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Author Topic: Is "A day without an Immigrant" affecting your theatre? Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 05-02-2006 08:35 PM                     Business was brisk yesterday. Actually, about twice as busy as today!  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-03-2006 09:26 AM                    I didn't notice. And no one I spoke to noticed. Or cared. I guess aside from clogging up traffic (anyone can do that) some of the folks who decided to play hookie yesterday patronized some theaters, which is a benefit. Was it yesterday? Or Monday? Whatever. Doesn't matter. The world still spins. On with my life....  |  IP: Logged Matt Whitney Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Naperville, IL, U.S.A. Registered: Dec 2004 posted 05-03-2006 12:20 PM                     Neither our staffing nor our attendance was affected at all. In fact, the only thing I noticed at all out here was that the local Chipotle had a sign up saying it might take longer to prepare food due to absent workers.  |  IP: Logged Jim Ziegler Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 753 From: West Hollywood, CA Registered: Jul 99 posted 05-07-2006 05:48 PM                     There was no effect here at all - which was surprising considering 50% of my theatre's patrons are latino.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-07-2006 08:52 PM                    Why is it surprising?  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-07-2006 11:48 PM                     What exactly were the guidelines for this? Did you have to be a direct immigrant or could you be second generation? What if you are on a work visa? What if they had a whole day where they didn't let anyone in or out of the country?  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-17-2006 03:12 AM                        Where I work, they allowed all those that wanted to participate in the street ralleys to do so without their pay or performance affected. Still, only about 3 percent of our workforce went. I was able to get a fish sandwhich at McDonalds, the same McD's that has no white people working there, and only three speak english. I was able to shop, buy gas, see a movie, and live my life. Remember, that these people promising to "shut us down" for a day, needed to know that only works when you all FAST for that day, dont drive for that day, and so on. None of this happened, and the economy barreled on without a twitch. Try again happy travelers. Destroy us, destroy yourself. Try life without an Italian. Who's gonna take your illegal bets? Whoses gonna break your legs when you fail to pay your vig? Whose gonna secretely run the catholic church as a liqoured up dining hall? Ciao  |  IP: Logged

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