A manager of local cinema posted the following message on my town’s local Facebook page yesterday.
Cinema Manager: “Just a little note to say we are closed until Wednesday the 26th, and we will reopen with Top Gun: Maverick.”
This post then immediately receives the following response:
Customer: “Are you open tomorrow for Sonic 2?”
At our theater, we have to card anyone who looks under twenty-six who wants to see an R-rated film. A customer comes in who looks like a teenager.
Customer: “I’d like a ticket for [R-Rated Film].”
Me: “Can I see your ID, please?”
Customer: “I don’t have one with me.”
Me: “Then I’m afraid I can’t sell you a ticket to [R-Rated Film].”
Customer: “Okay. Give me a ticket for [Other Film], then.”
I sold it to him. My usher, manager, and I saw this is a red flag, but we knew to check up on him.
When our usher did his theater checks, there was no one in the theater for [Other Film]. I checked the seat map, went in, and saw no one. I then went to check the theater for [R-Rated Film] with our usher. We stood close enough to the front for guests to notice us but not for us to be in the way of the screen.
I spotted the customer and went to talk to my manager, who returned to the theater with me. The customer saw her and slumped down in his chair. Then, he slowly got up and left the theater with his head hanging low, not saying a word.
I don’t know what he thought he was doing, but with three employees around when he tried to buy an R-rated ticket, he surely wasn’t going to get away with sneaking in.
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I am working at the box office when two teenage-looking boys come up. The first one does look like he is over seventeen, but I am not completely sure. I ask him what film he wants to see and he says [New Popular R-rated Horror Film]. He then asks me if I want to check his ID. I do. He is old enough.
Since I can’t tell the age of the other boy, I ask to see his ID, as well.
Me: “Can I see your ID?”
Boy: “I don’t have it on me.”
Me: “I’m sorry, but I can’t sell you a ticket to this movie.”
Boy: “Please! You sold one to him!”
Me: “I checked his ID and he is seventeen. He can buy one ticket for himself.”
Boy: “I promise I am old enough. I can show you my report card!”
I had to turn him away. Who thinks a report card will prove to me you are old enough to see an R-rated film?
A lot of couples come into the cinema to get some special sexy time, as they are young and can’t get their jiggy on at home. We can always tell as they are usually between seventeen and nineteen, they look nervous, and they ask which films are popular and then choose the ones that no one is watching.
One day, this couple comes in, and we go through the usual bit of, “Is this film any good?” They go see “Match Point”, a boring film about tennis. Twenty minutes later, they come back looking extremely angry, and they complain, demanding a refund.
Customers: “The screen is too busy!”
I manage a movie theater. A customer passed out during a showing. Friends were worried. I stopped the movie so we could move the lounge-style furniture out of the paramedics’ way.
While we were moving the furniture, more than one customer approached and said something like:
Customers: *Annoyed* “Can you hurry up? We want to get back to our movie!”
