But why?

[Ryu]

At my theater we wont tear someones tickets until the theater they are going to is clean. So when something is very popular a line forms at the ticket booth. Friday I believe it was Taladega nights was one such movie. There was a line before the movie let out. Here is one of the comments that got repeated by multiple people I believe.
Why do we have to wait in line?
The theater isnt clean yet
But whyyyyy?
Because the theater isnt clean yet....
But why??? This line is worthless isnt it

[chainedbarista]

funny you should mention that; we just returned after seeing 'pirates of the carribean...' we had to wait about 20 or so minutes before we could go in, because the last group apparently had trashed the theater beyond the usual mess.

there were two women waiting next to us, bitching about the wait; i can understand to a degree, but then again, they'd have bitched (even though they kept saying they didn't care if it was clean or not) that the place was a mess.

well, folks, encourage your fellow 'humans' not to act like barnyard animals when they visit a theater, restaurant or a store, and the people working there won't have to 'inconvienence' you. simple, really, and yet...

[Ryu]

exactly
today i spend TWENTY MINUTES cleaning a single theater, normally i can clean a theater alone in 5 minutes tops even if there was the normal mess
if people cleaned up after themselves the only reason to have to wait would be to make sure you got a seat by showing up before the previous showing had ended

[Broomjockey]

I love the following customers:

The ones who show up 1 hour early then complain that they can't go into the theatre yet.
The ones who show up early, then go in to the theatre while the previous show is still playing, and sit there. And then get annoyed when I ask them to leave while we clean the theatre.
The ones who can't figure out what a line-up is for.
The ones who can't read the sign saying we are cleaning this theatre, please wait outside.
The ones who you can track by the trail of dropped popcorn they leave (I really wanna tell them this isn't Hansel and Gretel, they don't need a way out.)
The ones who do wait in a line (with the theatre number at the front) but they are for a different theatre.
And the list goes on. . .

[frigginyeah]

when i was working at a movie theatre in san diego, the weather got down to a "chilly" 65 degrees. it was thanksgiving, and i was being usher-nazi etraordinaire! (my favorite). I informed a couple that they had to wait outside. they had none of it. they first tried to get in with a group for another movie, thinking they could sneak by me. I informed them, their wait would be about 5-10 minutes while the theatre was being cleaned. they threw a fit and said they were coming inside because it was COLD, to which i replied that there were shops they could spend time in while they waited for their movie to start. (i was actually thinking, "are you kidding? this is brisk! do you know what the weather is like in missouri right now?? shhheeeeeat...")

Instead, they just walked their pompous asses inside... and sat down.

I went over and told them they were not allowed in the lobby until the movie was letting in (the way the theatre was set up, this was imperative. i would not be able to make sure they didn't sneak in somewhere else with my back towards them, and the actual waiting area was outside.) They looked me straight in the eye and said

"at least WE'RE not working for minimum wage on THANKSGIVING!"

I mean, the GALL!

my manager had to tell them to wait outside, and they were still being jerks.

As i was letting them in, i thanked them for waiting, and they called me a bitch under their breath. I turned around and said, "you know, the next time you come in here and start calling the employees dirty names, we have every right to give you your money back."

she of course denied it.

i was so mad i was shaking, but i felt better that i did my job how it was supposed to be done, didn't let them get away with anything... and we still got their money.

[Ryu]

I love the following customers:
And the list goes on. . .

I have had all those types of customers more times than i can count
Theres something about the movies that makes peoples brains shut off or go in crazy mode!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

"at least WE'RE not working for minimum wage on THANKSGIVING!"

.

"And at least I am missed by someone because I am not there today. Happy Thanksgiving."

[Broomjockey]

I have had all those types of customers more times than i can count
Theres something about the movies that makes peoples brains shut off or go in crazy mode!

At my old theatre, the manager who was MOST into customer service, give them what they want, bend over, all that crap, had the saying that when people come into the theatre, they check their brain at the door. That's pretty sad.

[JuniorMintz]

"at least WE'RE not working for minimum wage on THANKSGIVING!"

"No, you're just the lame asses who have nothing better to do than spend their holiday annoying the piss out of any stranger who is unlucky enough to cross their miserable path. Let me guess, your whole family hates you and *that's* why you weren't invited to have Thanksgiving dinner with them?"

The truth hurts sometimes.

[JustaCashier]

At my old theatre, the manager..... ....had the saying that when people come into the theatre, they check their brain at the door. That's pretty sad.

Back when I worked in parking and people would pull in past all kinds of signs, Building name, Rates, Hours, Full, and/or the very obvious Ticket Spitter, (no gate arms in those locations) then just stop and proceed to stare at me in the Cashier Booth, or ask questions answered on one or more of the signs, I often wondered why I could never find the basket outside the Garage Entrance labeled "Please Place Brain in Here"!

Mike