So I am visting my sisters in Yorktown, VA and were at the movies tonight watching Bourne (what a sweet movie), about half way through my phone vibrates, its a buddy so i text back real quick (in front of my stomach with brightness dimmed as low as possible) and a cop comes over waving his flashlight at me saying sir you have to come with me, i go outside and he's like you need to give your cell phone to the manage till the movies over. im like wtf? i said thats alright im just gonna leave, he wouldn't let me return into the theater with my phone to get my sisters, so i had to give it to the manager, which then locked it in a room, i go get my sisters and when i come out the manager is already somewhere else....comes out 5 minutes later unclocks the room and gives me my phone. WTF :| :| I mean is that even right? can they fvking do that? He made more of a scene than me texting quietly.
Just got cell phone taken away from movie staff cause i was texting...
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IMO, cel phones being used in any way, shape, or form in a movie theater is asinine.
Unless it was an emergency or something
Unless it was an emergency or something
kids running in front of you ten times throughout the movie to get popcorn and crap is asinine, bumping my chair like a jack russell terrier is asinine, i text quietly so no one can see (welcome to 2007) i mean wtf. you wan the luxury of privacy and quiet movie time, put a home theater in your house...
Ding Ding Ding!...... We've got a winner Johnny!
People need to shut the damn thing off when in a place like this.
Oh here we go again, of course ATOT will flame the OP and defend the manager
But having a phone on SILENCE and having it turned off is the exact same thing unless you answer a call, which he didnt, and yes answering calls is stupid, BUT HE DIDNT, so whats the problem again? Oh, it bothers me to see a faint light on the corner of my eye for 30 seconds while I watch my 2 hour movie
Puulease
But having a phone on SILENCE and having it turned off is the exact same thing unless you answer a call, which he didnt, and yes answering calls is stupid, BUT HE DIDNT, so whats the problem again? Oh, it bothers me to see a faint light on the corner of my eye for 30 seconds while I watch my 2 hour movie
Puulease
Why did you bother to reply in the first place? I understand checking to see if it's an emergency, but if it's just some little cute message from your buddy does that absolutely demand a response?
You say the movie was "sweet". Were you even interested in the movie or did you come out with some vague sense that it was good? I ask this question because, barring a real emergency, NOTHING the little gadget in my pocket does is going to tear my attention away from a truly good movie long enough to text someone.
You say the movie was "sweet". Were you even interested in the movie or did you come out with some vague sense that it was good? I ask this question because, barring a real emergency, NOTHING the little gadget in my pocket does is going to tear my attention away from a truly good movie long enough to text someone.
The quick answer here is to not deal with your DAMN phone! You're there to watch a movie pilgrim. You should have it OFF before you hit the ticket counter.
wow, so there should be a sign that says respond to text messages only if its an emergency, we might then have to put what exactly qualify as an emergency...i mean whos to tell me whether or not i have a good excuse to text or not, the time it took me to read and respond to the text was literally a vast 20 seconds. in that time the officer seen it and came right over as superman, made a HUGE scene for the entire crowd to witnes....and then i left, then came back in and made another scene as i got my sisters to leave. WTF im such a bad guy here....
wow, people.....
Good, I'm sick of clowns like you who JUST HAVE to text each other about the latest Fall Out Boy Single. Stop being a woman and put the damn phone down during the movie.
Capt Caveman
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I use email on BB for my job. I have to answer it the messages. If a cop told me something or the staff did. I'd gather my family and we would leave after they gave me a refund.
My phone vibrating and me typing a few words is nothing compared to normal theater distractions. People getting up and coming back. People spilling their m&m's. Slurping their drinks. Crunching their popcorn.
Now please keep in mind I am not writing a book on my BB... just answer a question or two.
However, if you were being louder than the normal distractions and were actually disturbing other movie watchers, that's a different story.
My phone vibrating and me typing a few words is nothing compared to normal theater distractions. People getting up and coming back. People spilling their m&m's. Slurping their drinks. Crunching their popcorn.
Now please keep in mind I am not writing a book on my BB... just answer a question or two.
However, if you were being louder than the normal distractions and were actually disturbing other movie watchers, that's a different story.
waggy
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so you would inconviance and dispoint your family because you can't wait an hour? nice.
pesonally i think if they have to ask someone to not text and the person has a hissy fit and demands a refund i dont think the place should give it to them.
Its people like this that made me get a decent Home theatre.
Lemme be clarify my statement. I don't think you did anything wrong and I seriously doubt that your texting was going to bother anyone. I'm just expressing my disdain for the importance that many people seem to place on anything that happens to come out of that little communications device we call a cell-phone.
You get a text message and suddenly everything else in the world is less important than whatever inane thing you see on the screen. If the damn thing actually rings then you stop whatever you are doing (it doesn't matter what) and answer it.
Like I said I understand that a real emergency would have to supersede most things that you might be doing when you learn of it, but few people seem to make the distinction between a real emergency and some random person calling you up to chat (or text). If you have something better to do the why can't these random people wait? Why must you drop everything and respond immediately?
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