If you're going to the movies...

[Ginkasa]

If you're going to the movies this is what you should remember:


Get there before the movie starts. Its not the theatre's fault, and especially not the cashiers fault, that other people want to see movies too and so there are lines. Its your fault that you didn't realize that and get to the theatre before the movie started so you weren't late to the auditorium becuase of lines.

It is not the cashier's idea to ID people when they buy tickets to an R rated movie. It is policy and, I"m fairly certain, law. So don't cuss him out if you or your girlfriend forgot your driver's licenses at home. He's also not your friend to risk his job over, and yelling at him probably won't get him to change his mind.

Discounts are not a right. They are a privelege. A favor. The theatre has child, student, and/or senior discounts because they realize that people of those groups (or the parents of those people) probably don't have a lot of money and decided to lend a bit of a hand. That means the theatre has the right to decide under what circumstances you get that discount. If your 50, you don't get the senior discount. If you don't have a student ID, you don't get the student discount. Get over it.

If there's an obnoxiously long line at concession and you only see one person on register, do not get angry at him. Pity him. It wasn't his fault to be the only one scheduled that morning, or that all his coworkers are lazy or didn't show up. If you truly think you must let someone you don't like standing in line, politely ask the cashier to call a manager down to speak with you.

Try to be polite. I know its frustrating when something unfortunate happens, but a lot of the time its out of the employees' control. Most employees and certainly most managers will be glad to help you with whatever you need if you bring it up to them politely; in fact, the managers were probably pulled away from something entirely else just to come help you with your problem. Yelling at them because an employee forgot to your ring up your Reese's will not make them want to help you as best they can.

Pay attention. If all you can see of a employee is the top of their head just peeking over the counter, they're probably not open to take your order. If someone is standing in the back facing the complete opposite direction from the front of stand, they are probably not open to take your order. Don't walk up to that spot and wait for them to notice you, or just start spouting off your order. Double if there's a register open without any kind of line.

The ushers' job is not to pick up your trash for you. Their job is to clean up any mess from the previous showing up the movie, so you don't have to sit in trash. Please appreciate their hard work and clean up your crap.

There is no entry without a ticket. The door (ticket ripper) person doesn't care if you really have to pee. You can use the restroom right across the way. And please, don't complain when you're not allowed inside to pee without a ticket. The manager will just laugh at you behind your back and tell the door guy he did a good job.

Do these, please, and make a theatre employee just that much happier.

Feel free to add to my list GM.


/me shrugs and walks away