Gbaji wrote:
I didn't misread that, but it also still makes no sense. If you turn off and/or ignore your damn phone while watching the movie, then you wont be "able to text back". It's a choice. You're choosing poorly IMO.
Why would you turn off your phone if you have silent and vibrate? That's the whole point of having those two modes. What if there really were an emergency and you missed it because you were watching a movie? Once again, unless you're flying, then there really aren't too many reasons to have your phone completely off.
The only other scenario that I've encountered is going to Secret/Top Secret environments. Even then, there's often a drop off place for your phones.
Gbaji wrote:
If it's so important that you must check and respond to it while in the theater, then it's important enough for you to get your *** out of the theater and deal with it where you're not bothering anyone.
So, you think walking in front of people, covering parts of the screen and causing people to make way for you not once but twice is LESS annoying than a quick text response? I would love to see your logic on that.
Gbaji wrote:
Nothing that you can respond to while still sitting down watching a movie can possibly be important enough to justify responding to while still sitting down watching a movie.
False. That's a matter of your own personal opinion. How about someone looking for something in your office, room, house, etc. I could get up, walk in front of people and the screen just to say "it's inside the x" OR, I could just text it.
I'm not promoting texting in the theaters, I'm just stating that there can be legitimate reasons to text and you shouldn't complain about it.
Gbaji wrote:
I suspect you are placing far far too much importance on texts you receive. Unless someone is dying, or requires your assistance, or any of a number of things which would all require that you leave the theater anyway, then it's not important enough for you to justify responding to while watching the film in the theater.
Not at all. I suspect that you are placing far far too much importance against someone making a text in a theater. Like Ugly said, I can see how it can temporarily distract someone, but to the point where you can't concentrate on the movie, I'm not yet buying. As I said, I'm going to the theaters some time this week and will take notice on it to solidify my opinion.