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Author Topic: The Sickest thing ever encountered in the theater Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-05-2005 09:54 AM                     If you can find a person who is just old enough (16-18 years old, depending on what your state laws are) but who still LOOKS young enough you could post him/her as bait. Have them sit with a digital camera handy. When "Ol' Spanky" starts up, snap his picture! I'm sure those customers who might be bothered by the flash would gladly put up with the momentary inconvenience to get rid of this guy. The only real problem is knowing when/where he'll strike next. I bet you could make some educated guesses. What's the next kid's movie? What's his favorite time(s) of day? Etc. I wonder if he hasn't showed up lately because he got himself arrested somewhere or has been otherwise "detained".  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 03-05-2005 05:59 PM                        I just remembered this recently, back when "Girl Next Door" was playing, one weeknight a young man went into the theater and came out shortly after and went to the bathroom. He emerged shortly and was wearing very baggy sweatpants and a loose shirt. He was "excited" as he went back into the auditorium. I don't want to think about what he was doing. Yet one more reason why I throw a platter cover over the seat before sitting down to screen a movie.  |  IP: Logged Brandon Willis Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Richmond, VA, USA Registered: Apr 2004 posted 03-08-2005 01:06 PM                     "Mr. Willis, it looks like someone stepped on a snickers bar in #14."  |  IP: Logged Lee Michael Breese Film Handler Posts: 16 From: Ankeny, Iowa, USA Registered: Mar 2005 posted 03-24-2005 11:38 PM                     I have a couple of storys for you. The first one was it was a little after the 7:00 set of shows and I had gotten the deposit done taken to the bank all concessions was restocked and everything was running smooth. I went out side for a quick cancer stick and one of my other employees came out with me. Not more then two mintues after we were outside and we took out our garbage he started to all over the dumpster area after he was finnished we started to walk back to the theatre to tell the GM to send him home. Then he decided he was not yet finnished and started in the flower bed. Now the thing that sucked was my GM made me clean it because I was the one who asked if he could go outside with me so as I was cleaning the first mess I right next to it and finally got it all cleaned before anyone got out of there feature. Story #2 I was doing theatre checks on a friday night during the last run of shows and I opened the door for our #4 auditorium heard someone and watched it fall infront of me and land in the walk way. I just turned around went into the bathroom threw up and came back got the GM who was closing with me and told her what happened. As a good GM she was she did not clean it or warn people as they left and left a note for the Janitor. Story 3 (by far the best encounter) I was in my box office draining the drawers when I looked back and saw a old man walking as fast as he could towards the bathroom. When you see that everyone knows it is nothing but trouble because that man is on a mission. Well about five minutes later the mans son came up to me and asked for towels because his father had an accident in the bathroom. I pretend once in my life I am a man and I could handle this so I told the man it was no problem I would take care of it and gave him and his father a pass to come back because they had to leave. Well as I walked back to the bathroom I started seeing little puddles (Not Chunks Puddles) of already I am thinking this is not going to be a good thing. When I reached the stale the old man attempted and accomplished dominating. I stood there and pulled a Bob Sagget from Dumb and Dumberer. I got it all cleaned up but there was enough there to make a person. The best part of the story was the puddles I found lead all the way to the entrance ramp of the theatre he was watching the movie in. Convently enough the auditorium was on the opposite side of where the restrooms where. Story 4 Once again I was closing one night doing a film check on all the movies that were still running. I looked through the window inside the auditorium and looked at the screen I noticed there was movement in the seats but did'nt think anything of it at the time because there were only two people in there a couple because I sold them the tickets. Well as I walked away the hampster in my head started spining the wheel and I realized what I saw so I went back to the glass looked in sure enough the couple were in the theatre just when I thought I have seen it all. Well I was so baffled at it I heard about it but never though people were stupid enough to do it so I walked down to the auditorum walked in looked up waved said hello and asked them if they could do that at home. It is not really a sick story more of a good bar story when I am old enough to drink. Anywho I have typed a bunch and problay way to much you all have a good one.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: California, U.S.A. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 04-09-2005 03:16 PM                     Last saturday night I was doing my show checks and found an opened Trojan "Twisted Pleasure" wrapper sitting on the end of the bannister in the auditorium. I checked with floor and apparantly that theater didn't get cleaned the previous show. So I told the new girl, who was supposed to have cleaned it anyway to come with me. We collected the wrapper (gloved with a poly bag of course) and went on a hunt for the rest of the "package" with a flashlight. I'd hate to have some find it durring the 7's... We look and hunt, high and low, and still nothing. In the back corner of the last row however, I found the rest of the wrapper...It was discarded. The very next day, after the first show got out, the same girl flipped up an armrest and was greeted with a sticky surprise. I checked the computer that night. Only 1 ticket was sold for the show that originated the "package"... To make matters worse the same worker found a nice nugget on the floor in the restroom durring a routine bathroom check that same night.  |  IP: Logged Alan Dallas Film Handler Posts: 48 From: Prescott Valley, AZ Registered: Jul 2004 posted 05-01-2005 12:03 PM                     Hmm sickest thing I ever ran across myself in an auditorium. Had to be when I doing a seat maintenance shift (I live in the booth, what am I doing re-upolstering cut and torn seats?) and at the time we had a bit of a Mouse Problem in House 13 and 14. I remember hearing about complaints of "bad smells" from both customers and ushers alike in #13 coming from the bottom of Stadium seating area. The smell was never located. That is until I removed a torn Seat Stantion cover and found a bloated and decayed dead mouse. It fell apart when I touched it with gloved hand to remove it from the metal frame of the seat stantion. I couldn't get that smell out of my nose for hours. bleeeh! On a funnier note in house #14 there lived a Mouse who got rather BIG and bold. I saw him from the booth a couple times when the ushers came in and turned the cleaning lights on. Well during a showing we got a complaint about that mouse. Appearntly it jumped into someones mostly eaten try of Nacho's and hauled one out. The little bugger went to the opposite end of the row and was sitting on the steps of the stadium seating munching away and apearently watching the movie(Ice Princess). Well a couple of our brave male ushers went to investigate for the rather attractive young female that made the complaint. Me upon hearing the chatter on the radio went over to projector 14 to see what they could possibly do about a mouse in a darkened house just in time to look out and see one of the ushers raise his broom up and WACK!!! Scooped him in his butler, paused to say something and then leave. I kinda felt bad for the mouse. Later I heard that the something said was "He didn't have a ticket."  |  IP: Logged Daniel Seal Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Birmingham, England , uk Registered: Feb 2005 posted 06-04-2005 05:29 AM                     i once saw a dildo just rattlin around on one of the seats , jesus !  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 06-06-2005 07:23 AM                     When I was learning for projectionist (might be some time ago) I had a guy as "teacher" who always built up 2 reels on a house reel (there doesn't fit a 3rd reel on it anyway). I said, I would prefer playing reel after reel (change-over). So, some time later I had to return a film - he built it up - 2 reels per house reel. When I came up the booth (he was not there) I noticed the cans were already open. Then I noticed there were a lot of tiny post-its with step by step instructions how to tear down the film. There were post-its on the head and tail leaders, on the cans, even on the splicer. I couldn't believe my ! Besides: He didn't know that I was able to handle this splicer. So I threw every single post-it away and did my work. Didn't have any problems. Bottom line: Never underestimate the power of a young projectionist!  |  IP: Logged

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