An open letter to the worst human being to ever sit in a movie theater.

I couldn't get through the whole thing. McWeeny is usually too long winded...He sat next to and a-hole. Got it...I sat next to someone with parkinson's once! At first, when they sat down, I thought they were just settling in, but after a minute or so I realized the person was not going to stop moving...SO I GOT UP AND WENT TO ANOTHER SEAT. If there wasn't one, I'd come back another time. Even if Stanley Kubrick's frozen corpse were re-animated and he made another opus, and it was opening night of a limited run, I'd rather skip it than have a miserable moviegoing experience...and certainly THIS MEANS WAR isn't even worth five seconds of mild discomfort.
 
I agree, and fortunately I've never had an audience member be that out-of-control obnoxious. In my experience, most people are quieted by a simple, yet firm "Do you mind?"

There is something to be said for total a-holes, though. Not as much as was said in McWeeny's rant, haha, but if I were him I'd have not only left the screening but informed the theater manager of why I was leaving, and why they should have had spot checks for "quality assurance" like I used to do when I ushered at a theater in WV. It's entirely the theater's job to ensure that the "moviegoing" experience is as comfortable and enjoyable as can possibly be for each and every viewer, even if that means offending, upsetting or kicking out a particular viewer or group.
 
He's being immature. The simple fact is that when you're out in public you are going to come across people with mental health issues.

If you can move seats, do so. If you cannot, then complain to the manager and/or get your money back.

He should have realised pretty quickly that the lady was socially inept, possibly with some kind of mental disorder and not simply "rude".
 
Really? I don't think it's a mental disorder, I think it's just being an a-hole. Some people just have no consideration for others.
 
Michael Traven said:
Really? I don't think it's a mental disorder, I think it's just being an a-hole. Some people just have no consideration for others.
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Well maybe. I guess the fact is that while one "crazy" poops into a popcorn container another might talk during a film and not restrain herself when asked. In both cases you just walk away from the crazy. You don't sit there and put up with it and then blog about it. Every single time I have asked someone to shut up they have shut up. So when the day comes when they don't shut up I will realise this person is not "normal" and I should react with that in mind.
 
I remember two bad experiences. A family sat behind and proceeded to talk through the movie as though they were in their living room. I told them if they continued I would go call the manager. They got quiet, but with a full theater, we had no other place to go. Man gave me snide looks after they left. But working as hotel manager and hearing complaints, I'm not one now to let things go.

Another experience a homeless man fell asleep during the movie and he snored. I got up, woke him up and asked him to stop snoring. People all around irate but did nothing. He stayed awake finally.

Managers at theaters at there for a reason. To make sure you have an enjoyable experience. If you don't, ask for your money back, make a rukus. Whatever. For AMC I believe they refund you if you leave within the first 30 minutes.

We have no problems moving to opposite side of room or wherever we have to go. It's our time to relax at the theater and if we can't, we walk out. Solution is simple. Just depends which road you take.
 
Michael Traven said:
Really? I don't think it's a mental disorder, I think it's just being an a-hole. Some people just have no consideration for others.
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I don't know. From what I read, it did sound like someone with a mental problem, or someone on drugs or alcohol. But that could also be due to the writer's hyperbole painting a worse picture than was the reality.
 
The worst experience I ever had in a theater was when a couple brought their young son (5-8?) to see Constantine with them. The kid was screaming and crying throughout the first 30 minutes of the movie, which is understandable considering that he is a child witnessing an R-Rated horror film with a surplus of frightening monsters and demons.

It gets bad when another woman in the audience politely asks them to leave and the couple starts screaming at the woman (or "*****" according to their words) to "@#$% off" and "mind [her] own @#$%-ing business."

Another man stands up saying that "it is our @#$%-ing business as we all bought tickets," and I'm sure it would have come to violence between the man and the father had the management not stepped in and demanded that the couple take their child and leave.

I'm pretty sure that they took their son home and beat him for not shutting-up during the movie. They were that trashy a couple.
 
Somehow I think that if you are seeking life guidance from Charles Bukowski, you are in a great deal of trouble.
 
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