People Who Kick Your Seat in Theaters
Joy Brunetti
can't take it any more!!
Does anyone else hate it when you're watching a movie and the people in
back of you kick your seat NON STOP during the entire thing? I have this
experience mainly in tiered seating forums, which is of course the best
sort of makeup for a theater since it gives such a good view of the
screen. I don't think people realize how harshly even the littlest tap or
kick reverberates upon the row in front. It's ridiculous sometimes - I'll
be sitting there and the entire row is shaking, and no matter how many
times we turn around and glare at people they don't knock it off.
So what is it: do people not know, or do they just not care? I'm not
talking about people who just put their feet up and sit still; I'm talking
about those people who put their feet on the backs of the seats and then
CONSTANTLY shift around and kick, shove, or tap the seats non stop.
Sometimes it'll be kids, and so I know they probably don't understand how
annoying it is, but most of the time it's actually adults who do this. It
is very distracting, annoying, and I usually lose interest with the film
because of it. Do they not know how jarring every movement is for the
people below, or they just not give a damn.
J
M. Estes
I believe was the US premiere of "Lightning Over Water" by W. Wenders.
During the entire movie the person behind me kept kicking my seat. The
intensity
of the kicking seemed to increase at those times I felt the film was slowest
or
most embarrassing. By the end of the film the kicking was almost non-stop.
The
lights came on and the moderater thanked the gentleman behind me, Wim
Wenders,
for bringing the film.
Joy Brunetti <jbru...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Robert Matthews
jbru...@yahoo.com (Joy Brunetti) wrote:
> This may be sort of off topic, but it's a big pet peeve of mine and I
> can't take it any more!!
>
> Does anyone else hate it when you're watching a movie and the people in
> back of you kick your seat NON STOP during the entire thing?...
> So what is it: do people not know, or do they just not care? I'm not
> talking about people who just put their feet up and sit still; I'm talking
> about those people who put their feet on the backs of the seats and then
> CONSTANTLY shift around and kick, shove, or tap the seats non stop.
> Sometimes it'll be kids, and so I know they probably don't understand how
> annoying it is, but most of the time it's actually adults who do this. It
> is very distracting, annoying, and I usually lose interest with the film
> because of it. Do they not know how jarring every movement is for the
> people below, or they just not give a damn.
Don't you wish you lived in Canada? Bill C-918B passed this summer
and it lets us kill annoying people in public entertainment venues;
theatres, cinemas, arenas, and department stores when there are big wall
displays of televisions and they're showing a good movie on DVD.
I mean, you can't kill just *anybody*. They have to be deliberately
and persistently annoying, and there have to be at least two witnesses, so
usually you just make sure the people sitting on either side of you have
registered the annoyingness of this person. Then you can have at them, and
it's perfectly legal.
No guns, of course. Canadians are not really big on guns. But
nowadays most people bring big kitchen knives with them when they're going
to the movies or the opera or whatever, and if the person sitting behind
you is kicking your seat, or the person next to you is unwrapping an
entire bag of hard candies one at a time and taking five minutes on each
one in the mistaken impression that this is less irritating, or the child
in front of you is asking endless questions about the R-rated movie their
parent had no right to bring them to see--WHAMMO! One clean stroke through
the left aorta and everyone gets to enjoy the rest of the presentation in
peace.
So civilized.
Robert Matthews
Adagio
wrong with my SEAT!" and move to the row behind them, assuming they are
not already in the back row.
Yes, it's inconvenient, but it got the point across both times :)
Adagio
teegee
i think you would get lots of votes, i, on the other hand
would probably get killed......teehee
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I find a quick reverse clothesline with on open hand back hand to their
face gets their attention. If it draws a little blood i throw popcorn
over my head and try to get it stuck in the blood.
I sometimes say in a very loud voice "When this movie ends I'm gonna
kick the shit out of everybody sitting in the row behind me" and then I
stand up and point at the asshole right behind me and say "starting with
this asshole!"
Then I sit down and start laughing real loud.
Theater clears out pretty quick.
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TomRipley
<i...@am.from.canada.com.invalid> wrote:
>I give them a dirty look and say, "SOMEthing... (2 second pause) .... is
>wrong with my SEAT!" and move to the row behind them, assuming they are
>not already in the back row.
I just move to the row behind them and then start kicking their seats.
Always works.
Tom, remembering one of many reasons why I love my DVD...
Ron
and if they do not stop he should eject them! At 6'5" and 290 I tell them
once and if they do it again I reach around and grab his foot and twist. He
gets the point!
Adagio
>On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:53:07 GMT, Adagio
><i...@am.from.canada.com.invalid> wrote:
>>I give them a dirty look and say, "SOMEthing... (2 second pause) .... is
>>wrong with my SEAT!" and move to the row behind them, assuming they are
>>not already in the back row.
>I just move to the row behind them and then start kicking their seats.
>Always works.
I am sure it may, but when I go to pay to see a movie, I just want to see
the movie, so I try to get rid of annoyances quickly. It happens
infrequently enough, as I don't go to movies on weekends.
Adagio
Adagio
>You get the manager and he does what he should, tells them to stop doing it
It's only workable if the manager happens to be in the same room. I am
not going to leave the movie I paid to watch, further inconveniencing
myself, to solve a petty problem which I can solve by um, moving to
another seat.
Azat
"M. Estes" <mse...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> most embarrassing. By the end of the film the kicking was almost non-
stop.
> The
> lights came on and the moderater thanked the gentleman behind me, Wim
> Wenders,
> for bringing the film.
>
>
You tell me! Happens to me all the time. Embarassing isn't it?
Especially when you tell the celebrity to get the hell off your back...
--
I see dead movies
Jayson Ca
cinema.....don't sit in-front of him....he too loves to kick.....
Jayson
"Marry me and you'll have the same name as dozens of lousy cable stations" -- A
Ted Turner pickup line
Jayson Ca
once and if they do it again I reach around and grab his foot and twist. He
gets the point!<<<<<
And then he pulls out his gun and shoots your 6'5, 290 ass all over the screen.
Not a smart move.
;-)
joan harkness
next to anyone annoying. A guy once sat next to me and he had a couple tacos
with him. During the trailors he took a bite and I knew i was going to have
to move. The loud crunching was just too much. Same with popcorn bag
rustlers. These are the people that shake their popcorn bags every 2 minutes
. (To mix up the popcorn some more???)
One time a woman with the most godawful cold sat behind me. Why would you go
to the movies in that condition. Nothing but sneezing and noseblowing
throughout the whole movie.
Dave
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Susan Umpleby
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> When I am paying 12 bucks for a movie, I make sure that I am not sitting
> next to anyone annoying. A guy once sat next to me and he had a couple
tacos
> with him. During the trailors he took a bite and I knew i was going to
have
> to move. The loud crunching was just too much. Same with popcorn bag
> rustlers. These are the people that shake their popcorn bags every 2
minutes
> . (To mix up the popcorn some more???)
>
> One time a woman with the most godawful cold sat behind me. Why would you
go
> to the movies in that condition. Nothing but sneezing and noseblowing
> throughout the whole movie.
>
> Dave
----------You think that's bad! A couple of years ago I promised a friend's
son that I'd take him to any movie he wanted--just my luck he chose a Van
Damme film that centered around a sport arena (hockey? can't remember).
The theatre was packed. Every time there was a punch, kick, or gunshot
(every couple of minutes given the type of film), the man sitting behind me
moaned, groaned and/or yelped combinations of "yes!" "God!" "Oh, yes!"
"Oh, JESUS!" It sounded like he was masturbating (a quick glance back
showed his hands clenched on his popcorn box, so he was just into the film I
guess :-) ) and *nothing* shut this guy up. Several of us tried to no
avail.
Ed-D
around and give the person behind me a dirty look. If it happens a
third time I turn around and say in a very loud voice (for the whole
theater to hear): "WILL YOU KINDLY STOP KICKING MY FUCKING SEAT?!?"
It works for me.
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> The first time this happens i ignore it. If it happens again i turn
> around and give the person behind me a dirty look. If it happens a
> third time I turn around and say in a very loud voice (for the whole
> theater to hear): "WILL YOU KINDLY STOP KICKING MY FUCKING SEAT?!?"
>
> It works for me.
>
Last time I went to the movies, I was the one doing the kicking. In this
case some stupid middle-aged woman was CONSTANTLY leaning over to talk to
her husband/boyfriend/companion. Guess she didn't get the plot or
something. After a while I had to give her a good whack. This only kept
her quiet for a while so the process had to be repeated.
So, while of course many people are obnoxious without being provoked, maybe
there's a reason others get kicked.
Rachel
misterha...@my-deja.com
"kicked in the teeth, again....somtimes you lose sometimes you win"
kch...@my-deja.com
> can't take it any more!!
>
> Does anyone else hate it when you're watching a movie and the people
in
> back of you kick your seat NON STOP during the entire thing?
about "movie theater pet peeves" and listed "people who kick the back
of your seat" as my no. 1 complaint. It's so irritating. I always try
to sit in the last row. I think that, as you suggested, a lot of them
don't know it's annoying (often I see teenagers doing it; they're
probably used to rowdy conditions), or that when you kick even an empty
seat, a lot of people in that row can feel it. Not that I still don't
want to kill them every time I get stuck in front of one. Sometimes I
blow off steam by raising my arms up over my head like I'm yawning and
stretching, blocking part of their view, then I make like I'm bored and
wave my fingers back and forth in little patterns. It must be irksome
but it doesn't affect their kicking. The only time I was able to stop
it was once when I just turned around and politely said, "Honey, would
you mind not kicking my seat?" Lo and behold, it worked. Not that it
would on everyone, but obviously I should try that first thing.
ANIM8Rfsk
We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit directly
behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on why people
cluster like that?), a mom and dad and little kid.
Little kid starts kicking my seat (legs sticking straight out off his seat)
I politely turn and ask the mother if she could keep him from kicking my seat
Mother goes ballistic
starts screaming HE'S NOT KICKING YOUR SEAT
calms down
a couple minutes later DID YOU HEAR THAT HE SAID MY SON WAS KICKING HIS SEAT
calms down
a couple minutes later HIS FEET CAN'T EVEN REACH YOUR SEAT
each outburst is louder and more violent, she's now hopping around in her chair
finally she grabbed the kid and his father and dragged them both out of the
theater.
At least the story has a happy ending. But we were actually afraid for our
safety there and were gonna move ourselves at the point she split.
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anim...@aol.comNOSPAM (ANIM8Rfsk) says:
>We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit directly
>behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on why people
>cluster like that?)
You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house, right?
... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
-Kenny
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anim...@aol.comNOSPAM (ANIM8Rfsk) wrote:
> argh.
>
> We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
directly
> behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
why people
> cluster like that?), a mom and dad and little kid.
>
> Little kid starts kicking my seat (legs sticking straight out off his
seat)
>
> I politely turn and ask the mother if she could keep him from kicking
my seat
>
> Mother goes ballistic
>
> starts screaming HE'S NOT KICKING YOUR SEAT
Oh, brother. I do sympathize. I've run into a few psychos in theaters
myself. Once I sat down next to this woman who immediately TOLD me to
get up and move. She wasn't saving the seat for anyone, she just didn't
want me sitting next to her. I looked, acted and smelled like your
average polite moviegoer, and even if I hadn't I don't know where she
got off commanding me to take another seat, even if the theater hadn't
been so crowded. We got into a little argument that sort of ruined the
film for me; I spent the whole thing half fearing and half hoping that
she'd leap and attack me, because I politely refused to move.
Joy Brunetti
yawning and stretching, blocking part of their view, then I make like I'm
bored and wave my fingers back and forth in little patterns. It must be
irksome but it doesn't affect their kicking. The only time I was able to
stop it was once when I just turned around and politely said, "Honey,
would you mind not kicking my seat?" Lo and behold, it worked. Not that it
would on everyone, but obviously I should try that first thing. >>
Yup, experience has taught me that this sort of thing doesn't work very
well, probably because those annoying twits who kick your seat don't
know/care that they're doing it, so your hand signals in front of them
won't register as a sign to KNOCK IT OFF. IOW, if you don't know that
you're doing something or you hardly care that you're doing it, then the
stretching won't give them the message. In fact, if anything, it will
piss THEM off. Not that you don't have EVERY right, and that the thought
isn't funny that THEY would get huffy at YOU, but I bet that's how it
would go.
Of course usually it's kids and the parents would also attack YOU for
having the nerve to say a word - as someone else in this thread has
demonstrated. (The angry woman sitting in back getting louder with each
outburst. <g>)
I saw Bowfinger sometime last year (which, btw, I consider one of the most
godawful things I have ever seen on the big screen) with some young kid
kicking the hell out of the back of my and a friend's seats. We kept
turning around and even STOOD UP at points to turn around and look at them
but either a) the parents didn't notice he was being such an annoyance
(immunity? <weak grin>) or 2) they didn't give a damn because they were
comfy in their seats up top. I doubt it was that they didn't know, as the
whole upper section of the seating plan was shaking. That experience
definitely made an already sucky movie even suckier.
J
Mike
found, more like the moron is moving about, resting his foot on the chair,
changing feet to rest on knee. In any event, each THUMP! behind you takes
you out of the fiction you are watching and hurls you right back to the
reality of it all--you're just in a chair in a theatre.
I hate going to movies because of this
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mo...@my-deja.com
as large as mine and multiple knee surgeries I need to move around a
bit to stay comfortable (Towering Inferno was really bad). I sometimes
whisper "oops, sorry" if I accidentally hoof the seat in front of me.
Moiph
In article <jbrunetti-281...@usd-oc-13.acusd.edu>,
jbru...@yahoo.com (Joy Brunetti) wrote:
> This may be sort of off topic, but it's a big pet peeve of mine and I
> can't take it any more!!
>
> Does anyone else hate it when you're watching a movie and the people
in
> back of you kick your seat NON STOP during the entire thing? I have
kch...@my-deja.com
> Of course usually it's kids and the parents would also attack YOU for
> having the nerve to say a word - as someone else in this thread has
> demonstrated. (The angry woman sitting in back getting louder with
each
> outburst. <g>)
>
> I saw Bowfinger sometime last year (which, btw, I consider one of the
most
> godawful things I have ever seen on the big screen) with some young
kid
> kicking the hell out of the back of my and a friend's seats. We kept
> turning around and even STOOD UP at points to turn around and look at
them
> but either a) the parents didn't notice he was being such an annoyance
> (immunity? <weak grin>) or 2) they didn't give a damn because they
were
> comfy in their seats up top. I doubt it was that they didn't know,
as the
> whole upper section of the seating plan was shaking. That experience
> definitely made an already sucky movie even suckier.
>
> J
>
True, some people are just consideration-dead jackasses.
Every time something like that happens I want to bust out my cellular
phone and call the lobby to send in an attendant to deal with the
culprits. The problem is that if I did, I'd be one of those
inconsiderate-jerk-theater-cell-phone-users! Argh. Actually, I'm not
even sure if they would do anything. I've never seen them run one of
those little public service announcements on their screens to squelch
seat-kickers like they do for pager and phone users, and crying babies.
Has anyone ever successfully complained to a theater about it?
Personally, I kind of liked BOWFINGER. :)
kch...@my-deja.com
mo...@my-deja.com wrote:
> I'm one who repositions quite a few times during a movie, with an arse
> as large as mine and multiple knee surgeries I need to move around a
> bit to stay comfortable (Towering Inferno was really bad). I
sometimes
> whisper "oops, sorry" if I accidentally hoof the seat in front of me.
>
> Moiph
front of them because they couldn't help it, I apologize. I know it
must be hard for people with really long legs, for instance, to keep
from shifting and whapping the chair in front of them at least now and
then. Most seat-tappers who end up behind me seem to do it for fun,
though, judging from their sizes, positions, and the patterns of their
kicks.
usele...@my-deja.com
Grrrrr! You've got more patience than me. The second time that bitch
said something I would have turned around and yelled "LOOK! This
theatre is almost empty. If you can't control your kid AND your mouth,
take it somewhere else!" Some people. Don't let cretins like this
intimidate or scare you. Next time, go get the manager at once!
usele...@my-deja.com
> >We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
directly
> >behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
why people
> >cluster like that?)
>
> You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house,
right?
>
> ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
>
> -Kenny
What kind of response it this? This conversation is not about getting
the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in the
theater.
Kenneth Crudup
>>directly behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
>>why people cluster like that?)
>> You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house, right?
>> ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
In article <8tui5s$a65$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, the appropriately-named
usele...@my-deja.com asks:
>What kind of response it this? This conversation is not about getting
>the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in the
>theater.
Didja read the whole thing, dingus?
usele...@my-deja.com
> >>We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
> >>directly behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a
study on
> >>why people cluster like that?)
>
> >> You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house,
right?
> >> ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
>
> In article <8tui5s$a65$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, the appropriately-named
> usele...@my-deja.com asks:
>
> >What kind of response it this? This conversation is not about getting
> >the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in
the
> >theater.
>
> Didja read the whole thing, dingus?
>
> -Kenny
Actually, I did. Did *you* moron?
Best seat, worst seat, front row, last row.
The point, which you can't seem to grasp,
is about kicking seats. Has nothing
to do with what time one arrives at the
theatre.
Susan Umpleby
news:8tui5s$a65$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
>
> > >We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
> directly
> > >behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
> why people
> > >cluster like that?)
> >
> > You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house,
> right?
> >
> > ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
> >
> > -Kenny
>
>
> What kind of response it this? This conversation is not about getting
> the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in the
> theater.
>
----------Well obviously he/she was responding to the poster's plaint that
about people who come in and sit near you in a nearly empty theatre. That
person obviously finds it disturbing when this happens. And his response
was quite legitimate: even if the theatre is almost empty, if the best
seats are already occupied why shouldn't/wouldn't someone sit nearby? Not
in the seat next to you, but in the row in back or in front of you? I
recently went to a theatre and found that the best seats were already taken
(theatre otherwise empty). So I sat in the row behind them and, since there
was a 10-15 minute wait before the movie was to begin, pulled out a book to
read. Not making any noise. Not kicking any seat. Oh, the pointed looks
(I have good peripheral vision), the whispered comments, the loud sighs.
Finally they loudly & pointedly moved--which was funny considering that the
theatre began to fill up and they were soon surrounded :-D
Kenneth Crudup
>The point, which you can't seem to grasp, is about kicking seats. Has nothing
>to do with what time one arrives at the theatre.
This'll make your head explode: people who don't sit by you can't
kick your seat. Wrap your feeble, cretinous mind around that.
-Kenny, more than a bit sick of newbies who can't handle
topic drift
CClark8229
>>>We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
>>>directly behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study
>on
>>>why people cluster like that?)
>
>>> You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house, right?
>>> ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
>
>>the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in the
>>theater.
>
>
> -Kenny
Why don't you try reading this thread more closely.
CClark8229
>> directly
>> > >behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
>> why people
>> > >cluster like that?)
>> >
>> > You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house,
>> right?
>> >
>> > ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
>> >
>>
>>
>> What kind of response it this? This conversation is not about getting
>> the best seat in the house. It's about disturbing other patrons in the
>> theater.
>>
>
>about people who come in and sit near you in a nearly empty theatre. That
>person obviously finds it disturbing when this happens. And his response
>was quite legitimate: even if the theatre is almost empty, if the best
>seats are already occupied why shouldn't/wouldn't someone sit nearby? Not
>in the seat next to you, but in the row in back or in front of you? I
>recently went to a theatre and found that the best seats were already taken
>(theatre otherwise empty). So I sat in the row behind them and, since there
>was a 10-15 minute wait before the movie was to begin, pulled out a book to
>read. Not making any noise. Not kicking any seat. Oh, the pointed looks
>(I have good peripheral vision), the whispered comments, the loud sighs.
>Finally they loudly & pointedly moved--which was funny considering that the
>theatre began to fill up and they were soon surrounded :-D
I think that we're losing sight of the discussion here. While I'm sorry that
you encountered such rude behavior sitting too close to someone, you're talking
about two completely different scenarios. The person who reported the child
kicking their seat was merely pointing out that of all the empty seats in the
theater, why would someone with an "active" child sit directly behind someone?
Then behave the way they did when asked politely to stop (!) Therefore, I don't
think Mr. Crudups response was legitimate at all. It's not like these people
were expecting carte blanche by arriving early and sitting where they did. Come
on people. We're talking about common courtesy and respecting the space of
others!
I don't think Mr. Crudups response was legitimate at all.
usele...@my-deja.com
> >The point, which you can't seem to grasp, is about kicking seats.
Has nothing
> >to do with what time one arrives at the theatre.
>
> This'll make your head explode: people who don't sit by you can't
> kick your seat. Wrap your feeble, cretinous mind around that.
And if you'd kindly remove your head from your ass, you'd see we're
talking about people who sat down behind someone else and started
kicking *their* seats. Or are you suggesting that people who were there
first move? And then what happens if they encounter the same thing the
next place they sit, move again?
> -Kenny, more than a bit sick of newbies who can't handle
> topic drift
Well, there's the door. And I ain't no newbie. Jerk.
Kenneth Crudup
>right? ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
In article <20001104131748...@ng-mc1.aol.com>,
cclar...@aol.com (CClark8229) says:
> I don't think Mr. Crudups response was legitimate at all.
It's a shame people can't read. I replied to:
>>We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
>>directly behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study on
>>why people cluster like that?)
... and *only* that. There's no other quoted text in the message.
Now, do you and that Useless fellow will get it yet? Threads drift. I
couldn't care less about people kicking the original poster's seat.
-Kenny
joan harkness
Dave
kch...@my-deja.com wrote in message <8tv49n$r5b$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Joy Brunetti wrote:
>
>> Of course usually it's kids and the parents would also attack YOU for
>> having the nerve to say a word - as someone else in this thread has
>> demonstrated. (The angry woman sitting in back getting louder with
>each
>> outburst. <g>)
>>
>> I saw Bowfinger sometime last year (which, btw, I consider one of the
>most
>> godawful things I have ever seen on the big screen) with some young
>kid
>> kicking the hell out of the back of my and a friend's seats. We kept
>> turning around and even STOOD UP at points to turn around and look at
>them
>> but either a) the parents didn't notice he was being such an annoyance
>> (immunity? <weak grin>) or 2) they didn't give a damn because they
>were
>> comfy in their seats up top. I doubt it was that they didn't know,
>as the
>> whole upper section of the seating plan was shaking. That experience
>> definitely made an already sucky movie even suckier.
>>
>> J
>>
>True, some people are just consideration-dead jackasses.
>Every time something like that happens I want to bust out my cellular
>phone and call the lobby to send in an attendant to deal with the
>culprits. The problem is that if I did, I'd be one of those
>inconsiderate-jerk-theater-cell-phone-users! Argh. Actually, I'm not
>even sure if they would do anything. I've never seen them run one of
>those little public service announcements on their screens to squelch
>seat-kickers like they do for pager and phone users, and crying babies.
>Has anyone ever successfully complained to a theater about it?
>Personally, I kind of liked BOWFINGER. :)
>
>
Diana Leigh
> I really enjoyed Bowfinger.
So did I. I thought it was great.
D. Leigh
>
> Dave
>
>
> kch...@my-deja.com wrote in message <8tv49n$r5b$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
> >Joy Brunetti wrote:
> >
> >> Of course usually it's kids and the parents would also attack YOU for
> >> having the nerve to say a word - as someone else in this thread has
> >> demonstrated. (The angry woman sitting in back getting louder with
> >each
> >> outburst. <g>)
> >>
> >> I saw Bowfinger sometime last year (which, btw, I consider one of the
> >most
> >> godawful things I have ever seen on the big screen) with some young
> >kid
> >> kicking the hell out of the back of my and a friend's seats. We kept
> >> turning around and even STOOD UP at points to turn around and look at
> >them
> >> but either a) the parents didn't notice he was being such an annoyance
> >> (immunity? <weak grin>) or 2) they didn't give a damn because they
> >were
> >> comfy in their seats up top. I doubt it was that they didn't know,
> >as the
> >> whole upper section of the seating plan was shaking. That experience
> >> definitely made an already sucky movie even suckier.
> >>
> >> J
> >>
> >True, some people are just consideration-dead jackasses.
> >Every time something like that happens I want to bust out my cellular
> >phone and call the lobby to send in an attendant to deal with the
> >culprits. The problem is that if I did, I'd be one of those
> >inconsiderate-jerk-theater-cell-phone-users! Argh. Actually, I'm not
> >even sure if they would do anything. I've never seen them run one of
> >those little public service announcements on their screens to squelch
> >seat-kickers like they do for pager and phone users, and crying babies.
> >Has anyone ever successfully complained to a theater about it?
> >Personally, I kind of liked BOWFINGER. :)
> >
> >
CClark8229
>>You got there early, and got one of the best seats in the house,
>>right? ... so, why wouldn't I want one, too?
>
>In article <20001104131748...@ng-mc1.aol.com>,
>cclar...@aol.com (CClark8229) says:
>
>> I don't think Mr. Crudups response was legitimate at all.
>
>It's a shame people can't read. I replied to:
>
>>>We're in a fairly empty theater, so of course people come in and sit
>>>directly behind us (it's either that or in front; anybody ever do a study
>on
>>>why people cluster like that?)
>
>... and *only* that. There's no other quoted text in the message.
>
>Now, do you and that Useless fellow will get it yet? Threads drift. I
>couldn't care less about people kicking the original poster's seat.
>
> -Kenny
Mr. Crudup, I am fully aware just what you responded to. So you can cut the
condescending crap. I believe the comment about people sitting in clusters was
just a harmless observation. Clearly what upset them was the kicking. You have
a right to sit wherever the hell you want. You don't have the right however to
kick someone else's seat. Got it?
usele...@my-deja.com
I also knew what he was responding to. I only cut and paste the damn
thing! This was not just topic drifting. He was trying to instigate
something.
ANIM8Rfsk
seats are already occupied why shouldn't/wouldn't someone sit nearby? >>
Actually, I'd be that if you were in an empty theater, in the WORST seat in the
house, the next person to come in would sit right behind you (AND kick your
seat) :-)
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