Completely rude woman

jdluvr06 · February 2014

I went to see "Evita" with my mom tonight. Well this woman her friend are sitting a few seats down from us, in seats that weren't theirs because they didn't feel like climbing over people, she had a drink and spilled it down the row in front of us. Oh well, accidents do happen, however instead of apologizing right away she went on and on about how she couldn't believe she spilled her all of her drink. She did eventually apologize, as an after thought. She didn't go get napkins or anything to clean it up. She just left her mess there. Unbelievable right? Then her and her friend proceed to talk on and off through the entire first half. Not loud, it didn't disturb us but during intermission the people between us and them complained about it. Thankfully these two women decided to take some of the empty seats further down and no one in our section had to deal with them the second half of the play but they were just unbelievably rude.

pinkcow13 · February 2014

Ugh, that is beyond obnoxious. I really detest people like that.

HaileyDancingbear · February 2014

I hate it so much when people go to play or movie and can't shut up for a little while. For so many reasons, the first of which being, WHY would they pay admission when they're not even going to pay attention??? They could save their money and just talk at home! Second, it's distracting, and not even a good distraction. These people paid to see a play, not hear about some random person's life.

I also hate it when people make a huge mess and don't even attempt to clean it up. Yeah, I get that someone is being paid to clean, but you can't at least be nice to them and help them out a bit when you make a giant mess? I imagine it must be a pain to be cleaning up after people all day and taking care of your own shit is just a nice thing to do to make a stranger's life a bit easier. And it's really not that hard to do. I always make sure I pick up after myself and leave a space as clean as it was before I arrived, I just think it's polite.

JCbride2015 · February 2014

I've noticed a trend lately of people bringing very small children, like babies and toddlers, into late-night movie showings. When Fi and I went to see the latest Batman movie, it was a 10pm showing and two families there had tiny children. Of course one started crying halfway through and they did not immediately bring the child outside... other people complained and then an usher had to make them leave.

I understand babysitters are not cheap. But really? You're bringing your toddler to see a violent movie at 10pm?

pinkcow13 · February 2014

JCBride2014 said:

I've noticed a trend lately of people bringing very small children, like babies and toddlers, into late-night movie showings. When Fi and I went to see the latest Batman movie, it was a 10pm showing and two families there had tiny children. Of course one started crying halfway through and they did not immediately bring the child outside... other people complained and then an usher had to make them leave.

I understand babysitters are not cheap. But really? You're bringing your toddler to see a violent movie at 10pm?

Don't even get me started on this. I made a comment to my cousin (who has 2 toddlers), about babies being in the theater past a certain time - in fact had to do with the Dark Knight movie. Anyways, she was totally offended, and said I as being ridiculous for thinking that babies, who spend their time sleeping, shouldn't be in a movie theater for a midnight showing. I just let that argument die smh

KytchynWitche · February 2014

People suck.

Last year, my brother got me a comp to a performance of Starlight Express he was playing in.

I had about 8 people behind me, who were also given comps by a member of the cast, who came in late (like 9 songs in), talked loudly through the rest of the first half - and were allowed to continue doing so despite being seated right next to an usher and another member of the theater staff! I think somebody must have said something to them at interval because they were quieter after that, but they still spoke through it all.

I also had a mom, gran, and twin toddlers in the row in front of me. It was a show with an 8pm start time, the kids were tired, they just wanted to sleep, but of course they couldn't because of the music and bright lights they couldn't. So they got whiney and annoying and started throwing tantrums. They made it about a quarter of the way into the first half before they packed up and left, which I thank the gran for because it was clearly her suggestion that they leave. I just don't understand why you would pay in excess of R300 (about $30) a ticket (and there are no "kids" tickets for evening performances) to go to a show that you KNOW is too late for your kids to enjoy?

But by far the worst for me is that this particular theater is now selling popcorn, crisps and candy as you enter the theater for a live performance! I could understand that outside the theater at interval, but not as people are going to find their seats. Maybe that's how it is everywhere else now too, but when I was growing up, it was something you just didn't do because, as several of my drama teachers said "it shows a total lack of respect for the artists who're pouring their entire existence into the performance".

/rant

silver0319 · February 2014

JCBride2014 said:

I've noticed a trend lately of people bringing very small children, like babies and toddlers, into late-night movie showings. When Fi and I went to see the latest Batman movie, it was a 10pm showing and two families there had tiny children. Of course one started crying halfway through and they did not immediately bring the child outside... other people complained and then an usher had to make them leave.

I understand babysitters are not cheap. But really? You're bringing your toddler to see a violent movie at 10pm?

I see this all the time, and it makes me so mad! I also judge parents who bring their elementary aged children to excessively violent or vulgar movies.

banana468 · February 2014

I have had that happen several times in NYC theaters. Once was in Carnegie Hall and the people in front of us were taking photos throughout the performance. In addition to the rudeness, theaters are copyrighted spaces and it was illegal too!

About 7 years ago, DH and I saw Movin' Out. The guy next to us whistled through The Stranger as if a Broadway show was a singalong! I am just convinced that people are turning into special snowflakes.

Peaseblossom55 · February 2014

I perform in theater pretty regularly and also attend shows fairly regularly too, and it's shocking some of the rude things I've seen happen as a performer or audience member. People talking, and unwrapping candy wrappers is probably at the top of my list of offenders.

APDSS22 · February 2014

We had a kid barf maybe a week ago at work next to the registers. Mom didn't even say "sorry" even though there was an associate standing between her and the door, just hustled her kid out to puke more on our sidewalk. 1. If your kid is sick, why are you dragging him out in public? We don't sell anything in our store that you need to have like medicine, food or diapers. 2. The least you can do is apologize on your way out the door. 3. I can't imagine not offering to clean up your kid's puke in a public place, especially in an area where other customers have to walk. As I found out, more than half of our employees cannot even clean up vomit because of the smell. Luckily enough for me, I can.

I've also noticed an upward trend of people taking their children to late movies/out to dinner past 9pm. And not well-behaved children either. I don't blame the kid that probably just wants to be in bed and hasn't been disciplined properly but the selfishness of parents these days is astonishing. My husband and I went out for dinner last night and were seated in the bar. Best night out we've had in awhile and neither of us drinks!

HaileyDancingbear · February 2014

pinkcow13 said:

JCBride2014 said:

I've noticed a trend lately of people bringing very small children, like babies and toddlers, into late-night movie showings. When Fi and I went to see the latest Batman movie, it was a 10pm showing and two families there had tiny children. Of course one started crying halfway through and they did not immediately bring the child outside... other people complained and then an usher had to make them leave.

I understand babysitters are not cheap. But really? You're bringing your toddler to see a violent movie at 10pm?

Don't even get me started on this. I made a comment to my cousin (who has 2 toddlers), about babies being in the theater past a certain time - in fact had to do with the Dark Knight movie. Anyways, she was totally offended, and said I as being ridiculous for thinking that babies, who spend their time sleeping, shouldn't be in a movie theater for a midnight showing. I just let that argument die smh

Because a loud ass movie theatre is the PERFECT place for a baby to sleep peacefully. They love the sound of stuff exploding and people yelling and gunshots etc, it's better than a lullaby!

Your cousin is being ridiculous. Some environments just aren't suited for certain age groups.

I actually think it's mean of the parents to bring their babies- As annoying as it is for us to deal with the crying, imagine being that kid- it's late, you're tired, all you want to do is sleep and suddenly there are very loud noises you don't understand just booming in this dark room that is unfamiliar to you. And no matter how much you scream you're stuck there. I think a kid should at LEAST be old enough to say "I don't like this/ this hurts my ears/ I want to leave" before they can go to see a movie in theaters. My reason for that is I think it's an environment that could be kind of scary, and if they want to leave, they should be able to say that, because apparently screaming and crying is not an obvious enough sign that the kid is unhappy and wants to leave.

pinkcow13 · February 2014

HaileyDancingbear said:

pinkcow13 said:

JCBride2014 said:

I've noticed a trend lately of people bringing very small children, like babies and toddlers, into late-night movie showings. When Fi and I went to see the latest Batman movie, it was a 10pm showing and two families there had tiny children. Of course one started crying halfway through and they did not immediately bring the child outside... other people complained and then an usher had to make them leave.

I understand babysitters are not cheap. But really? You're bringing your toddler to see a violent movie at 10pm?

Don't even get me started on this. I made a comment to my cousin (who has 2 toddlers), about babies being in the theater past a certain time - in fact had to do with the Dark Knight movie. Anyways, she was totally offended, and said I as being ridiculous for thinking that babies, who spend their time sleeping, shouldn't be in a movie theater for a midnight showing. I just let that argument die smh

Because a loud ass movie theatre is the PERFECT place for a baby to sleep peacefully. They love the sound of stuff exploding and people yelling and gunshots etc, it's better than a lullaby!
Your cousin is being ridiculous. Some environments just aren't suited for certain age groups.

I actually think it's mean of the parents to bring their babies- As annoying as it is for us to deal with the crying, imagine being that kid- it's late, you're tired, all you want to do is sleep and suddenly there are very loud noises you don't understand just booming in this dark room that is unfamiliar to you. And no matter how much you scream you're stuck there. I think a kid should at LEAST be old enough to say "I don't like this/ this hurts my ears/ I want to leave" before they can go to see a movie in theaters. My reason for that is I think it's an environment that could be kind of scary, and if they want to leave, they should be able to say that, because apparently screaming and crying is not an obvious enough sign that the kid is unhappy and wants to leave.

Exactly! I'm not a parent, but I think her logic was totally ridiculous and screwed up. I have been at movie theaters where it was pretty obvious that the toddler was miserable being there.

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