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James Keel
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Posts: 16
From: Dallas, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 04-14-2001 07:27 AM
Let's not start talking about the food. In my concession stand our recipe for the nacho cheese (back when it was in a pump) was to stir in a little jalapeno juice.This guy used to stir it with his, A) hands or B) feet. I know it's not a "joke", but it's something that shouldn't have been done nonetheless. Personally I wouldn't WANT to stick my foot in cheese. By the way, he told me this after he quit there, and I started working there. JK
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Chris Duvall
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Posts: 18
From: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 05-01-2001 04:12 AM
It looks like my ushers are coming up with a new pratical joke that is going to be unique at my location. Since I live in Vegas, I get my share of people of the famous sort come through. Mike Tyson is one of them. This last week, he has come to the theatre about 3-4 days straight in a row. This last Thursday when he came in, he was was breaking one of the Cardinal rules...he brought in outside food and drink. Now myself, I would let the man go...I like my ears where they are, thank you very much. However, a couple of the veteran ushers see him and sick one of the newbies on him. Of course the the newbie has no clue who Tyson is and demands that he remove the drink from the building. When Iron Mike flashed him that first look, my staff peering around the corner took off like roaches in bright light. One of my assistants let Tyson go and then let the newbie know who that was. Of course, the veterans were laughing uncontrollably in the lobby. I think the newbie needed to clean his pants after that. Very funny stuff.The other days after that when he has come in, the veterans again send some poor newbie on the attack with same results. I think Mike knows what's going on and is playing along now. Now if I can get Wayne Newton to come in... ------------------
Chris Duvall
General Manager
Regal Cinemas
Colonnade 14
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1068
From: Margate, FL, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-01-2001 10:22 AM
Just curious why you couldn't level with Iron Mike and ask him not to bring food in "next time?" Whats he going to do, chew your ear off?I find it fascinating how the rich and famous get to flaunt the rules and the poor Joe gets nailed. I'd be more upset about having to tell a mother with six kids in tow not to bring in outside food than I would asking Mike Tyson. My guess is that most reasonable public figures would have a similar response to mine, since most of them are very aware of the image they present to others and how fragile their bond with the public is.
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Aaron Garman
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1470
From: Toledo, OH USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 06-14-2004 03:33 AM
We once got a friend of ours, Megan, real good when she first started. I'll set up the story first. One of our friends, Derek, who worked at the theater when he was home from school had just come back and instead of wearing our new T-Shirt uniform, he continued to wear the Cinemark checkered shirt. Anyhow, Megan was fairly new and she was just getting to know us. When Derek got home, she did not know who he was. We eventually made up a joke that he was Cinemark's GTCSR (General Theatre Customer Service Represenative). Anyhow, he was supposedly someone who worked for corporate and was overseeing "Customer Service".
So we rigged up an incident between Derek and another friend Ian. Derek pretended to write up Ian, fight with him verbally, and almost get him fired. At this point, Megan was freeking out (she was only 16 at the time). Later that same night after work, a group of us went to a local pizza place. Now at this point, Megan is assuming Derek and Ian hate eachother and are going to get into a really big fight. Well, the first half of the group got there and I believe Derek was in that one. Megan was there at the time, along with me and some others. Minutes later, Ian arrives and sees us. He comes over, sits down, and him and Derek have a huge face off. We all look over at Megan and she is just terrified. Then Derek and Ian both say, "Alright, you ready to go?" Then they reveal the entire thing was a farce. My oh my, Megan was so angry at us. To this day, we still tease her about the incident.
Another funny prank our tech pulled was that he along with the opening projectionist hid a print of The Passion. They told the opening manager that the booth door was open when they arrived and a print of the Passion had been stolen. Needless to say, the manager was freeking out.
Finally, someone told me once as a prank they went in their concession stock room and moved all of the supplies to an entire different part of the building. She said the other manager was in a panic!
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Brandon Willis
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 216
From: Richmond, VA, USA
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 06-14-2004 10:58 AM
I love to prank call the box office. You can call up the cashiers and ask them for showtimes for porno films, like "What are your showtimes for Slut City Part 5?" or you can ask them stupid questions or gross stuff like "Can I get a refund on my popcorn if it made my kid crap his pants? It made my kid sick, it gave my wive the runs, it even made the dog sick."
My favorite one is this. I was sitting in the accounting office, which is right behind the box office, and called the cashier to make a "complaint":
"Hi, I'd like to make a MAJOR complaint against your theatre. I was trying to go to a sold out movie, and the usher told me that if the show was sold out, I couldn't sit on the floor. However, on the TV screens in the lobby, you have the little paper bag puppet saying that if it's sold out you CAN sit on the floor. It's like you're telling us one thing and then doing something else. What gives?"
The new manager always gets stuck with reading the grosses off when EDI calls.
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). Needless to say, he fell for it. The cashier had no idea what he was talking about and called the manager to ask him....he just laughed and told her to tell my employee that he thinks someone is playing a trick. I guess the manager was laughing so hard my employee could hear him over the phone.... 
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