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  • To Film Theatre Workers: Am I an SC??

    In the "10 Minutes Before Closing" thread, I just read a comment by a theatre employee about people who stay through the last credits of a movie, and how the employee wishes they would JUST LEAVE!

    Oh, dear --- I am conflicted here. While my greatest customer peeve is when we're closing and they DON'T LEAVE - hate that hate that hate that!! - I also must confess that I am one of those people who sit through the last credits. This is because I am interested in two things: what the MUSIC was, and WHERE it was filmed. These facts are always displayed LAST!

    Yes, I know, I could look these things up online, but I'm already sitting there, they're about to be flashed on the screen in front of me, and it's part of my whole movie-going experience. I beg you .... please don't despise me for this.

    Or was your complaint just about the LAST late-night showing, which ended at what, around 3 a.m.? OK, that would never be me. I hope this reduces my potential suckitude.

    With sincere concern,

    R.A.

  • #2
    I'm guilty too!!

    I guess I never realized that it would be annoying to stay all the way through the credits...but of course it does make sense.

    Although....at the end of Pirates III: At World's End, there's a scene after the credits, which I did stay and watch.
    "What size can I get you, ma'am?"
    "Red."
    "Okay...I'll check the red for you, but what size do you need?"
    "RED!"
    "..."

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    • #3
      Better add SO and I to the list of potential SCs, because we stay too.

      I got really ticked off at one theater worker one night while we were watching the end credits to some movie. One of the workers was heading up the steps and calls out to us "there's nothing more, just go already."

      I glanced over to the guy and told him to not be a killjoy.

      He was wrong. There was some stuff at the end. Now that I think about it, it may have been Pirates 3. It's been a while since we've gone to the movies.
      Random conversation:
      Me: Okay..so I think I get why Zoro wears a bandana
      DDD: Cuz it's cool

      So, by using the Doctor's reasoning, bow ties, fezzes and bandanas are cool.

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      • #4
        Quoth fma_fanatic View Post
        I got really ticked off at one theater worker one night while we were watching the end credits to some movie. One of the workers was heading up the steps and calls out to us "there's nothing more, just go already."
        Wow that is just rude.
        I think part of the problem is that at the multiplexes they book the movie times too close together and the staff doesn't have enough time to clean the theater unless they start during the credits. But really, you are always going to have "credit sitters" as long as they pack their trash out I had no problem with them.
        One time I did have an inordinate amount of credit sitters until I figured out what I had done. I had unthinkingly booked Remains of the Day with the Anothony Hopkins movies about CS Lewis (can't remember the name) and there wasn't a dry eye in the house so the guys were in there credit sitting to pull themselves together.
        Former House Manager and current credit sitter. (I like to see where things are filmed)

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        • #5
          Go ahead and add me to the list. I stay usually because the music that they play over credits is loverly, and also because films like Pirates have started to tack on extra scenes at the end. And I stayed for the credits of Return of the King to look at all the sketches done for it
          The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.

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          • #6
            I've always thought that the reason they put the credits at the end of a movie is because they are sometimes so long that if they put them at the beginning, everyone would leave or fall asleep before the thing ends. I forget which movie it was but the damn credits ran for 10 minutes. I mean really. 10 minutes to list all of the people who starred in, and worked on the film including the name of every extra, the assistants to the assistants of the assistants. That being said, the credits are part of the movie and it isn't sucky to stay and watch them if you are interested in these people, locations, soundtrack info, etc.
            Last edited by bigjimaz; 02-14-2008, 12:39 AM.
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            • #7
              Quoth IHateStupidCustomers View Post
              Although....at the end of Pirates III: At World's End, there's a scene after the credits, which I did stay and watch.
              There's a scene at the end of all the Pirates movies.
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              • #8
                I agree that it shouldn't be considered sucky, so long as you don't leave a huge mess for them to try to clean up super-quick, and so long as it isn't a late night show and the whole theatre is closing.

                I too am a credit sitter, for all the reasons mentioned above - music, location, extra scenes at the end.
                "In the end I was the mean girl/or somebody's in between girl"~Neko Case

                “You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.” ~William Stafford

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                • #9
                  Some movies put fun stuff in the credits! Finding Nemo, Happy Feet...they had some really cute stuff. Even Hot Shots (remember that one? I saw it while on vacation years ago in Stone Harbor, NJ; it was a rainy day so we went to the movies) had goofy stuff in the credits, but you had to actually be paying attention and read them. Among other things, I recall there was a brownie recipe...
                  I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                  I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                  It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                  • #10
                    Pixar films always have out-takes during the credits. Yes they go to the trouble to animate out-takes, some are even scripted (others are from the voice actors getting lines wrong).

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                    • #11
                      Speaking as a theatre usher, Let me give you our perspective.


                      Given the day or amount of staff available, movies are generally started at different times.

                      What this = is that they tend to finish at certain times. Because of this, there can be instances where we can have anywhere between 1-5 packed (on a busy day) shows ending at the same time. Imagine if Harry potter, X-men, Cars, etc.. were all playing in the same weekend and you'll get the idea.

                      Without the staff to handle that, we are all flustered as we try to get as much crap cleaned quickly as possible for the next batch of mouthbreathers.

                      "Credit sitting" increases the amount of rushing/waiting and stress to get our job done. It's not like we have all night to spit shine one theatre.

                      So here's my, and several coworkers perspectives.

                      1. Yes, we hate credit sitters. Yes we hate you. You're slowing down our work effeciancy by watching names go by that you won't even remember in 2 minutes. Get out and let us clean up for the next people.

                      2. Not every single f-ing film has a "special scene" at the end. Superhero films. yes. Pixar films. Yes. Romantic comedy that will be forgotten in 5 months. No.

                      3. There do exist things called "Bussiness hours". You staying means that we have to stay later in the evening to clean up after you when we'd much rather go home and sleep.

                      4. Pick up after your self. Yes, I know that's what i get payed for. But you could give us a hand. It takes longer to clean a messy theatre than a clean one. and the trailers say "Please use trash receptical". So use the f-ing trash can. We are not your mother.

                      Use your better judgement people. Or hell, ask the people standing at the bottom of the theatre. We'd be more than happy to tell you that there isn;t anything at the end of the credits, which essentially translates to "Get the F out!"

                      Note: None of this applies to slow days, lack of rushes or near empty theatres. So in that case, please enjoy yourselves.
                      Screw normal. You know why? 'Cause if you're normal, the crowd will accept you. But if you're deranged, the crowd will make you their leader.

                      Christopher Titus.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth solidmetalgear19 View Post

                        So here's my, and several coworkers perspectives.

                        1. Yes, we hate credit sitters. Yes we hate you. You're slowing down our work effeciancy by watching names go by that you won't even remember in 2 minutes. Get out and let us clean up for the next people.

                        2. Not every single f-ing film has a "special scene" at the end. Superhero films. yes. Pixar films. Yes. Romantic comedy that will be forgotten in 5 months. No.

                        3. There do exist things called "Bussiness hours". You staying means that we have to stay later in the evening to clean up after you when we'd much rather go home and sleep.

                        4. Pick up after your self. Yes, I know that's what i get payed for. But you could give us a hand. It takes longer to clean a messy theatre than a clean one. and the trailers say "Please use trash receptical". So use the f-ing trash can. We are not your mother.

                        Use your better judgement people. Or hell, ask the people standing at the bottom of the theatre. We'd be more than happy to tell you that there isn;t anything at the end of the credits, which essentially translates to "Get the F out!"
                        As a former theatre worker/supervisor I would have to wholeheartedly disagree with all of this list. I used to work in a 16 screen multiscreen movie theatre with shows running from 11am until 2am. I never once asked someone to leave during credits nor did any of my staff. 1 usher was allowed in the theatre while credits were running and he stood off to the side of the theatre quietly. When the last person left the movie he then communicated with the rest of the ushers who were waiting outside by radio that they could close off the entrance and come in and clean. If the credits were still running...great...we have a little more time...if the credits are over we bust our butts and get the theatre clean.

                        A paying customer pays to see the movie. That movie whether we as theatre workers liked it or not, includes the credits. customers pay to see those credits, if they want to see them, then they get to see them and not be bothered.
                        "I hope we never lose sight of one thing, it was all started by a mouse" --Walt Disney

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                        • #13
                          Then dude, you have never worked in a 20 screen cinema that's opened from 9/10:30 in the morning (sometimes earlier) to 10-11:45 at night. That's opened year round, rain or shine. Try that, understaffed and with multiple theatres getting out simultaneously.

                          Try cleaning around people who have already sat down for the next show because you weren't quick enough to clean everything that needed to be cleaned due to being preoccupied with other shows. Time is everything sometimes.

                          Not trying to be condecending. Just acting as a counter point. Sorry if i come off as a douched.
                          Screw normal. You know why? 'Cause if you're normal, the crowd will accept you. But if you're deranged, the crowd will make you their leader.

                          Christopher Titus.

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                          • #14
                            Quoth king4aday View Post
                            A paying customer pays to see the movie. That movie whether we as theatre workers liked it or not, includes the credits. customers pay to see those credits, if they want to see them, then they get to see them and not be bothered.
                            That is my opinion as well. Like it or not, the credits ARE part of the film I paid to see. Granted, I'll go stand in an aisle to watch the credits if that helps, and I always clean up after myself.

                            Another note: My mom has bad knees, to the point that she's had surgery on one and may need to have the other done soon. When she sits for a few hours, as one does during a movie, it takes her a while to get moving again afterwards. So we tend to sit for a few minutes, and then slowly make our way out. Especially if there are crowds, as we don't want her to feel rushed going doing the stairs.
                            "In the end I was the mean girl/or somebody's in between girl"~Neko Case

                            “You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.” ~William Stafford

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                            • #15
                              Quoth solidmetalgear19 View Post
                              Then dude, you have never worked in a 20 screen cinema that's opened from 9/10:30 in the morning (sometimes earlier) to 10-11:45 at night. That's opened year round, rain or shine. Try that, understaffed and with multiple theatres getting out simultaneously.

                              Try cleaning around people who have already sat down for the next show because you weren't quick enough to clean everything that needed to be cleaned due to being preoccupied with other shows. Time is everything sometimes.

                              Not trying to be condecending. Just acting as a counter point. Sorry if i come off as a douched.

                              Our theatre wasnt a 20 screen...BUT...it was a theatre that grossed about $40,000 on a slow day and about $90,000 on a busy day (tourist capital of WI). I really didnt mean any dispresepect in my post just a personal opinion. As far as understaffing goes its reality around here with about 5,000 job openings in the summer time and about half that is the populuation of the area. We have so many job openings that we have to import people from overseas. As far as people coming in while we were cleaning it almost never happened...we roped off the entrance way, and closed the doors behind us. Nobody ever came in. On really busy days we would create corrals for the lines to line up in with usher ropes, and then we would open the corral to let people in when we were finished cleaning. We could do this because the theatre lobby was about the size of 3 football fields.
                              "I hope we never lose sight of one thing, it was all started by a mouse" --Walt Disney

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