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Rule XVI (or whatever we are up to): HAVE YOUR TICKET READY! When loading 800+ people in from a long line, particulalry if it is nasty weather, don't wait until you get to the doorman to go hunting for your ticket. If you have come to the door unprepaired, then please don't stand in the way of the remaining 750 people who are trying to come in. Oh and also STOP laughing about the situation..it is only funny to YOU!

Steve

You don't need to applaud at the end of the film. Neither the director, the cast, or anyone else involved with the making of the picture will probably be able to hear you!

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You don't need to applaud at the end of the film. Neither the director, the cast, or anyone else involved with the making of the picture will probably be able to hear you!

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There have been very few movies I've attended in which the audience has applauded at the end. These have been the Star Wars rereleases in early 1997, and only 2 or 3 others since then. This is so rare in my area that it is a sure sign that the audience truly enjoyed the movie, so this certainly should not be a "rule".

That said, the goal of the studios should be to produce movies that make the audience want to applaud when the credits start rolling. They're few and far between.

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Rule: YOU are responsible for your own personal items. ie, wallets, hats, purses, keys, umbrellas, etc... If you misplace them, rather, forget them, bear in mind that no matter what, it is YOUR MISTAKE NOT OURS. IF said item can not be found, do not demand that MY staff stole your stuff. I highly doubt they have any desire for that paisley umbrella anyway. And as for wallets, should a customer bring a lost wallet to us, we are in absolutely no f'n way responsible for any lost/missing contents. Tough . Keep up with your wallet. I could care less that you have 4 kids with you and your attention may have been diverted. If you are that shallow minded you shouldn't be alone with four kids in the first place.

Yes, I'm bitter. We actually had a woman this wknd leave her wallet somewhere in my theatre. At this point, after police talking to my asst, the woman, and a concessionist, I am still undetermined as to where the wallet was left. It's a long story, but the point is this beyyatch (I said I was !) kept us tied up for 2.5 hours trying to make me & trhe police believe that one of my asst't stole her money. Whatever lady. If it were an employee I didn't really trust, who knows, but one I trust with my operations? Hardly.

When will people take responsibiltyies for their own ignorant actions? I politely told the woman that it didn't matter if the wallet were only left for 2 minutes out of her sight, we were simply not held accountable for it.

Rant off.

If it happens when I'm projecting, I feel that I've just made several hundred people happy. If I'm in the audience, it makes me glad that I watched film in a theater rather than video/DVD on a television.

I'm curious as to why Steve Scott holds the opposite opinion of audience applause. If audiences are so impressed by the film, even if the applause is directly heard by only a few, word does get passed around.

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Yet another rule: Offering to share your bottle of cheap wine with the manager will not make it ok to bring into a movie. Alcohol is still not allowed. (BTW, my manager has been sober for 12 years and can smell alcohol two counties away.)

Most of the ushers dont set the concessions prices. Its a movie theater, they re overpriced, deal with it, all theaters are overpriced and you know it. If you dont like the price, do what i do, dont buy anything. But please dont complain to the host, they dont set the prices.

Obviously no cell phones in the theater. However, just cuz the credits are running, doesn't mean you can use you phone then. In fact, even after the credits are done, it is still rude to talk on you cell phone in the auditorium--your call can wait the extra minute that it will take you to walk outside.

If someone behind you is talking or kicking your seat, dont wait until aver the 1- 2 hour show to tell us and complain, wanting your cash back. Kindly ask them to keep it down, most people will respect that and shut up. If not, tell a host and they will do something (this especially applies in an imax theater where most theaters are required to staff each show with at least two hosts at the back of the theater). After the show is over there is nothing we can do about it.

Anyway, I'd like to suggest these additions to the rules list (with apologies to Ian Price):

1. Patrons must wait until the closing credits before running to the back of the house to make shadow puppets in the projector beam.
2. During showings of "Rocky Horror", you must have the manager's permission before riding your motorcycle down the center aisle.
3. Ticketholders who exit the theater after the "Harry Potter" trailer and then demand a full refund will be bitch-slapped by the assistant manager.
4. In our single screen theaters, customers approaching the ticket counter saying things like "two tickets for (name of movie)" will be singled out for intense ridicule.

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