I Sense Toil And Trouble

(A customer hands me a ticket to a movie that we are not ready to let people into yet.)

Me: “Oh, I’m sorry. The auditorium for [Movie] is just being cleaned right now.”

Customer #1: “Oh, okay. No problem.”

Customer #2: *comes running up to me* “What did you say about [Movie]? What’s wrong?”

Me: “Nothing is wrong. We’re just cleaning the seats and aisles before we let people in.”

Customer #2: “Oh, thank goodness! I thought you said it was being ‘cleansed.’ I don’t want a movie theater that believes in that new-age, spiritual, witchcraft stuff!”

Me: “Oh. Nothing like that happens here.”

Customer #2: “Good!”

(The movie she was waiting to see? ‘Season Of The Witch.’)