So last night, two friends and I decided to go see Knocked Up (I personally would recommend it, as long as you can stand lots of sick humor ). So I pick them both up and off we go to the movies.
We get there and observe the showtimes from the board behind the ticket distributors. Great...next showing is in half an hour. Plenty of time. We're good to go.
Then one of the friends realizes that she forgot to bring her ID
We think, okay, let's see Shrek 3 instead. Nope...the free movie pass that my two friends had didn't apply to certain movies, including Shrek 3. Crud!
So I get in line...buy my ticket without a problem, and the friend with ID does the same. Afterward, I go back in line and simply try to buy a second ticket for myself.
There were two ticket-sellers working at the time (Monday night = pretty slow), and I deal with the second lady the next time around.
Me: "Hi. One adult for Knocked Up at 9:35 please! "
Her: " NO!! YOU ALREADY BOUGHT A TICKET FROM HER! YOU CAN'T BUY ANOTHER ONE! "
Me: Wow...alrighty then.
I leave the line and join the other two. By now it's getting to be about 20 minutes until the movie starts...and the movie theater is a good 10 minutes or so from where we live with all the traffic lights and all. The next showtime wasn't for another hour and 45 minutes later...which would have been too late.
So we see a guy walking along and ask him if he can buy the ticket for us. He agrees, takes my friend's free movie pass and tries to get a ticket for the movie. He gets the opposite lady (not the maniac) but comes back to us with the pass, saying that he's seeing the same movie and they won't sell him a second ticket if he's not over 21.
Okay..plan B. Myself and the friend who already had her ticket go in, and observe what other movies are playing on the same side of the theater and around the same time. We figure it's Monday night...they only check the ticket when you first walk in anyway...a simple movie-hop during a slow night never hurt anybody.
So we go back outside and tell the other friend to get a ticket for The Invisible at 10:10. Great. She stands in line...and has the pleasure of dealing with the psycho lady.
She remembers her face, and sees me standing off to the side.
Lady: "I'm not selling you a ticket! I know you're going to see a rated R movie with this!"
Friend: "Umm...as far as you're concerned, I've decided to see a different movie. This doesn't require ID to get into. You cannot refuse me a ticket."
Lady: "Oh yes I can!"
Friend: "Well...the manager and I are going to have a little chat."
Manager walks out...
Friend: "I'm trying to buy a movie ticket and this lady is giving us nothing but hassle."
Lady: "She's trying to see a Rated R movie! She doesn't have ID."
Friend: "I'm buying a ticket for The Invisible. It's PG-13."
Manager was nice and apologetic, and told her to sell my friend a ticket. Through a major huff, she prints it out and throws it under the hole in the window.
We ended up walking into the theater at the same time as the manager.
Friend: "That lady is a whack! How do you put up with that?"
Manager: "She's been like that lately. I don't know what her problem is. Unfortunately, we're shortstaffed tonight, so I can't really replace her. Again, sorry for the inconvenience."
Friend: "Eh...it's cool."
Manager: "Honestly, though...are you planning on movie hopping? "
Friend: "I plead the fifth."
Manager: "Heh. Well, enjoy your movie." And off he goes toward the back.
We got in just as the previews were starting. Yay!
I am in no way suggesting that this employee was sucky by enforcing the rules, but her attitude in general just flat out sucked.
I hope she gets an attitude adjustment really soon. She's going to mess with the wrong crowd one day.
We get there and observe the showtimes from the board behind the ticket distributors. Great...next showing is in half an hour. Plenty of time. We're good to go.
Then one of the friends realizes that she forgot to bring her ID
We think, okay, let's see Shrek 3 instead. Nope...the free movie pass that my two friends had didn't apply to certain movies, including Shrek 3. Crud!
So I get in line...buy my ticket without a problem, and the friend with ID does the same. Afterward, I go back in line and simply try to buy a second ticket for myself.
There were two ticket-sellers working at the time (Monday night = pretty slow), and I deal with the second lady the next time around.
Me: "Hi. One adult for Knocked Up at 9:35 please! "
Her: " NO!! YOU ALREADY BOUGHT A TICKET FROM HER! YOU CAN'T BUY ANOTHER ONE! "
Me: Wow...alrighty then.
I leave the line and join the other two. By now it's getting to be about 20 minutes until the movie starts...and the movie theater is a good 10 minutes or so from where we live with all the traffic lights and all. The next showtime wasn't for another hour and 45 minutes later...which would have been too late.
So we see a guy walking along and ask him if he can buy the ticket for us. He agrees, takes my friend's free movie pass and tries to get a ticket for the movie. He gets the opposite lady (not the maniac) but comes back to us with the pass, saying that he's seeing the same movie and they won't sell him a second ticket if he's not over 21.
Okay..plan B. Myself and the friend who already had her ticket go in, and observe what other movies are playing on the same side of the theater and around the same time. We figure it's Monday night...they only check the ticket when you first walk in anyway...a simple movie-hop during a slow night never hurt anybody.
So we go back outside and tell the other friend to get a ticket for The Invisible at 10:10. Great. She stands in line...and has the pleasure of dealing with the psycho lady.
She remembers her face, and sees me standing off to the side.
Lady: "I'm not selling you a ticket! I know you're going to see a rated R movie with this!"
Friend: "Umm...as far as you're concerned, I've decided to see a different movie. This doesn't require ID to get into. You cannot refuse me a ticket."
Lady: "Oh yes I can!"
Friend: "Well...the manager and I are going to have a little chat."
Manager walks out...
Friend: "I'm trying to buy a movie ticket and this lady is giving us nothing but hassle."
Lady: "She's trying to see a Rated R movie! She doesn't have ID."
Friend: "I'm buying a ticket for The Invisible. It's PG-13."
Manager was nice and apologetic, and told her to sell my friend a ticket. Through a major huff, she prints it out and throws it under the hole in the window.
We ended up walking into the theater at the same time as the manager.
Friend: "That lady is a whack! How do you put up with that?"
Manager: "She's been like that lately. I don't know what her problem is. Unfortunately, we're shortstaffed tonight, so I can't really replace her. Again, sorry for the inconvenience."
Friend: "Eh...it's cool."
Manager: "Honestly, though...are you planning on movie hopping? "
Friend: "I plead the fifth."
Manager: "Heh. Well, enjoy your movie." And off he goes toward the back.
We got in just as the previews were starting. Yay!
I am in no way suggesting that this employee was sucky by enforcing the rules, but her attitude in general just flat out sucked.
I hope she gets an attitude adjustment really soon. She's going to mess with the wrong crowd one day.
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