for this and the Airman who loaned his I.D. card out sent a sucide note up through his chain of command. The note was ignored and the guy blew his head off in the barracks. For the next month suicide prevention was a very hot topic on base.Two notes on this:
As one sobered up last night - he said that he realized how dumb it was to actually get kicked out of the movie "Jackass".
Some of them came back tonight to apologize to my staff and I - and they were sober!
At least they apologized. They could have gotten in hot water if they were "picked up" and got busted....something like that can ruin their careers. Public drunkeness of military personnel is not tolerated.
Luckily, fire alarm was @ 12:30 am and not many shows were left playing.
Same thing happened here. Fire extinguisher discharged in side hallway, alarm went off, only 3 shows still in progress. Wound up with an excess of $500+ in refunds over the weekend from that event alone.
Added four employees to the close staff for Sat/Sun, no problems.
Freekin assholes!
Alcohol problems in the USAF are a major problem! Oh the stories I have!
One of many stories...and yes it is true: Travis AFB CA 1994 or 1995..I forgot the year. An Airman of legal drinking age loaned his Military I.D. card out to an "underaged" Airman. Now, this Airman who loand out his I.D. card was already in hot water for other offenses. The "underaged" Airman to whom he loaned his I.D. card out to went into the NCO club on base, got drunk and was busted with a DUI on base. Well, both parties were in deep for this and the Airman who loaned his I.D. card out sent a sucide note up through his chain of command. The note was ignored and the guy blew his head off in the barracks. For the next month suicide prevention was a very hot topic on base.
The alcohol problem at Norton AFB, CA (now closed) was so bad that what went on in the barracks would make "Animal House" or any college frat look like a bunch of amatures!
God, what Ican go on about!
Our biggest auditorium had a nice clean screen when it started. Not anymore. It now has the standard mustard/cheese/soda stains.
Our sister theater down the road had a beer thrown at their screen. They also had the masking curtains pulled down on one side of the screen in their #2 biggest house. The drunk idiots that did it are lucky they didn't kill themselves by the big rod coming down and clocking them in the head.
Mark
Since this Hoyts does not enforce the R rating policy and lets anyone in, it could not be someone who was turned away.
That's part of the reason why "The Ring" did so well at our theater (and probably others) during weeks 2 & 3 of its release. Does anyone know if 8 Mile is rated R? If it is, The Ring will probably keep doing kick-ass business for us next week! ;-)
By the way, we frequently end up in heated arguments with parents who want to just drop off their eight kids and leave. They even go to the extent to buy a ticket, walk in, sit with them for about ten minutes, then leave. I can't tell you how many kids have been wandering aimlessly around our lobby for two hours these last two weekends because we pulled them out of the movie after their parents sneaked out and drove away. We refund the kids' money, but not the parents. They're probably too embarassed to come back in and ask for it, and the movie is over by the time they get back anyway. At least we get their popcorn money and lots of quarters in our arcade games. ;-)
Has anyone seen the latest NATO newsletter which is critical of theatres for their lax enforcement of the ratings system?
And Univesal has Empire coming up soon as well!
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It is very difficult sometimes for us. Take last night for example (election day eve). Lots of kids have off from school today, so we got crushed significantly more than we expected. We just didn't have the staff to put at the doors of the auditoriums.
I disagree. I can understand as to how some would get by. But on getting crushed on a night before you know school is going to be out is crazy. Management should have accounted for this in there scheduling.
It is up to the management to know that flow of customers in there building, and be anticipating for any jumps in numbers. Sometimes things happen. But as a general rule management should have control of there building in every aspect. And areas that have things happen they should have plans in place for that.
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-Joshua S. Lott
President & Owner
Consulting, Supply & Design
Anyway, I just noticed last night one of our perf screens had a 1 - 2 foot tear in it. It's less than a year old, too. grrrrr.....
If there was ever a print that I really really really wanted to drop down the stairs and kick out into the parking lot while it was raining, and then keep showing it that way.....
I'd never do that of course, but you know how frustrating it is to have these idiots come in and see a pristine presentation that you work so hard to do only to have them tear your screen, steal your signs, break your seats, scratch your mirrors, piss in the theater or whatever.... The only drawback is that the theater would end up paying for the print too.
Part of what my company does is goes into theatre (and other businesses) and works out there current problems, creates new policy if neccasary, removes old policy and the like.
We go in an get stuff fixed. Then we work on the public relations issues. We fix the building and staff, then promote it.
It can work really well if the owners are open minded.
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-Joshua S. Lott
President & Owner
Consulting, Supply & Design
But then again, with some of the decisions we make, I'm not sure we're in business to make money.
Mark
Here is the problem...
Since the attacks of 9/11, as most insurance companies have had to pay out BILLIONS in claims as a result, new guidlines are bieng applied by most major carriers.
If you make too many claims over the life of your policy, you may be rejected by your insurance carrier and may not be renewed. New companies may not accept your policy either.
It all comes down to cost. If you have a thousand dollars in damage, and can afford to fix it without a claim, then fix it. If you don't have the cash, then think about how you can prevent it from happening again, and make the claim.
Just remember that insurance, while there to cover costs of loss, should be used in the case of high or total loss.
Example, you get robbed and lose 300 dollars. DONT FILE THE CLAIM.
OR... you get robbed and lose 32 THOUSAND dollars. FILE THE CLAIM.
Dave
We also had some kids threaten a member of management when he told them they had to leave the lobby after the film, at around midnight.
I see your point, but when Paramount decides to release a film tailer made for a particular cross section of people that are known to be vandelous and destructive and lacking any hint of discipline, then they should be understanding if we decide we don't want to have anything to do with that crowd. If they don't understand it, then that's too bad. IMO
Mark
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JACKASS was banned here in The Bahamas for being "degrading and disgusting." As a result, I don't have any damage to report.
I've never heard of this film; what's it about? In what way is it "degrading and disgusting"
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