I've noticed a lot of things about people from working at a movie theater since last May.
First and foremost, what the **** is up with those deadbeat parents bringing their little kids (under 5 even) to midnight movies that won't get out until 3. The kids won't be home until 3:30, and knowing how I was at that age, won't fall asleep for at least half an hour being so wound up and excited.
These sorts of parents are ruining the joys of staying up late. When I was a little kid, staying up past midnight was something sacred, saved for my parents annual "New Years Eve Eve Eve" parties and New Years Eve itself. These kids... they're going to movies on random Friday nights until 3 am. I don't think that's normal or healthy. Those parents definetely need help.
And people don't seem to get the concept that movie times CHANGE. They bring in papers from days ago, not realizing that movie theaters change their times each Friday when new movies come out, and then yell at us because they are an hour late for the movie time that doesn't exist anymore.
Here's a few tips for moviegoers... or guests anywhere:
1. Don't grab your drinks by the top. Grab them by the sides so they don't spill.
2. If you want something special/different in your order, tell US before we make it, because otherwise you're wasting the valuable time of everyone else in line, when we have to dump out a soda because you didn't want ice.
3. Know what movie you are seeing before you get in the line to the box office. Do NOT ask obscure and inane questions such as: "What is popular movie?" or "What is good action movie?" Those aren't easily answered, and you're wasting everyone's time.
4. Clean up after yourself. Just because we're paid to clean up your trash doesn't mean we have to. Save time for everyone that is waiting for the next show by throwing away your own crap.
5. Don't blame us when you're 20 minutes late for a movie, and the lines make you 25 minutes late. You're late and it's your fault.
6. Learn to share. Seriously. Stupid families will buy 5 small popcorns and 5 small drinks instead of 1 large popcorn and 1 large drink... and it's seriously like 3 times as expensive for about the same amount of stuff. And if we tell you about that it's: "My kids don't want to share." Well teach them to share. Sharing saves you a lot of money. Besides, you even get refills at most places for large popcorns and drinks. So it's even a better deal.
7. Don't buy diet coke if you're a girl that isn't overweight... (Diabetics excluded from this) girls in general could stand to gain a few pounds.
8. Don't have your kids buy their own food when you're all together anyway. You're trying to teach them responsibility or whatever, but they're still with you, and you turn one transaction into two slow ones.
9. 100 dollar bills are annoying. We are not a bank. We don't always have change.