Phones in the Theater

[lordlundar]

I still like this as an option.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I still like this as an option.

LOVE it!!!!

And that is why I prefer to keep my phone set to Do Not Disturb on Sunday mornings during church.

[Chromatix]

An appropriate tweet from yesterday:

Please, if you're in a darkened theatre watching a live show, don't check your phone. Your face lights up like the moon.

I replied:

And as we all know, mooning people is extremely rude.

[catcul]

I still like this as an option.

[Yurimaru]

THAT IS AWESOME!

I wonder if they'd stop me if I brought my sword into the theater during our next movie viewing?

[shopgirl15]

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[Estil]

You think that's bad? At college I used to go to Catholic Mass and they had to remind everyone before every service to turn off your cellphone (BTW, this is 1999-2003). Now, you know there is only one reason they would feel it necessary to do so. I mean seriously, IN CHURCH??????

[dalesys]

Cheryl Wheeler "It's The Phone"

[catcul]

I realize this isn't a movie theater, but movie theaters should have a sign like this.

[Sapphire Silk]

You think that's bad? At college I used to go to Catholic Mass and they had to remind everyone before every service to turn off your cellphone (BTW, this is 1999-2003). Now, you know there is only one reason they would feel it necessary to do so. I mean seriously, IN CHURCH??????

Are you kidding? My church STILL does this.

Though I will say, I've never heard a cell phone actually go off during Mass.

[An Haddock]

Aren't they building some new theaters that are effectively inside copper wire cages to disrupt cell phone signals? I seem to recall reading that somewhere and I'm certainly in favor of it.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Aren't they building some new theaters that are effectively inside copper wire cages to disrupt cell phone signals? I seem to recall reading that somewhere and I'm certainly in favor of it.

Like a giant Faraday cage? Eh, I can imagine some problems. Like emergency service people (doctors or whomever) who need to have a signal to their pager/phone/whatever in case they get called in.

[Kheldarson]

Are you kidding? My church STILL does this.

Though I will say, I've never heard a cell phone actually go off during Mass.

Lucky. Nothing's more disconcerting than leading the responsorial psalm and having a cell go off.

[raudf]

Oh, it gets more fun when the phone goes off during the voir dire phase of jury selection. I swear the judge was going to cite him for contempt. Or take the phone and use it for the part of the bench the gavel strikes. Instead, the judge decided to use it as a "learning" moment and explain that the next time a cell phone goes off during HIS court proceedings, he was going to cite contempt of court! Oh, and he was glaring at the lawyers too.

[An Haddock]

Like a giant Faraday cage? Eh, I can imagine some problems. Like emergency service people (doctors or whomever) who need to have a signal to their pager/phone/whatever in case they get called in.

My philosophy has always been - if you're in a situation where there could be an immediate medical emergency - a doctor or maybe you have a relative in ICU, don't go to the movies.