Moviegoer is stabbed after complaining about cellphone user

[ChickenScratch]

Oh I hate movie theaters! I mush prefer the drive in or going in the middle of the day on my day off (Monday) so I have the place mostly to myself.

 

[Hound55]

They tried that in a theatre here. It's a bad solution.

Really what they should do is tell people that if they need to use their cellphones during a movie to please walk to the back of the theatre and out the doors first.

If someone doesn't do that then they should be asked to leave. However more often than not movie attendants don't care if you use your cellphone in a theatre.

I like going to movies in a theatre and I prefer it to watching them at home most of the time. When I can get out I enjoy it and if someone uses their cellphone during a movie I usually just get up and sit right beside them or sit in front of them.

The solution to me, is simple.

Make ushers compulsory for each individual theatre. You'll find small theatres will take on work-experience kids and big cinemas could easily afford it.

Being told to turn your phone off or leave the theatre for a call by a guy in uniform, who's paid to deal with people and handle situations as smoothly as possible (for limited training) is very different than someone being yelled at by some random guy in a cinema.

It invokes different emotions and is therefore more likely to yield very different, and considerably less desirable results.

 

[Majic Walrus]

What happened?

Most people stopped coming, the ones who did come refused to turn in their cellphones then ones who did turn in their cellphones complained when they missed important calls... It was rough.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

That's why I just want the battery confiscated

As for your important calls, nobody's that important that they can't be unavailable for 2 hours. If your wife is due to give birth any minute now, don't go see Clash of the Titans

 

[Manic]

If you ask me, the wrong person got stabbed.

 

[Crook]

The solution to me, is simple.

Make ushers compulsory for each individual theatre. You'll find small theatres will take on work-experience kids and big cinemas could easily afford it.

Being told to turn your phone off or leave the theatre for a call by a guy in uniform, who's paid to deal with people and handle situations as smoothly as possible (for limited training) is very different than someone being yelled at by some random guy in a cinema.

It invokes different emotions and is therefore more likely to yield very different, and considerably less desirable results.

This is why I love New York. We don't need all that complicated stuff. There's always two or three brave souls not afraid to call your ass out in front of everyone if you're making a disturbance. Usually that's all it takes. If the crowd is really annoyed, they'll also rally up against that one perpetrator.

I remember when I saw Watchmen, this one guy had his music blasting all throughout the previews. One guy called him out, a-hole didn't listen. Second guy called him out, still no response. Then the ENTIRE theater started yelling at his ass and dude got so scared he left.

 

[Mace Dolex]

This is why going to theaters tends to get scary, anybody can bring in a weapon and start blasting in the darkened theater which is why I always like to sit far in the back to easily run out the door.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

If you ask me, the wrong person got stabbed.

Indeed

 

[Hound55]

This is why I love New York. We don't need all that complicated stuff. There's always two or three brave souls not afraid to call your ass out in front of everyone if you're making a disturbance. Usually that's all it takes. If the crowd is really annoyed, they'll also rally up against that one perpetrator.

I remember when I saw Watchmen, this one guy had his music blasting all throughout the previews. One guy called him out, a-hole didn't listen. Second guy called him out, still no response. Then the ENTIRE theater started yelling at his ass and dude got so scared he left.

That's WHY you need that complicated stuff.

You get a guy who doesn't handle public humiliation well, dude will leave for a second, come back with a pointy implement of some kind and f***ing shank someone.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, the people that are jerks are no longer cowards. They actually come back at you, either with a weapon or with five more of their boys to challenge you. Making YOU feel like the insignificant jerk.

 

[Crook]

That's WHY you need that complicated stuff.

You get a guy who doesn't handle public humiliation well, dude will leave for a second, come back with a pointy implement of some kind and f***ing shank someone.

That isn't exclusive to any authoritative precaution. Whether it be the guy behind him, or a theater worker, if he's prone to such behavior nothing will change that.

I'd sooner believe he's less likely to enact violence against an entire room filled with dozens of people already hating him, as opposed to one person.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

The solution: bouncers in every theater

 

[Immortalfire]

That's why I just want the battery confiscated

As for your important calls, nobody's that important that they can't be unavailable for 2 hours. If your wife is due to give birth any minute now, don't go see Clash of the Titans

Agreed. If you're waiting on "important" calls (I wonder what their definition of important really is), then you don't need to be in a movie theater.

 

[SuperFerret]

One day we're gonna read a story about SuperFerret..

Ha. Ha. Ha.

Just because I said that I will make some quietcomments to my friends while in the theater, I'm suddenly equated with the people who'll disturb everyone from watching the movie, not just those with severe A.D.D. (this includes cell phone users, LOUD talkers, and people who, despite claiming that they don't want to miss important stuff during a movie, will stop paying attention to the film completely to tell someone off).

Situations like this show why you should just mind your own business. Also, people should realize that the public is filled with jerks, and if you want to see a movie that requires you to hear every single word of dialogue in order to follow it, then maybe the theater isn't the place to see it.

 

[THE MR. TERRIFIC]

That's why I just want the battery confiscated

As for your important calls, nobody's that important that they can't be unavailable for 2 hours. If your wife is due to give birth any minute now, don't go see Clash of the Titans

I agree with the wife having the baby part, however as a father of 3, when my wife and I go to a movie without the kids we turn our cell phones on silent or vibrate. If we get a call from whoever is babysitting we do leave the theater to take the call. Kids can get hurt or sick or whatever and parents (like myself) won't stop going to the movies just because some people may get mad. But like I said, if I have to take a call I'm respectful about it.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I agree with the wife having the baby part, however as a father of 3, when my wife and I go to a movie without the kids we turn our cell phones on silent or vibrate. If we get a call from whoever is babysitting we do leave the theater to take the call. Kids can get hurt or sick or whatever and parents (like myself) won't stop going to the movies just because some people may get mad. But like I said, if I have to take a call I'm respectful about it.

And the people in the theater with you appreciate your willingness to go outside

All the phone calls I've heard mid-movie have been trivial as ****. "Who's fighting in the parking lot?", "I can't believe that hieffer said that about me!", or my favorite "Hey, what's up? Oh nothing, just at the movies. You goin' out tonight?"

 

[Carcharodon]

That's as far as i got into reading it before deciding that the guy who attacked was crazy.

....really? The, uh....the title didn't tip you off, then?

 

[BlackLantern]

This is why I hate society, you can't say boo to anyone for fear of being hopped on by a gang, knifed, or shot. Then you feel like a god damn coward because you keep your mouth shut.

start your own gang then

 

[Holiday]

This is why I usually see movies on a weekday afternoon instead of a Friday or Saturday night. The smaller crowd, the better.

You should be forced to turn over your cell phone battery before entering the theater

What's happens if there's an emergency? For instance, someone close to you gets in a car accident but you don't know about it until 2 plus hours later because you couldn't access your phone.

 

[BlackLantern]

What's happens if there's an emergency? For instance, someone close to you gets in a car accident but you don't know about it until 2 plus hours later because you couldn't access your phone.

oh god you're one of those ******s who can't leave his phone alone, aren't you?

 

[Trainwreck2100]

movie stabbings used to be so rare, now they are just medium rare

 

[Spidey-Bat]

What's happens if there's an emergency? For instance, someone close to you gets in a car accident but you don't know about it until 2 plus hours later because you couldn't access your phone.

What do you think people would do back when there weren't any cellphones?

 

[Holiday]

oh god you're one of those ******s who can't leave his phone alone, aren't you?

Hahaha. Nah, I'm kinda the opposite. I won't look at my phone for hours at time, or even cut it on until the middle of the day sometimes.

But still, if I'm away from home I want it on and with me at all times. When I'm in a movie though, I'll always put it on vibrate.

 

[BlackLantern]

What do you think people would do back when there weren't any cellphones?

yes, in the long long ago...when people didn't have cellphones

 

[Figs]

I think we should start cutting off people's arms who use cell phones in the theater. If they talk, we should cut out their tongue. If you vote for me in 2028, I will make your movie going experience a peaceful one.

This message has been paid for by the E-Man coalition for the betterment of society. Remember, if they're stupid, they shouldn't be physically allowed to have kids. Vote for me.

I'd vote for you!

Seriously, people are so inconsiderate now days and think the world revolves around them. I just can't believe how pathetic people are in this society. Way too many citizens are a bunch of dumb and lazy spoiled brats and I've heard and witnessed one too many times, when someone is in the wrong and they give the person who is in the right ****.

Too many times have I seen on city streets or on the freeway some absolute jack ass ride people's asses and cut them off with only inches between their cars making people slam on their breaks and when they rightfully honk the ass hole has the nerve to give them the finger. Sadly, most of the time it's punk kids or some little dicked *****e driving a BMW. BMW and Mini Van driversare in my top 5 list of worst enemies.

I'm absolutely serious when I say those people need to be dragged out of their cars(or in this case the theatre)and beaten. Not severly but enough to hopefully teach them some humility.

This is why I usually see movies on a weekday afternoon instead of a Friday or Saturday night. The smaller crowd, the better.

There used to be a time when cellphones never existed. You are the one making the choice to go into a theatre and for a limited amount of time, shut yourself off from the rest of the outside world. People shouldn't be bothered or annoyed hearing you talk on your cellphone if an emergency happens...which in most cell phone in the theatre cases, it rarely occurs.

It's your choice to go in there, that's the price to pay as far as I'm concerned.