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Author Topic: rant on stupid customers Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 08-31-2017 04:57 PM                        I get stopped occasionally in my lobby by people "thanking me for reopening the drive-in and keeping it alive". They always say something like, "We used to come here all the time when we were kids, and we just love it that you've reopened the place." Only thing I can really say at that point is, "We're glad to do it and thank you for coming back." I built my drive-in from scratch in 2003!  |  IP: Logged Martin Brooks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 900 From: Forest Hills, NY, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 09-03-2017 08:07 PM                        quote: Martin McCaffery Our theatre has been in continual operation since 1941. We get people who tell us they haven't been here since they were a kid and didn't know we were still open. Back in 1987 I was doing a debate at the college literally two blocks up the street. After the debate a bunch of the kids came up to me and said "We've been looking all over for a theatre like yours, where is it?" Well, maybe these people are on drugs or complete morons or maybe there was a problem with the presentation and/or lighting on your marquee.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 09-17-2017 10:02 PM                        So I start my movie tonight as usual and walk into the auditorium two minutes later and I'm wondering why I can't hear the soundtrack. And then I realize it's because EVERYBODY'S TALKING! I started walking around telling various people to be quiet and it didn't seem to make even a dent in the noise level. Unbelievable! So I went up to the projection room, stopped the movie and came back to announce that everyone who wants to talk to their friends should leave and do it somewhere else, and everyone who wants to watch the movie should stay and be quiet. I restarted the movie and now everyone seems to be behaving. I don't think I've ever stopped a movie due to excessive noise before. When I first walked in I couldn't believe it; I was actually wondering what was wrong with my sound system since all I could hear was this roar.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-17-2017 10:07 PM                     A dirty, little trick my father taught me when people are talking too loud is to suddenly turn the volume level DOWN. "Silence is deafening," so to speak.  |  IP: Logged Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 09-18-2017 11:21 AM                        (Volume DOWN) "LIKE" button!  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 09-18-2017 02:12 PM                     Did the same thing back when.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-07-2017 01:27 AM                     Wow 70 pages so far, lots of stories, many worth rereading. Heck, some of the stories from my own posts I had almost forgotten about and were a treat to read and relive. Highly recommend anyone relativity new here to check out the rest of this thread. So I went up to the projection room, stopped the movie and came back to announce that everyone who wants to talk to their friends should leave and do it somewhere else, and everyone who wants to watch the movie should stay and be quiet. I have had movies that tend to draw a large teen audience (PG-13 Horror movies for instance) were they were so loud during the previews that I would have to pause the movie right as it was starting (Production Company Logo) and go in, turn the cleaning lights on and make an announcement for everyone to settle down and keep quiet. I would also be sure to note that this is everyone's one warning and that anyone caught making any further disturbances (including texting) will be removed with NO REFUND. Always worked like a charm.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 11-07-2017 01:41 AM                        I've had a few fairly oblivious people here on a few occasions. I start the movie and walk into the auditorium after the turn off your cellphone trailer has played. And someone is fooling around with facebook or a video game. "Your phone lights up the room. Please turn it off until the show is over." But the movie hasn't started yet! "Do you see a picture on the screen? Do you hear a soundtrack? Have you considered that some of the other people in this room might want to actually watch the trailers for upcoming movies?" Oh, well, ok then. *grumble mutter mutter* And this is after they have walked past two signs on the wall (one in the lobby and one right at the entrance to the auditorium) and watched a trailer, all telling them to turn their phone off. How much notice do some people need, really?  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 11-07-2017 03:00 AM                     I've given up on trying to quiet down people during the pre-show trailers, it's already hard enough to keep people quiet until the first line of dialogue hits the screen. Even if the studio logos hit the screen, many people just keep on yacking and using their mobile phone. People just don't seem to have any kind of attention span any more...  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 11-09-2017 06:52 PM                     Same way on that point. If it is during previews, I usually dont bother with people on their phones (texting and such). I will occasionally say something to the effect that the phone needs to be off when the movie starts. And I will of course make note and check again later (usually looking down from the port windows). I did have a guy the other day that was talking on his cell loudly and even though it was during the trailers I asked him to take it to the outside hallway. He grumbled to whoever he was talking too that this theater was enforcing policy and making him leave.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 11-10-2017 01:11 AM                     One of the last movies I went to, someone was talking all through the trailers and kept talking during the studio opening, so I just said "OK, the movie's starting so shut up!"  |  IP: Logged Rick Raskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1100 From: Manassas Virginia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 11-10-2017 06:53 AM                     quote: Frank Cox How much notice do some people need, really? It seems these people think the rules apply to everyone but them.  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 11-10-2017 11:03 AM                        I saw a cell phone light in the auditorium about halfway through last night's show, so I went to tell the guy to shut it off. "But this is the first 3D movie that I've ever seen so I was just looking up how the glasses work." That's a new one.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-10-2017 02:08 PM                        Must've been a boring movie, eh?  |  IP: Logged Frank Cox Film God Posts: 2234 From: Melville Saskatchewan Canada Registered: Apr 2011 posted 11-10-2017 04:37 PM                        Geostorm. Not a particularly original or great movie but it does have a few exciting moments in it. Almost nothng for audience count for that one, though. Hopefully Bad Mom's Christmas will finally get a crowd in the door tonight. It's been lonely here for every movie since I finished playing It. I do get a chance to play my Arrogant Worms Christmas Turkey CD for the background music this week, though. It's not often that I get a Christmas movie where that's a suitable background.  |  IP: Logged

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