Paddy cake, paddy cake, get the h*ll out!

[LillFilly]

Soooo....Yeah. Went to the movies. Only about 12 in the entire theater. We 3 sat in the very back in the middle.

20 minutes into the movie, 2-loud, giggling teenaged girls flip-flop their way up the stairs and sit 3-seats away in our row.

And talk.
And giggle.
And rock their seats so they make 'ticka-ticka' sounds.
And drum on their empty soda cups.
And check their cell phones.
And leave the theater and come back constantly.

Finally. FINALLY. After a good 40 minutes of this, I heard CLAPPING. They had turned to each-other and started playing what looked like a game of paddy cake!

I went right over, stood next to them and said sternly "Either shut the hell up or get out of the theater!

Not another peep!

Ok, guess I could have been nicer, but jeeze, you paid $10 to play PADDY CAKE DURING CAPTAIN AMERICA, and miss 1/4 the movie because you couldn't sit still?????

I think they were theater jumping because they disappeared for such long periods of time.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

I think you were far nicer than the situation warranted, actually.

People never expect you to call them on their behavior. When someone actually does, it usually scares the hell out of them.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

People never expect you to call them on their behavior. When someone actually does, it usually scares the hell out of them.

This probably is because it's never happened to them before.

[Beckpatton]

Good on ya! I would have been far less polite, that is one of my biggest all time peeves!!

Don't pay $20 to come to a movie and chit chat, there's a coffee shop outside where you can do the same thing in peace for a couple bucks.. so go there! and the constant coming and going, playing with phones, fidgeting etc would have sent me over the edge..

So well done for keeping your cool!

[Squeaksmyalias]

Ok, guess I could have been nicer, but jeeze, you paid $10 to play PADDY CAKE DURING CAPTAIN AMERICA, and miss 1/4 the movie because you couldn't sit still?????

They couldn't pay attention to a movie full of hot guys in WWII uniforms? What the heck is wrong with these girls?!
It was a great movie but I would have totally watched if it was awful just for the view.

[LillFilly]

They couldn't pay attention to a movie full of hot guys in WWII uniforms? What the heck is wrong with these girls?!

I figured maybe it was because they weren't sparkling!

[Mytical]

((no offense to any twilight fans but))

Vampires should NOT sparkle.

[Captain Trips]

((no offense to any twilight fans but))

Vampires should NOT sparkle.

Internet meme I heard a few months ago:
"Girls, if your boyfriend sparkles and doesn't like sex, he's not a vampire - he's GAY!"

(No offense meant to those with a same-sex bias...)

[MoonCat]

They couldn't pay attention to a movie full of hot guys in WWII uniforms? What the heck is wrong with these girls?!
It was a great movie but I would have totally watched if it was awful just for the view.

That's what I was thinking...good to know I'm not the only one...

[Shalom]

Vampires should NOT sparkle.

Get out of my brain, you.

(Reading this thread with my wife, and I said exactly those words one second before scrolling down...)

edit to add re Fidgeting, getting up and sitting down, going out and coming in... water fountain, bathroom, lather rinse repeat... I did that exact thing once.

In my defense, the movie was Fantasia, and I was six.

I think I lasted about halfway through the Rite Of Spring before my mom finally got the message and removed me from there. Dinosaurs notwithstanding, Stravinsky is not for six-year-olds.

(Seen it three times since as an adult, and bought the VHS and later the DVD when they came out. It's one of my favorite films now. Back then, though, I was bored stiff.)

[PepperElf]

They couldn't pay attention to a movie full of hot guys in WWII uniforms? What the heck is wrong with these girls?!
It was a great movie but I would have totally watched if it was awful just for the view.

perhaps they were too young to appreciate men... and are still in the stage where they think teen pop stars are the hottest thing.

[suburbandecay]

Vampires should NOT sparkle.

The only reason vampires should sparkle is when they are dust motes in the sun light.

[blas]

I still cannot for the life of me figure out why anyone would waste $8-$10 just to sit around and text and chat and screw off at a movie versus doing it somewhere, anywhere else, where it's free or cheaper.

Oh wait....cuz going to the movies isn't a "treat"or anything. They are teens with ungodly amounts of mommy and daddy's money or no real bills of their own to pay. Wait until they can't afford to go to the movies.

[Miss Maple Leaf]

I think I lasted about halfway through the Rite Of Spring before my mom finally got the message and removed me from there. Dinosaurs notwithstanding, Stravinsky is not for six-year-olds.

Fantasia has always been one of my favourite Disney movies. I could watch it a million times over and never get bored of it.

But yeah, The Rite of Spring used to scare the shit out of me as a kid. That was the one part of the movie I could never sit through. I always had to fast-forward through it.
And yet, Night on Bald Mountain was one of my favourite sequences in the film. Go figure.

[greensinestro]

Kids are rude, and it seems like it's the girls more often that do crap like this. I've also had this happen more times than I can count. A guy one time during the coming attractions told a couple of goody two shoes to shut up as he pays not only to see the movie, but the previews, too. They were quiet the rest of the time.