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Author Topic: Stupid Showtimes (AKA You Suck: Outing bad showtime schedulers) Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 11-11-2008 10:19 PM                     Brian Woods wrote: ".......If this theater is such a crappy theater, why are you spending so much time and concern on it? If you don't like it, let the theater management know or send in a comment card...But to spout stuff on this site that makes little sense is just plain dumb." Mike Croaro responds: The postings on this subject (at least for me) serve as a soruce of subtle amusement over what seems like strange or inconsistant showtimes. If you feel the thread bores and dumbs you down so much why are you reading it? Mike Croaro  |  IP: Logged Brian Woods Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Memphis, TN Registered: Dec 2005 posted 11-11-2008 11:21 PM                    Because like a bathroom stall, the writting on the wall is the same as the crap its written with.  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 11-12-2008 06:36 PM                     Brian Woods wrote "Because like a bathroom stall, the writting on the wall is the same as the crap its written with." Mike Croaro responds:  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-12-2008 06:56 PM                        Mike Croaro wittingly posts: " " Joe Redifer tells it like it is: OK, first there is no reason to quote a post directly above yours. We'll remember what was said, trust me. Secondly if you do need to quote somebody, use the friggin' QUOTE feature. It is not hard to use. Joe Redifer  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 11-12-2008 08:27 PM                     Hi Joe: Do you own this webite? I didn't think so. I'm confident that the owner/moderator will inform me if there is a problem with my quotes. Mike  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 11-12-2008 10:09 PM                     Please use the quote function.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-12-2008 10:17 PM                      |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-13-2008 01:07 AM                        Wow, if I didn't know better, I'd think Mike C. was that Frank dude under a different name. No wait, if it was Frank he'd be fighting with me.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 11-13-2008 01:46 AM                     No...if Frank was a small fraction as intelligent as he thought he was, you would be the LAST person he'd target, lest he'd blow his cover. If Mike C IS Frank, would we call him "Frankenmike?"  |  IP: Logged Ron Funderburg Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 814 From: Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Registered: Nov 2007 posted 11-13-2008 02:59 PM                        Joe isn't the owner of this website? WOW!  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-14-2008 03:23 PM                     Mike does make a valid point though, he IS discussing showtimes in a thread about discussing showtimes. If I had to guess I would say that Brian actually works at the STONESTOWN, (or at least for the same company) that's why he has taken such offence at Mikes posts.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 청주시, 경북도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 11-14-2008 05:03 PM                     But his complaint wasn't about the actual showtimes, per say but with the fact that they changed from week-to-week on Friday and that the newspaper from the previous day only showed the times for that day (which is the case for most newspapers). And Brian pretty obviously doesn't work at the theater in question since it's in San Francisco and he's in Memphis.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 11-14-2008 06:32 PM                     Fair enough, but this doesn't explain why Brian is being so hostile to Mike or why this thread has turned into the "pick on Mike" thread.  |  IP: Logged Brian Woods Film Handler Posts: 32 From: Memphis, TN Registered: Dec 2005 posted 11-15-2008 10:40 AM                    I don't hate anyone, so please don't get your crumpets in a wad. I think it turned more hostile when the quote feature wasn't used. quote: Mike Croaro responds: I don't know Mike/have anything against him, don't know the theater, and don't know why showtimes are such a quote: Strange happenings in San Francisco Newspapers are horrible about keeping the correct showtimes listed. Some newspapers put their entertainment section on auto pilot and whatever the Super Computer in the back spits out must be the gospel. There have been many times a customer has brought it a newspaper from the prior day or even week and expects it to be the same. They don't take in account that when school is out or there is a holiday, we have more shows running, and when business is dead, we might not have a show until 2pm that day or in some cases 5pm. If the newspaper is right, the theater has to be wrong and its their fault. I don't hate anyone, but people who actually... quote: WORK AT A THEATER Know this all too well that newspapers can list a wrong time, and we don't have anything to do with it. If a customer buys a paper 3 days ago, and comes in and thinks the times are going to be the same is valid? I wonder if you buy stocks that way too? How about the weather? Is it sunny where you are? Could it rain? Is the forecast the same on Monday that it will be on Friday? I think my overall point of this why do we care what the showtimes are? I don't have all day to sit around and ponder movie times. I check the newspaper if one is around and see what time the movie says it going to start, check the website, and if I am too suspicious I call the theater and ask them what the times are. If a theater doesn't fit into your schedule, maybe its not the one you go see the movie at? But to say a theater is at fault over this when you don't know their numbers or their reasoning behind it is...  |  IP: Logged Mike Croaro Master Film Handler Posts: 394 From: Millbrae, CA Registered: Apr 2005 posted 11-15-2008 05:22 PM                     Hi Folks: For the record I don't beleive I ever "complained" about the showtimes or "faulted" any particular theatre in this long thread. I suppose in my postings I have indirectly suggested that showtimes at the few theatres mentioned could have been organized or chosen better. I like the Stonestown Twin and visit it often. The staff is very friendly and there is a lot of free parking. I also rack up Regal points for free movies and food. Finally, I always double check showtimes against newspapers, Fandango, AOL moviephone etc. I feel confident that the showtimes quoted in any of my postes are true and accurate. Mike Croaro (no.....I'm not Frank)  |  IP: Logged

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