate you.
9. READ: Ever get a coupon or what not? Read them people! Half the time the stupid questions you ask us and yell at us about are explained on the coupon. We have to sit there and smile while you scream at us and sometimes causes a HUGE scene when it's simply stated on the coupon in black ink. Then after you feel like a complete idiot that you are by the way, you yell at us some more. I'm sorry you're dumb and can't read or you didn't call a head and get the information you needed, I'm trying to get through my shift so I can go home and rid my mind of your stupid banter. Again, your dumb and I hate you.
10. Spill?: When you spill something in an auditorum or throw up or whatever you do that requires me to get a mop, let us know. You don't have to get up like the speed of lightning, even on your way out just let us know. It makes clean up way faster and easier and gets the next customers into their auditorium faster. I've even had a teen customer drop her 44 oz (that ALOT) slurpee all over the floor, look at me, laugh, and walk off...I wanted to grab you by your hair and rub your face in it and yell "see that? that's a no no! bad girl!!" because your stupid.
11. Look Up the Time on Some Crap Site?: The only place to find movies times that are 100% accurate are through the theatre and if the theatres small and doesn't have their own website then go to Fandango which is the next best thing. Don't look in the newspaper or some site that claims to have our times, because guess what? 99.9% of the time thier wrong, and then we have to listen to you bitch about how the showtimes are wrong and we need to get on that. No, you need to be a big kid and look up the right times. Not sure still if it's the right time? Call us,we'd be happy to tell you so we avoid stupid angry people.
12. We're Busy?: Every call a theatre and their busy? Chances are they are very busy so stop being stupid. I've had a HUGE line of customers and we aren't able to get another employee in to help, ring ring ring, crap..."hello", "Yeah, hi, I'd like ALL of your showtimes and movies", "Uhhh is there a specific genre you're looking for?"..."Nope.."..."You can call 1-800-FANDAGO and they'll give you all the showtimes and listings", "No"....That makes me what to hang up on you or put you on hold and never pick up until my line is gone.
13. Long Lines?: Guess what it's probably a VERY busy movie, it's the weekend, or everyones craving a movie. When we have huge lines and we're understaffed, it means we dont' have enough people. We have every person available to help in the areas their knowledgable in to help. Sometimes you catch us at an odd time when we're doing shift changes which takes a lot of time. We have to count people out and count people in and get them on their tills, it's not a two mintues process. We do as much as we can to make things efficent, so dont come up and tell me "you need more people, like, now".....um go away because your an asshole and I say "yeah we're on it......glare". Don't every TELL me to get more people, ask or be polite dont come up to me like you own the place because I will do the exact opposite and pretend our lobby is empty because I now don't like you.
14. Use the Potty?: Congratulations! You emptied your bladder in our bathrroom stall, now turn around and FLUSH the toilet. Last time I checked unless you're a small child in our restroom who looks like a deer in the headlights, you're old enought to flush the toilet. Don't like touching it? Use your foot, that's what I do. I dont like flushing your urine and your poop, especially if you dont. It's digusting and makes me want to vomit and rub your face in it. I'm not your mother or you bitch.
These are just some of my vents, I understand a lot of this is apart of my job. I like my job and do my job to the best of my ability. This is just an insight into the thoughts of an employee, so maybe next time you can become a customer we all love to serve, not hate.
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