From Deseret News archives:
Movies ruined by snorers, chatters, etc.
The "rocking chair" I was sitting in at a local multiplex really got a workout, especially when the kicker would press his foot against the back and push.
Even after I spoke to the zombie-like offending teen it continued.
And it got worse when people from the same party got up for a break in the middle of the film, grabbing the back of my chair to help themselves up, bouncing me around in the process. Which happened several times.
Ah, the joys of public entertainment in the 21st century.
What? you ask. Didn't I write about this just a few weeks ago?
Yes indeed, and several of you wrote back. It seems there are a lot of us fed up with cell phones and text-messaging and chatter and other rude behavior disrupting our moviegoing experiences.
Larry wrote: About half-way through (an action film) the large lady sitting next to my wife and myself ... fell asleep and began snoring through most of the movie. What to do?
From J. Burton in Monticello: I have admonished kids talking, horsing around and talking on their cell phones ... but they just look at me like I was crazy. Only when I threatened to get the theater manager did they straighten up and shut up. I doubt their parents knew they were acting like that in a movie.
From Grant: I can count on one hand the movies I've been to in the past two years, mostly because the experience has become so unpleasant for me. ... I add the experience of visiting the restroom which is like visiting the restoom at a truckstop. It usually cures me of wanting to buy anything at the snack counter.
From Colleen: We love going to movies but have been frustrated by the same kinds of behaviors. We also hate sticky floors. It seems to us that it wouldn't be asking too much of the employees to use one of those rag mops to quickly brush over the floors.
From Valerie: I absolutely hate hearing the running commentary that people around me give while watching movies. Last year while watching "The Da Vinci Code," I had to keep giving the evil eye to the people sitting next to me."
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