Fun at the movies

[dvandom]

Today I went to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. But this short entry isn't about the movie.

No, it's about the fact that an idiot behind me thought it would be acceptable to listen to the football game on his earphones while sitting in a movie theater. I nearly had to physically remove the damn thing to get him to stop. His friends were even saying things like, "Dude, do you think people can't HEAR that?" before I got irritated enough to turn around and start berating him (it took more than one 'turn around and berate' to get him to stop).

Sigh. You'd think the ticket-taker would've noticed his headphones and pointed out the basics of courtesy, but maybe the theater employee couldn't believe someone would be such an asshat as to actually turn the things on while in the theater.

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[susp.livejournal.com]

You think that's inconsiderate? Back when I worked at one of those mega-movie plexes, a couple of filthy hicks were got guzzling beer in the damn theatre---in front of their kids no less. Naturally, the security guards dragged their worthless asses out into the lobby to wait for the police.

[liabrown]

When I was at the con a few weeks ago, I was covering one of the panels (don't remember which one), and somebody was asking a question of the pros, only to be drowned out by some jackass talking on his phone.