Movie Etiquette

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[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Sadly, you cannot control the scum of the earth. You just have to plan your life around them.

The other day I was at the dog park. A dog took the toy my dog and I were playing with and ran away with it. The dog’s owners were such low-lifes they couldn’t control their dog to retrieve the toy. The dog kept running away from them. I said to them, “Your dog is like a hyena. You should have control over him. You need to start training him.”

Their answer: “Don’t bring a toy to the park.” I said, “Well, I don’t mind if other dogs play with the toy, but I need to leave.”

Finally, I said, “Hey, I need to get my dog a new toy, anyway. They are $20 new. Since your dog likes the toy, give me $10 and we’ll call it even.”

This sent her over the top. (Her boyfriend just cowered and said nothing like the little bitch that he was!) “I would never paid $10 for that piece of shit toy.” When I said, “Well, your dog seems to like. Take personal responsibly. It’s not your dogs fault he’s not trained,” she said “I’ll get it from him when we leave and leave it here for you.”

I said, “You’re bad people. I don’t want anything to do with you” and walked away.

It’s a typical day in the life, unfortunately, which is why I avoid other people whenever practical.[/quote]

No offense, but I would never take toys or food to a dog park. You are asking for trouble. Take your dog to a dog park to socialize with other dogs, not to play with you and your toy in front of other dogs. The other people may be clods, but the decision to take your dogs toy into a dog park with other dogs is foolish in the first place.

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[quote]gone heavy wrote:
I remember as a kid going to certain theatres who had a room in the back with glass for moms and their kids. If you came with anyone under 10, you had to sit there.[/quote]

you’re kidding, right? that’s hillarious

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
btm62 wrote:
I had some guy in back of me sing all the show tunes during the coming attraction and coke advertisements. I was going to kill him if he did it during the movie. He didn’t. He’s still alive and I’m not in prison.

I woulda went Costanza on him. lol.

“Cause I would love it!”

Er, sorry about that. I like show tunes.[/quote]

That’s fine man, but the coke advertisements too? That’s just too much.

Seriously though, I hate going to movie theaters because of situations like this.

People suck. Plain and simple.

And to the person who said that you can’t just leave your kid with anyone so that’s why you bring them. Here’s an idea. STAY HOME!

You are a parent now and don’t have the freedom to do things that you once had. I’m not attacking you, I just hate that. “I couldn’t find a babysitter so I had to bring junior with me.”

Um, how about you just stay home with junior so us adults can have a good time.

But I don’t have kids so I don’t understand the plight of parents.

Damn, do I sound like a crotchety old man or what? Stay off my lawn you damn kids!

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It’s unfortunate that more and more people are becoming rude and disrespectful. I like to see a good movie, but I hate dealing with the idiots that seem to always be around.

From the people that bring their kids to movies and other places they don’t belong, to the people that don’t stop talking, kicking the back of your seat or making stupid comments, to the people that keep making jokes or excessive noise eating, drinking, talking on their cell phones or texting other people, it seems that there is no escape.

I’ve had to ask people to be quiet or stop kicking my seat back, and I’ve even had to get an usher to have some dumb punks removed because they wouldn’t shut up.

Short of violence, the best thing you can do is to be polite and respectful in your request. If they do not heed your request, just get an usher or manager to remove the problematic person. Or ask for a refund and catch the movie at a different time or wait until you can get it on Pay-Per-View or DVD.

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How about you take your dog park stories and start your own thread. I am still reeling from this traumatic experience to be dealing with this right now.

[quote]doiron wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Sadly, you cannot control the scum of the earth. You just have to plan your life around them.

The other day I was at the dog park. A dog took the toy my dog and I were playing with and ran away with it. The dog’s owners were such low-lifes they couldn’t control their dog to retrieve the toy. The dog kept running away from them. I said to them, “Your dog is like a hyena. You should have control over him. You need to start training him.”

Their answer: “Don’t bring a toy to the park.” I said, “Well, I don’t mind if other dogs play with the toy, but I need to leave.”

Finally, I said, “Hey, I need to get my dog a new toy, anyway. They are $20 new. Since your dog likes the toy, give me $10 and we’ll call it even.”

This sent her over the top. (Her boyfriend just cowered and said nothing like the little bitch that he was!) “I would never paid $10 for that piece of shit toy.” When I said, “Well, your dog seems to like. Take personal responsibly. It’s not your dogs fault he’s not trained,” she said “I’ll get it from him when we leave and leave it here for you.”

I said, “You’re bad people. I don’t want anything to do with you” and walked away.

It’s a typical day in the life, unfortunately, which is why I avoid other people whenever practical.

No offense, but I would never take toys or food to a dog park. You are asking for trouble. Take your dog to a dog park to socialize with other dogs, not to play with you and your toy in front of other dogs. The other people may be clods, but the decision to take your dogs toy into a dog park with other dogs is foolish in the first place.[/quote]

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They were def onto something there.

[quote]robo1 wrote:
gone heavy wrote:
I remember as a kid going to certain theatres who had a room in the back with glass for moms and their kids. If you came with anyone under 10, you had to sit there.

you’re kidding, right? that’s hillarious
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Well I did take a good look at the guy and maybe faith will have it he walks in front of my during my deads tonight in the gym.

[quote]FrankieG wrote:
I know how you feel man! Shit sucks either way.

On your original message when you said, “If I beat the guy in front his three year old, what kind of person would that make me?”

I know this isn’t realistic, but maybe the guy needed to get his head kicked in in front of his kids so A)He doesn’t do that stupid shit again and B) his kid won’t do that same type of shit.

I know I’m just wishful thinking here, but if the parents are too stupid to realize what they’re teaching their kids, then they need to be taught a lesson.

Kudos, on keepin it cool though. You’re a better man than I![/quote]

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I grab the wrist and they will scream bloody murder that I attacked them which would not bode well for my permanent resident status. I will be right back in the benelux, haha. If that is going to happen you can bet your ass I will go out swinging so I deserve to be deported.

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[quote]Leeuwer wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:

So what would you have done? The people obviously were too fucking ghetto to speak rationally to and that would have likely led to an altercation. No problem there but I was with someone and that would have been disrespectful and embarassing to her.

Plus, am I going to beat up this fucking low life in front of his three year old daughter? What would that have made me? Going to get an usher seemed gay and would have taken a good 10 minutes. Moving was not an option since it was full and I was not about to sit on the front row. I guess we could have left and asked the theater for a refund but why should I have to leave?

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Fellow Beneluxer, I know how you feel.

I’m a teacher and it bugs a fucking great deal when people can’t control their kids. I usually almost burst in frustration too, but now I force myself to make it a habit to take the parent calmly by the arm or wrist(NOTE : I actually do this - also on other occasions like in a theathers), and ask them on a calm but strong tone to "make sure that they keep their child under control, so everyone can enjoy the movie, including their child itself.

If otherwise, it would be best to go for a walk and allow the rest of the audience to enjoy their money’s worth."

I’ve used this more times than I can remember, and one time(during a play), I even got a thank you from the actors on stage.

Learn it by heart and use it plentily. (how hard you grab the wrist is up to you)

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Yeah where I went wrong is I should have said something sooner. By the time it got out of control, anything I would have done would have led to a smackdown probably. I cannot believe the other people in the immediate surroundings did not say anything.

Kicking the back of my seat is something I def do not have patience for. If it affects me physically, I have a right to respond physically…your honor…

[quote]Nate Dogg wrote:
It’s unfortunate that more and more people are becoming rude and disrespectful. I like to see a good movie, but I hate dealing with the idiots that seem to always be around.

From the people that bring their kids to movies and other places they don’t belong, to the people that don’t stop talking, kicking the back of your seat or making stupid comments, to the people that keep making jokes or excessive noise eating, drinking, talking on their cell phones or texting other people, it seems that there is no escape.

I’ve had to ask people to be quiet or stop kicking my seat back, and I’ve even had to get an usher to have some dumb punks removed because they wouldn’t shut up.

Short of violence, the best thing you can do is to be polite and respectful in your request. If they do not heed your request, just get an usher or manager to remove the problematic person. Or ask for a refund and catch the movie at a different time or wait until you can get it on Pay-Per-View or DVD.[/quote]

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[quote]dre wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
btm62 wrote:
I had some guy in back of me sing all the show tunes during the coming attraction and coke advertisements. I was going to kill him if he did it during the movie. He didn’t. He’s still alive and I’m not in prison.

I woulda went Costanza on him. lol.

“Cause I would love it!”

Er, sorry about that. I like show tunes.

That’s fine man, but the coke advertisements too? That’s just too much.

…[/quote]

I’d like to teach
the world to sing
in perfect harmony

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Once I was at the movies with this chick, and these two chicks and a dude proceed to talk about bullshit and laugh, and carry on during the enitre fucking movie. I’m thinking, why even come? They seriously weren’t even watching it at all.

Finally, I fucking lost it on them, and screamed “Seriously, are serious? You intend to talk through the whole movie?One of us is getting up and leaving and getting our money back, so just let me know. Or you can shut up.”

They shut up real quick.

I don’t play that shit with people’s children either. I was at Spiderman as well, little children have no business being there. Do they honestly think they have the attention span to shit though a 2 hour plus movie?

What’s even worse is when they bring kids to movies with graphic sex and/or violence, its like what the fuck are you thinking?

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[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
dre wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
btm62 wrote:
I had some guy in back of me sing all the show tunes during the coming attraction and coke advertisements. I was going to kill him if he did it during the movie. He didn’t. He’s still alive and I’m not in prison.

I woulda went Costanza on him. lol.

“Cause I would love it!”

Er, sorry about that. I like show tunes.

That’s fine man, but the coke advertisements too? That’s just too much.

…

I’d like to teach
the world to sing
in perfect harmony[/quote]

LMAO!

You magnificent bastard you…

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Try and control yourself.

One time the guy behind me kept in horking up and spitting on the floor behind me. It was disgusting! I kept on looking back at him with a WTF face but he wouldn’t stop. Then, like 20 minutes later, he suddenly spits on the back of my neck!!

I jumped up and stabbed him in the throat without even thinking about it. I was already so mad I just couldn’t control myself. 5 months of prison and another 6 house arrest later it really wasn’t worth it for me teaching him a lesson.

At least it will be kind of hard for him to meet a woman and have kids with a screwed up larynx like that.

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[quote]T234 wrote:
Try and control yourself.

One time the guy behind me kept in horking up and spitting on the floor behind me. It was disgusting! I kept on looking back at him with a WTF face but he wouldn’t stop. Then, like 20 minutes later, he suddenly spits on the back of my neck!!

I jumped up and stabbed him in the throat without even thinking about it. I was already so mad I just couldn’t control myself. 5 months of prison and another 6 house arrest later it really wasn’t worth it for me teaching him a lesson.

At least it will be kind of hard for him to meet a woman and have kids with a screwed up larynx like that. [/quote]

Sooooo… Was that sarcasm? If not, please let us all mix our protein and sit down in our comfy computer chairs so you can start from the beginning and tell us EXACTLY what happened…

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Unfortunately it’s true. I was with my Dad at Batman Begins. I was going to run after I did it, but my Dad convinced me not to, and I already saw people on their cell phones dialing 911. Anyways the beginning of that movie was really good! I can’t bring myself to watch the rest because it brings back to many bad memories. I’m already on anti-anxiety meds because of this.

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Done mean to hijack the thread, but i saw something similar when i went to see spiderman 3. It was full, and this guy 4 sits to my left kept having conversations with the dude next to him. About mid-movie, this big dude, tells him to shut the f up, to what this loudmouth responds “make me”.

The big dude got up climb over a row of sits stands in front of this guy and just starts swinging, he landed about 5 clean punches before he got pulled away. the funniest part was that after each punch all you could heard is the kid saying Im sorry. The kid left on his own after a couple minutes, and the big dude left about 10 mins after, security never came or anything.

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Everything has a limit.

If you kick my chair once, I will think very little of it. Twice, I’ll mark it down in my head. Third time, I stand up and face you, and ask you not to hit my chair again, it’s getting very annoying.

I apply the same thing to everything else… Talking, noisy kids, etc. We are in a close public environment where we have to tolerate each other, therefore you should take it upon yourself to think of other people.

Cell phones on the other hand, ONE ring and I give them the “you stupid fucking idiot” look.

You shouldn’t have to tolerate excessive annoyances. Just take it to the ushers or manager(sucks cause you lose 5-10 mins of the movie, but hey… no way in hell I would sit through another hour of that annoying crap).

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Because of people like this I have not been to see a movie in over five years and I doubt I will ever go see a movie at the theater again.

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I have been in those situations before, and I have asked for a refund and received it.

I dont think it is a good idea to beat people in the movie theatre, let alone in front of their kids. Verbal confrontation is not adviced either.

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[quote]poolcook wrote:
Done mean to hijack the thread, but i saw something similar when i went to see spiderman 3. It was full, and this guy 4 sits to my left kept having conversations with the dude next to him. About mid-movie, this big dude, tells him to shut the f up, to what this loudmouth responds “make me”.

The big dude got up climb over a row of sits stands in front of this guy and just starts swinging, he landed about 5 clean punches before he got pulled away. the funniest part was that after each punch all you could heard is the kid saying Im sorry. The kid left on his own after a couple minutes, and the big dude left about 10 mins after, security never came or anything.[/quote]

Because everyone in the theater was grateful that the big guy shut that kid up. The problem with a lot of young people these days is that the zero tolerance polices at school mean that they’ve never gotten their ass beat.

I’m not saying that I advocate violence, but a fist fight between eight year-olds is no big deal. I beat up a few of my classmates, and got my ass handed to me a few times, and you usually end up as friends afterwards. It also teaches you to watch your mouth. Hopefully the kid sitting 4 seats next to you finally learned this lesson without losing too many teeth.