Kicked out of theater for textingFollow

I hate making threads on Yahoo news topics, as most people probably already read them, but this is interesting to me.

So, the lady gets the boot for texting in a theater. I understand talking and making loud noises, but people are complaining that the light from the phone "removes you from the movie".. Really? I just want to get a second opinion/explanation on how texting in a theater distracts you from a movie?



Edited, Jun 8th 2011 12:40pm by Almalieque

Because when you're sitting behind them, and their phone light is flashing on and off incessantly over the course of the movie, it's ******* annoying.

Does that mean we can get the moron who repeats everything said in the movie kicked out? If we can get everyone removed who's annoying, I'm suddenly in support of removing her from the theatre.

This. Some phones these days are practically flashlights.

I see a brief flash of light in the dark and I take notice of it. Maybe its PTSD, I don't know. I just know it annoys me.

Everywhere else, the lights from phones don't bother me. But movie theatres are so dark, that phones ARE like flashlights in comparison. They send up this big beam that's like 20-30 feet wide, it just spreads so much. And they make the auditorium visible. There you were with nothing but the movie screen visible, enclosed in darkness, and then this vapourous light suddenly makes a huge bunch of heads and seats visible, and washes out the movie screen behind it.

It's fucking annoying.

I figured that everyone would disagree.

Well, I don't normally go see movies anyway, so maybe I haven't experienced that moment yet. It probably has to deal with the fact that I purposely go when there isn't anyone there, so I wont get distracted by these things.

Heh. I plan on going this week, so I'll see if my opinion will remain the same.

Edited, Jun 8th 2011 1:58am by Almalieque

Personally, I think you all just lack the ability to focus.

Why are they responding to a text? What could possibly be so important that you couldn't wait until after the film was over to respond? When I'm watching a film in a theater, my phone goes on vibrate. Unless I'm on call, if I get a call or text, I hit the end button without looking at it. Because I'm going to wait until the film is over to respond anyway, so I don't need to know who sent me a message or called anyway, right?

If I'm on call, I'll glance at the thing and if it's important I will walk out of the theater to deal with it. Because that's what polite responsible people do. And yes, I have on occasion missed parts of films because of this. But I'm not going to make everyone else in the theater suffer for my own convenience. That's just selfish as hell. And I'd never even consider doing this just to carry on some inane conversation with someone. If you're doing that, then why are you in the theater?


I just don't get that at all. The whole point of a text message is that it need not be in real time. I can view it and respond later at my leisure. If you want to talk to someone in real time, why not call them instead? Shocking thought, I know.

Every single movie I have ever seen in the past decade has some big advertisement (sometimes two or three) that ask you kindly and firmly to please turn off your cell phones. I don't see why someone would be shocked and upset if they were kicked out after being told several times by the theater to turn the f*cker off. If you can't turn your phone off for 2-3hrs, you have a problem. If you are annoying other theater goers, you are, so deal with it.

How about "I'm at the movies, I'll talk to you later"?

That's just me, I like to respond ASAP or I'll forget (if not in a conversation)and there's nothing I hate more than an email/text/message/etc. being ignored. I tend to sit in the very top row right beneath the projector, you know that box of light? So I doubt my 3.14 seconds of light in a 1.5+ hour movie really distracted anyone given my position in the theater. At the same time, I wouldn't violate that rule knowing that I would get kicked out.



I don't know... maybe when you're in an environment where noise isn't permitted?

Besides, I prefer to text than talk depending on the topic. It's much more comfortable for me.



That's what silent and vibrate are for. The only time I actually turn off my phone is when fly. You can't even get people to turn off their phones for the safety of their own lives, you think they will turn them off for a movie?

If you're sitting at the very back, sure it might not cause much of a fuss. Seeing as most of the people in the theater will not be in the very back however makes that sort of irrelevant. I can see it being annoying to have a bright cellphone suddenly exposed, but I can't say I've ever actually noticed anyone doing that, so I somehow doubt it's a big deal. I'll side with Ugly on this one and say you guys need to learn how to focus.

If someone is warned though, and keeps doing it they're an idiot.

Edited, Jun 7th 2011 8:23pm by Xsarus

And if you don't reply? Won't they just assume "he must be busy and will talk to me later"? So the text is kinda unnecessary, isn't it?



If you'll forget to respond, then it wasn't very important, right? If it's really important, whomever texted you will text you again, or call you, or do the usual things one does when they actually need to get in touch with someone as opposed to sending something completely inane.



Weren't you the one who insisted that he could text and drive completely safely? Might have been someone else. If you have to argue that what you're doing isn't bothering anyone, when a whole thread full of people are telling you otherwise, you're probably bothering people. Do I mind if someone briefly checks an incoming message? No. But if you're constantly picking up your phone, reading it, and typing on it, then it will bother me. It'll bother me if I'm in the row next to you because I have this thing called peripheral vision that makes a bright light in a dark room very very noticeable. And It'll bother me if I'm in front of you because I can hear you fiddling with your damn phone.


It's about being courteous to those around you. You should refrain from doing anything which might bother someone, not make excuses and insist that what you're doing isn't. Just a suggestion.



We can hear you typing. And digging your phone out of your pocket. If you're in an environment where noise isn't permitted, don't think that texting is just peachy. It's not.