Turn Off Your Phone

[Endeavor]

I've never made a scene but if someone is being disruptive enough and someone else gets fed up and tells them off like C.Lee mentioned, I'd applaud it.
If folks aren't taught manners and to be considerate at home, then they have to learn somewhere. If that means being humiliated so the point gets across then so be it. Maybe that'll make them think twice about doing it in another movie.

 

[Darthphere]

I've never made a scene but if someone is being disruptive enough and someone else gets fed up and tells them off like C.Lee mentioned, I'd applaud it.
If folks aren't taught manners and to be considerate at home, then they have to learn somewhere. If that means being humiliated so the point gets across then so be it. Maybe that'll make them think twice about doing it in another movie.

Go figure, I'd probably be more annoyed by C. Lee yelling and then everyone else applauding during the movie in approval.

 

[Marvolo]

Big talk. Every person I've sat near a movie theatre who's pulled out their phone in a movie probably thinks that, but when I have "words" with them, they become Jimmy Carter in three seconds.

Lol I'm really not afraid of your "words". And if you wanna take a swing and get banned from the theater and have charges taken on you because i refuse to cut off those who depend on me then be my guest. My body will heal but good luck getting assault to look good on a background check. Phone stays on and on vibrate. Not that I would have a conversation in the damn theater tho. I'm not a *****e about it. Phone vibrates I give it a quick check and leave if necessary. Also I tell people I'm going to the movies and to only contact me in the event of an emergency. So really your tantrum wouldn't be necessary.

I guess Im not easily distracted. If someone's phone goes off and they deal with it immediately I don't care. Ill survive it. This is a first world problem if I've ever seen it.

 

[Marvolo]

Go figure, I'd probably be more annoyed by C. Lee yelling and then everyone else applauding during the movie in approval.

Same here. You don't make the situation better by making even more racket.

 

[Teelie]

I think you're just easily distracted by shiny things.

Also, thats awesome that you do that. That's probably 100x more distracting and rude to the other patrons in the theater. But continue yelling at people in the movie theater, thats going to solve that problem.

The goal is to shame and embarass them into never doing it again. Seeing as they already disrupted this movie, it's not unreasonable to continue to do so to make it obvious to them to not repeat it again in another movie. Of course some of them are too dense to get it and will continue to do so.

 

[NickNitro]

Waiting for the movie to begin how many previews and messages do we need to tell people to turn off their phone. This is getting ridiculous. I mean there had to be about 6 of them. You have some telling people to turn them off and win a reward, I mean come on! Trust people to turn them off and start the movie already.

It is getting to be a bit much. I mean, I see why they do the ads, but I have noticed that the sheer volume has vastly increased recently.

Honestly its not. Everyone has a phone these days, even the most ridiculously annoying Movie going group of them all....a pack of teenagers.

I'd rather have 1-2 messages loud and in your face before the movie to shut up and turn off your phone then have to look at the glowing faces of giggling teens the whole time.

Its my biggest pet peeve and I honestly think there should be a monitor during each movie to make sure little ass clowns down talk loudly/kick chairs/answer calls/text during a movie that I paid for to enjoy.

 

[C. Lee]

I think you're just easily distracted by shiny things.

Also, thats awesome that you do that. That's probably 100x more distracting and rude to the other patrons in the theater. But continue yelling at people in the movie theater, thats going to solve that problem.

Go figure, I'd probably be more annoyed by C. Lee yelling and then everyone else applauding during the movie in approval.

Same here. You don't make the situation better by making even more racket.

I didn't say I yelled...I said I tell them in a loud voice (and by that I mean I don't do the polite whisper that you should do when talking to people in a theater)....I don't yell across the theater, I walk to the person, look them in the eye, and tell them to put their phone away. Each time I have done this, there is a smattering of applause from people. No one ever says "Let the poor person continue to be rude and interrupt our enjoyment of the movie by exercising his right to not follow the rules...Please, please let them continue to talk on their phone."

 

[Manic]

I didn't say I yelled...I said I tell them in a loud voice (and by that I mean I don't do the polite whisper that you should do when talking to people in a theater)....I don't yell across the theater, I walk to the person, look them in the eye, and tell them to put their phone away. Each time I have done this, there is a smattering of applause from people. No one ever says "Let the poor person continue to be rude and interrupt our enjoyment of the movie by exercising his right to not follow the rules...Please, please let them continue to talk on their phone."

Somewhere in that crowd is somebody who just got even more annoyed by that loudly talking man and round of applause, but they're not going to say anything because they're still trying to watch the movie.

The light of someone's phone might be annoying, but people shouting and loudly speaking (for WHATEVER reason) is much worse.

 

[Teelie]

I'd rather a brief if noisy interruption that stops them than a continued glaring of lights flashing on and off every few minutes.

To each his own.

 

[Endeavor]

I'd rather a brief if noisy interruption that stops them than a continued glaring of lights flashing on and off every few minutes.

To each his own.

Bingo

 

[Pink Ranger]

I didn't say I yelled...I said I tell them in a loud voice (and by that I mean I don't do the polite whisper that you should do when talking to people in a theater)....I don't yell across the theater, I walk to the person, look them in the eye, and tell them to put their phone away. Each time I have done this, there is a smattering of applause from people. No one ever says "Let the poor person continue to be rude and interrupt our enjoyment of the movie by exercising his right to not follow the rules...Please, please let them continue to talk on their phone."

I do the exact same thing (though I don't get applause, it's not a Canadian thing we do I guess). Bravo.

 

[Marvolo]

I didn't say I yelled...I said I tell them in a loud voice (and by that I mean I don't do the polite whisper that you should do when talking to people in a theater)....I don't yell across the theater, I walk to the person, look them in the eye, and tell them to put their phone away. Each time I have done this, there is a smattering of applause from people. No one ever says "Let the poor person continue to be rude and interrupt our enjoyment of the movie by exercising his right to not follow the rules...Please, please let them continue to talk on their phone."

The problem tho is instead of just a talking dick now we have someone up and moving around in front of people. That is annoying in and of itself. If the person next to the guy wants to say something fine, but if you have to get up and stumble by people and walk down the steps to get to the guy don't even bother cause you are being an equal if not bigger annoyance.

Now what really annoys me is babies at the theater. That is some inconsiderate ****. I understand you can't always get a babysitter but tough titty. You wait til you can. You don't bring the screamer to the theater. For the record I don't mind babies. Just not at the theater. Especially loud bombastic action or horror. You know the kid is just going to end up screaming and crying at some point so don't bother.

 

[the last son]

C. Lee response to a phone interruption doesn't surprise me one bit. He's making the situation worse.

 

[Pink Ranger]

C. Lee response to a phone interruption doesn't surprise me one bit. He's making the situation worse.

How the heck is that "making it worse"? A 10-second interaction shuts down an inconsiderate a-hole for the next 90 minutes (or four hours if it's a stage production you're at). It makes it better for everyone else in the theatre.

 

[the last son]

Because the situation could get worse. I just want to watch the movie and go home. Not have the situation possible escalate, fight, and have to reschedule my watch

 

[Xeno]

I think you're just easily distracted by shiny things.

Also, thats awesome that you do that. That's probably 100x more distracting and rude to the other patrons in the theater. But continue yelling at people in the movie theater, thats going to solve that problem.

Having been blinded many times by ignorant cellphone users who can't keep their damn phones off during movies, I would be happy to see someone confront those fools. Several times I have told idiots who insist on talking like they're in their living rooms to shut the hell up. Sometimes you have to call people out when they have the manners of swine in public because if you don't they will happily continue making everyone else's experience miserable.

 

[Marvolo]

How the heck is that "making it worse"? A 10-second interaction shuts down an inconsiderate a-hole for the next 90 minutes (or four hours if it's a stage production you're at). It makes it better for everyone else in the theatre.

Seriously I've never had someone have a 90 minute conversation during a movie. The most I've ever heard is "im at a movie" *click* if its more than that then by all means say something if your next to the person, but if somebody gets up and stumbles in front of me to reach someone who probably would have stopped what they are doing in seconds without interference they are annoying me more than the person who answered the phone.

Either ignore it like any adult should be able to do or see what the person does. If they stop in seconds your services aren't needed. If they don't then keep your ass seated and let someone closer deal with it. If no one closer deals with it and the person persists then by all means take action. But don't walk in front of me to play vigilante immediately after their phone goes off.

 

[C. Lee]

Except that I don't jump up the instant that someone turns on their phone and scream like a banshee and "stumble" around the theater. I don't tell them to turn it off until they have repeatedly done it and are becoming rather annoying.

 

[terry78]

Haha, you're not supposed to immediately go off on the person. You're supposed to give them a buffer time frame to just stop on their own. Now when it becomes constant like 10 minutes into the movie, then I say something.

 

[Marvolo]

Except that I don't jump up the instant that someone turns on their phone and scream like a banshee and "stumble" around the theater. I don't tell them to turn it off until they have repeatedly done it and are becoming rather annoying.

I know that. I wasn't referring to you. Just to those who do dumbassery like that.

Has anyone in here ever seen someone throw popcorn at an annoyance? I witnessed that one time. Surprisingly no one got stomped into the ground.

 

[bullets]

I know that. I wasn't referring to you. Just to those who do dumbassery like that.

Has anyone in here ever seen someone throw popcorn at an annoyance? I witnessed that one time. Surprisingly no one got stomped into the ground.

I've done it several times. Once I had a woman in front of me who wouldn't stop reaching in and out of her purse to check the phone so I kept tossing them in there. It just depends on how much of a hassle they are being.

 

[Darthphere]

I didn't say I yelled...I said I tell them in a loud voice (and by that I mean I don't do the polite whisper that you should do when talking to people in a theater)....I don't yell across the theater, I walk to the person, look them in the eye, and tell them to put their phone away. Each time I have done this, there is a smattering of applause from people. No one ever says "Let the poor person continue to be rude and interrupt our enjoyment of the movie by exercising his right to not follow the rules...Please, please let them continue to talk on their phone."

And thats a lot more annoying than some light from a cell phone. You just made your problem, my problem so how is that fair to me?

I'd rather a brief if noisy interruption that stops them than a continued glaring of lights flashing on and off every few minutes.

To each his own.

How do you know that person will be texting all movie long? Still, again, you're making your personal annoyance everybody's problem.

 

[Teelie]

I've been in enough movies to see a texter re-texting enough to guess it's going to continue happening. If they saw nothing wrong with it the first time, what prevents them from repeating it? And it usually isn't my personal annoyance. I'll often hear others complain about it too either in whispers during the movie or afterwards leaving.

 

[Manic]

Shifting the topic slightly:

Does anyone else leave the room when they get a call? Not at the movies, but other places. Like if I'm at someone's home, at Barnes & Noble, or eating out with friends-- if I get a phone call, I usually take it outside or in another room.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Shifting the topic slightly:

Does anyone else leave the room when they get a call? Not at the movies, but other places. Like if I'm at someone's home, at Barnes & Noble, or eating out with friends-- if I get a phone call, I usually take it outside or in another room.

That's a classy move that fewer and fewer people do these days.