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  • #1

    And the moral of the story is, don't lie to me

    So, another day and another gaggle of idiots. This group of three girls comes through with tickets for SAW 5. They look young (and wearing lettermen jackets doesn't help hide this) So I ask them for an ID.

    Me: Tired and under the weather
    G: girl one two or three (in no particular order)

    G: We don't have ID's
    Me: Are your parents going to be in the theatre with you?
    G: Well, my dad bought the tickets

    fantastic, you get a prize, but that still doesn't answer my question

    Me: Is the parent going to be with you?

    G: No.

    Me: Sorry, I can't let you in without a parent or ID

    G: Are you serious?

    Me: Like a myocardial infarction.

    Blank stares from each of them. Sigh, it's so hard using medical jargon with the public.

    Me: deadpan A heart attack.

    G: But they sold us the tickets.

    Me: That doesn't matter. If you can get in touch with your parents and get them to watch the movie with you then that's cool, but I'm not letting minors into a theatre without an adult.

    So they walk away and one comes back to talk to a manager, M.

    The girl argues her case to M who basically tells her the exact same thing. That's it's policy and there's no way he's going to bend over backwards for her.

    Some time goes by and the teens come back with both a mom and a dad. The parents hand me their tickets for the new James Bond flick.

    Me: Sir are you going to be with them (the teens)

    Dad: Yeah.

    obviously not understanding the direction of the question

    Me: But you're not going to the same film as them.

    Dad: No, but I'm in the building with them.

    Me: I'm sorry, they need a parent with them throughout the entire movie. I can't let them go in just by themselves. It's policy.

    Mom: That's ridiculous. Then why did they even sell them the tickets in the first place?

    Me: Because their father was with them when they bought the tickets.

    Dad: No I wasn't.

    HA, I GOT YOU NOW YOU SLIPPERY LITTLE WENCHES!!!!

    Me: Death glare to each of the girls who now have "oh shit" expressions on their faces Oh really?

    And as luck would have it, the parents went to their movie while the teens shuffled off to parts unknown. They went and got their refund and i lost track of them soon after. So the moral is, if you're going to lie to me, make sure that I don't catch you in that lie later.
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  • #2
    Today, I saw 4 lads about 13 or 14 years old loitering near a games machine. They turn around and head for the screen opposite, which just happened to be... you guessed it ... Saw V.

    Me: "You're not going in there."
    Them: "We got the wong screen."
    Me: "Yeah, my arse."
    They quickly head into the next screen.
    Me: "Get in there."

    Me, thinking, I probably shouldn't talk to customers that way.
    "I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection room." Sunset Boulevard.

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    • #3
      Hmm, I'd like to be a fly on the wall when those parents get home with their daughters.

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      • #4
        Quoth cinema guy View Post

        Me, thinking, I probably shouldn't talk to customers that way.
        Really, why? It is the same reason my supervisor gave when he said I couldn't point and laugh at the students for being stupid? That confused me.
        How was I supposed to know someone was slipping you Birth Control in the food I've been making for you lately?

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        • #5
          Because people in general don't like to be talked to that way, and customers (or their parents) have been known to complain if they think they are hard done to.
          "I can tell her you're all tied up in the projection room." Sunset Boulevard.

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          • #6
            It's actually a good idea to enforce this policy. Not too long ago I read that a substitute teacher and her school district got sued by parents whose kid was in her class when she showed them an R-rated movie, which was "Brokeback Mountain".

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            • #7
              I remember when I worked at the movie theatre many years ago. When "South Park" came out, we had to check IDs at the box office, and at the door to the theatre they were going into. It was a real pain.
              Alot of them were not of age and didn't have their parents going with them. As you can guess, we had alot of angry parents getting into arguments with managers and supervisors about this, and they were all told the same dam thing!
              Remember how I said we have to check them at the door too? Well guess what happens if they decide to come back out and get snacks? Yup, we had to check them again, and this resulted in alot of irritated teens. We were also told to make sure that they had a ticket stub for this movie, and of course their response was, "Oh, my friend has it" or "I just showed it to you a few minutes ago?! Don't you remember me?!" Um, no idiot, I don't. Its Friday night, there's 500 or more people in the theatre, and we got thousands of other customers in the theatre going to see the exact same dam movie! I finally got irritated myself with people after awhile and told one guy off after awhile, basically telling him how I was not about to get into trouble for him.
              The rules may have been a bit strict, and I do think it was kinda ridiculous to check IDs like they were doing, but I had no choice in the matter. Our managers would write you up if they saw you just letting people walk by you who looked like they might be under age.
              Isn't working in a movie theatre fun?

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              • #8
                Quoth solidmetalgear19 View Post

                Mom: That's ridiculous. Then why did they even sell them the tickets in the first place?

                Me: Because their father was with them when they bought the tickets.

                Dad: No I wasn't.
                So then, if the dad wasn't with them when they bought the tickets their argument makes sense. Seems the ticket seller screwed up if the girls weren't carded. Right?
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                • #9
                  Quoth ZumZum View Post
                  Seems the ticket seller screwed up if the girls weren't carded. Right?
                  Probably. Doesn't mean they get in to the theatre. There's also still several other options as to how they got the tickets, such as the dad bought them all without the girls there, automatic machines, etc.
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                  • #10
                    You should ask these idiots next time if they'll happily pay the theater company's legal fees if they get sued over letting someone's kid or kids watch R-rated movies by themselves.

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                    • #11
                      The movie theatres where I am aren't as strict, unless the rated R movie in question is going to be huge. The Saw movies,Brokeback Mountain, biscally anything that would cause a huge stir or controversy. Any other rated R movie, they don't care. I've also always looked older than my age, so I guess they felt no need to id me ever.
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                      • #12
                        I've had to deal with No-ID woes AND theater-hoppers at my old job!

                        My old Movie Theater SCs thread.

                        Too avoid threadjacking.
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                        • #13
                          O_o I find it so strange how parents get angry with movie theaters for their children seeing certain movies. My mom was always cool with whatever movie I saw, but if she weren't, she'd get mad at me for it.

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                          • #14
                            Quoth ZumZum View Post
                            Seems the ticket seller screwed up if the girls weren't carded. Right?
                            They could have had Uncle Vick pose as "Dad" to get the tickets.

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                            • #15
                              a little bit but who in their right mind would wanna go and see Saw 5? It's just another round of people getting murdered and lots of blood flying everywhere.

                              On-topic, I can't say much except.... why do I get the feeling they would've resorted to bribes next?
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