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Amusing Movie Theater Stories
Oct. 8th, 2006 11:53 pm1. So...a group of kids come in last night...look to be about 14. They wanted to see Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. Rated R, naturally.
So Dale tells them they need ID, or a parent. They caucus, getting on the cell phones. A few minutes later an old guy comes in, probably a grandfather. They tell him they need him to buy tickets and when Dale tells the man they want to see Texas Chainsaw, he turns and says "That's not what you told me you were going to see!"
Suffice it to say, they went to see something else.
2. A bunch of skateboarding loiters were making trouble out front of our theatre today. Now we're wearing promo T-shirts for Texas Chainsaw this weekend, and they're all black. Our normal uniform is black pants with a shirt and tie (for managers anyway). So I'm wearing a black t-shirt, and black pants, and I've got sunglasses on outside, and Kim the girl in concession tells me I look like the Men in Black, especially because I carry a walkie talkie, multi-tool and flashlight on my belt. I think I looked pretty intimidating. The skateboarders didn't come back.
3. An old man came in a few days ago and wanted to know if "Flyboys" was "a propaganda movie for the Bush Regime". I blinked hard, and told him. "Sir, I think it's about World War I fighter pilots...I don't think it has anything to do with President Bush."
4. Had a minor fire in one projector over the weekend, lost three shows out of the deal waiting for repair guy. No serious damage, my boss caught it in time.
5. A man came out of a movie (Employee of the Month), said it was the worst thing he'd ever seen (the movie was 10 minutes from finishing), and began walking to another theater to "see what else is playing." When told he couldn't do that, and he could either go back into the movie he paid for, or leave, he told us to "go jump in a f***ing lake". He left.
6. The promo t-shirts only came in one size, X-Large. Some of our employees are a little small for those t-shirts. One of our concession girls is swimming in the bloody thing.
7. Two girls came in the other day and wanted used ticket stubs for Gridiron Gang. "We need to show mom we went to the movies."
I'm not sure if they needed the stubs for Gridiron Gang because they went to see an R rated movie when they weren’t supposed to, or because they lied about where they were. I walked away and let the associates handle it. I didn't want to be involved.
8. We're having difficulty training associates to check IDs for R rated movies. When the line gets long, it can be a little overwhelming to remember to check ID and the instinct is to just keep the line moving. I want to see if we can get the computer to pop up "Is the customer over 17?" like they do for tobacco products or alcohol at the supermarket.
Anyway, that's work lately.
So Dale tells them they need ID, or a parent. They caucus, getting on the cell phones. A few minutes later an old guy comes in, probably a grandfather. They tell him they need him to buy tickets and when Dale tells the man they want to see Texas Chainsaw, he turns and says "That's not what you told me you were going to see!"
Suffice it to say, they went to see something else.
2. A bunch of skateboarding loiters were making trouble out front of our theatre today. Now we're wearing promo T-shirts for Texas Chainsaw this weekend, and they're all black. Our normal uniform is black pants with a shirt and tie (for managers anyway). So I'm wearing a black t-shirt, and black pants, and I've got sunglasses on outside, and Kim the girl in concession tells me I look like the Men in Black, especially because I carry a walkie talkie, multi-tool and flashlight on my belt. I think I looked pretty intimidating. The skateboarders didn't come back.
3. An old man came in a few days ago and wanted to know if "Flyboys" was "a propaganda movie for the Bush Regime". I blinked hard, and told him. "Sir, I think it's about World War I fighter pilots...I don't think it has anything to do with President Bush."
4. Had a minor fire in one projector over the weekend, lost three shows out of the deal waiting for repair guy. No serious damage, my boss caught it in time.
5. A man came out of a movie (Employee of the Month), said it was the worst thing he'd ever seen (the movie was 10 minutes from finishing), and began walking to another theater to "see what else is playing." When told he couldn't do that, and he could either go back into the movie he paid for, or leave, he told us to "go jump in a f***ing lake". He left.
6. The promo t-shirts only came in one size, X-Large. Some of our employees are a little small for those t-shirts. One of our concession girls is swimming in the bloody thing.
7. Two girls came in the other day and wanted used ticket stubs for Gridiron Gang. "We need to show mom we went to the movies."
I'm not sure if they needed the stubs for Gridiron Gang because they went to see an R rated movie when they weren’t supposed to, or because they lied about where they were. I walked away and let the associates handle it. I didn't want to be involved.
8. We're having difficulty training associates to check IDs for R rated movies. When the line gets long, it can be a little overwhelming to remember to check ID and the instinct is to just keep the line moving. I want to see if we can get the computer to pop up "Is the customer over 17?" like they do for tobacco products or alcohol at the supermarket.
Anyway, that's work lately.
