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    So I went to a local theater to see Dark Knight (again) tonight.

    I went early to get tickets this afternoon, went 45 minutes early to ensure good seats.

    It was fairly full, but not packed.

    The trailers start, everything's fine...then this group of 3 comes in and tries to find seats together in the top prime spots. Of course, there are none.

    Mind you, there are about 20 seats scattered up top (just not together), and 40 completely empty at the bottom (yes, I counted). They make a big, noisy fuss about not finding seats...then go and get their friend, a manager (I know it's their friend, they kept hugging and kissing him and asking him about their plans tomorrow) and asks him to ask the entire crowd to move.

    He TURNS OFF the movie, the lights come back on. The manager says it's a sold out movie (despite over 60 empty seats now 15 minutes after the start time) and that we have to move. He asks myself and my friends to move, and at this point I'm ticked. I tell him we came early to get those seats, that the tickets cleary say "first come-first serve", and he tells me I'm being unreasonable, and that he won't start the movie until we move. Some other kind souls did move, so the three people got to sit together, and the movie started.

    I'm just really annoyed. What's the point of going early, if you can just go grab a manager and have everyone move for you after it starts? I was pretty ticked the manager saw fit to move several hundred people so his friend could have her ideal spot.

    RAWR!

    I wanted to complain, but the guy was the theater manager. I'll probably write a letter to that theater, and AMC main anyway.

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    You totally should!! What a load of crap!

    I had a theatre ask the entire audience to move to the left to fit everyone in because it REALLY was sold out..but not that shit.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kandie_kitten View Post
    I wanted to complain, but the guy was the theater manager. I'll probably write a letter to that theater, and AMC main anyway.
    definitely do that. get his stupid whiney-ass shit-canned. what a friggin' douchebag.

    unreasonable?!? fuck him in his ears...unreasonable. shithead.

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    I would understand if it had been sold out...but when there's obviously open seats...just messed up.

    So I'm not overreacting?

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    Default Re: Movie theater rant

    You might also try submitting your story to The Consumerist; they handle problems like this a lot.

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    I have a friend that used to manage an AMC theatre. At the slightest complaint, he would give out free passes to anyone. Theater too cold? Freebies! Movie too loud? Freebies!

    I'd have complained that this messed up my movie experience and that you want something to make up for it. I am sure you'd get something.

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    Also submit a letter to http://www.planetfeedback.com since AMC would probably want to know about that manager's antics. How rude of him!

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    Most definitely contact AMC! That's completely unacceptable!

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    How would you even think you'd be overreacting?

    Of course that is way out of line.

    A manager does not stop a movie so that his fuck buddies get the best seats when they were too stupid too get there in time to properly get seated in them.
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    Also...how much of a fuckstick are these douchebags to make a manager stop a movie to ask people to move over when there are seats available? I'm surprised the whole theater didn't just boo those dickhandlers out of the place.

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    Yeah..thats seriously fucked up! I'd DEFINITELY complain..tell them you want your tickets refunded because 1) his EXTREME RUDENESS and unprofessional attitude and 2) you bought tickets ahead of time..got there in plenty of time and YOUR MOVIE WAS INTERRUPTED because of this BULLSHIT.

    I'd ask for a fuckload of free tickets and for him to be fired too...screw THAT.

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