Saturday, October 28, 2006
Cell Phone Courtesy at the Movies
Ok, here’s a shout out to all the men and women in the room – TURN OFF YOUR DAMN CELL PHONES WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MOVIE THEATER!
Have I made my point loud and clear yet? This is about common courtesy. Let me start out by saying, I didn’t pay $11 to hear you have a conversation with your buddies. Nor did I come to see it light up in the dark when it rings or you go to check the time! I came to see a freakin’ movie, ok?! This is not your goddamn livin’ room! You wanna talk during a movie, go and rent something from Blockbuster or on pay-per-view!
It’s bad enough that I have to go and have the six-foot guy always sitting in front of me, even when I arrive early (it happens every single time!). But do I really need to hear what happened last night when you and your buddies got up in someone’s face at the local bar and before it got all messed up, your boy stepped in and broke it up? Puh-lease! Save it for when you get out of the theater, when you go for dinner after or when you get home. I can honestly tell you that the rest of the theater and I would really appreciate it!
Unless of course, you’d like to pay each and every one of us back the $11 dollars we spent on our tickets since we’re spending most of our time listening to you; or better yet let us participate in your conversation instead of watching the movie. That might be more entertaining. Do you have a speaker phone so we can all listen in and hear the other end of the call – or can you just turn up the volume super loud?!
Now, if you’re that bored in the movie that you need to check the time, maybe you shouldn’t have gone to that movie, maybe you should just leave, or maybe it’s time for a new watch, don’tcha think?!
I don’t have control over what you do in the privacy of your own home (go for whatever you want!), but in public places, can’t we all just get along?! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
Have I made my point loud and clear yet? This is about common courtesy. Let me start out by saying, I didn’t pay $11 to hear you have a conversation with your buddies. Nor did I come to see it light up in the dark when it rings or you go to check the time! I came to see a freakin’ movie, ok?! This is not your goddamn livin’ room! You wanna talk during a movie, go and rent something from Blockbuster or on pay-per-view!
It’s bad enough that I have to go and have the six-foot guy always sitting in front of me, even when I arrive early (it happens every single time!). But do I really need to hear what happened last night when you and your buddies got up in someone’s face at the local bar and before it got all messed up, your boy stepped in and broke it up? Puh-lease! Save it for when you get out of the theater, when you go for dinner after or when you get home. I can honestly tell you that the rest of the theater and I would really appreciate it!
Unless of course, you’d like to pay each and every one of us back the $11 dollars we spent on our tickets since we’re spending most of our time listening to you; or better yet let us participate in your conversation instead of watching the movie. That might be more entertaining. Do you have a speaker phone so we can all listen in and hear the other end of the call – or can you just turn up the volume super loud?!
Now, if you’re that bored in the movie that you need to check the time, maybe you shouldn’t have gone to that movie, maybe you should just leave, or maybe it’s time for a new watch, don’tcha think?!
I don’t have control over what you do in the privacy of your own home (go for whatever you want!), but in public places, can’t we all just get along?! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
