I go at oddball times and I go to out of the way places that are usually less crowded. Most time’s we (my brother and I) are the only people in the place.
HOWEVER, went to the dreadful ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and we took our wives. They can’t get themselves ready to be at an early movie so we went later than I would have like. Packed house.
My brother and I grab four seats and our wives go for food. Dude and his girl come up and are about to plop into our wive’s seats. I lean over, ‘Sorry. Our wives are sitting there.’ I say it with an apologetic look on my face. Nice as I can.
I get this from the girl: 'Bullshit, pal. I’ve been up and down these #ucking steps for two seats together so If they are not here then they don’t get the seats. (Pause. She and her man sit down in the seats. She looks at me.) ‘Tough Shit’, she says.
I sit back in my seat and look ahead. Shocked. My brother looks at me. He’s pretty easy going and he’s pissed, I can tell. I know I can’t intimidate or pound on this woman. So I try a different approach on the guy: ‘This bitch always like this?’ He says nothing. 'Tell you what. Enjoy this fucking movie.
Because this bitch here just got your ass kicked. When it’s over, I’ll be waiting for you right outside that door. And I am going to pound on you until I don’t feel like slapping that bitch sitting next to you anymore.’ She says, ‘Oh, fuck you! You aren’t going to do shit.’
But I’m not saying anything, just looking at the guy. They sit there for a few minutes and he whispers in her ear. She starts bitching but he grabs her arm and pulls her out of the movie. They left. Passed my wife and sister-in-law as they are leaving. They never came back as far as I could see.
[quote]T234 wrote:
The thing is the knife is like an extension of my hand it is so easy so take out and open. I carried the knife for protection because I am in Canada and we are not allowed handguns. After talking with the police/counsellors, they agreed I might not have been able to stop myself, but that I should have left way before I got that close to the edge. My problem is that I am passive aggressive, and I don’t really show to much anger until I snap. Not a good way to be, but I am in therapy now and working on it![/quote]
Finally, someone else responded. I mean, granted, the other stories were really funny, but how have more people not commented on this?
I probably only find this so fascinating because Im pretty sure in the 100 times I’ve asked people to quiet down, I’ve also though, “I would love to slit this guy’s throat and shut him up.”
This guy just takes it to a whole new level.
What is there to comment on? I’ve known people who got stabbed because they stepped on some guy’s shoe. I grew up around shit like that and was raised not to glorify it. Lack of self control is not an asset. Would I have said something to some guy kicking my chair? Yes. I would also probably get pretty loud, and from past experiences, they would probably quit after that. Stabbing some guy over it and jeopardizing my own future is just stupid. I think of consequences to my actions instead of just acting. I also know that if you look intimidating enough, it usually avoids most of this nonsense unless someone is just trying to show out in front of their friends.
I can understand completely how I would feel if someone was spitting on me. It might even break out into a fight…but attempting to kill them over it would be avoided. I think someone who so easily crosses that line has some internal issues they need to work out. There is a line between masculinity and insanity/stupidity even if some seem to not understand that.[/quote]
This is more of what I meant. Not any attempts to glorify his actions, but rather a response to the given situation.
It’s rare that you hear of a justifiable stabbing here in DC, but I’ve also never seen an attack due to movie theater conduct.
That being said, spitting on someone is foul and inexcusable. I’m not sure I would have handled that well.
[quote]DS 007 wrote:
I lean over, ‘Sorry. Our wives are sitting there.’ I say it with an apologetic look on my face. Nice as I can.
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That is why I never go during the opening week of a movie. You go to sit down in an empty seat and some woman walks over and tells you that someone is already sitting there. You get that shit all the time. Someone gets there and takes up 10 or so seats.
I went to an opening (I was a teenager, then) and I sat down in four different seats to have someone tell me the seats were taken. It was like Forrest Gump on the bus. I got pissed and got a refund and went home. I have no idea what I would’ve done now.
[quote]DS 007 wrote:
I go at oddball times and I go to out of the way places that are usually less crowded. Most time’s we (my brother and I) are the only people in the place.
HOWEVER, went to the dreadful ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and we took our wives. They can’t get themselves ready to be at an early movie so we went later than I would have like. Packed house.
My brother and I grab four seats and our wives go for food. Dude and his girl come up and are about to plop into our wive’s seats. I lean over, ‘Sorry. Our wives are sitting there.’ I say it with an apologetic look on my face. Nice as I can.
I get this from the girl: 'Bullshit, pal. I’ve been up and down these #ucking steps for two seats together so If they are not here then they don’t get the seats. (Pause. She and her man sit down in the seats. She looks at me.) ‘Tough Shit’, she says.
I sit back in my seat and look ahead. Shocked. My brother looks at me. He’s pretty easy going and he’s pissed, I can tell. I know I can’t intimidate or pound on this woman. So I try a different approach on the guy: ‘This bitch always like this?’ He says nothing. 'Tell you what. Enjoy this fucking movie.
Because this bitch here just got your ass kicked. When it’s over, I’ll be waiting for you right outside that door. And I am going to pound on you until I don’t feel like slapping that bitch sitting next to you anymore.’ She says, ‘Oh, fuck you! You aren’t going to do shit.’
But I’m not saying anything, just looking at the guy. They sit there for a few minutes and he whispers in her ear. She starts bitching but he grabs her arm and pulls her out of the movie. They left. Passed my wife and sister-in-law as they are leaving. They never came back as far as I could see.
I hope he dumped that bitch.[/quote]
That is quality. You handled that situation perfectly. haha
Or you could have just taken out your knife and slit her throat! That would’ve shown her.