Texting in Movie Theater

I yelled at my daughter, told her stop its rude. She once did it a Broadway play!

I yelled at my daughter, told her stop its rude. She once did it a Broadway play!

Yelling during a Broadway play is LESS disruptive to other patrons?

If the rule at the movie theater is turn off your phone, then if you want to see a movie there, you need to obey the rules. Plain and simple. Management has a right to kick you out if you don't.

Someone else was wondering why so many people feel the rules don't apply to them. I'm wondering the same thing.

As long as I am not making any noise and my device is not lighting up the whole theater because it's on high beam; I do not deserve to be shot at. No one deserves a death sentence for it. End of story.

If I need to talk and carry on a conversation, then I will go outside otherwise I will utilize my device as I see fit anywhere. Not using your device in a theater is all about courtesy only. Until its against the law... shoot at me if you want to...:smokin:

According to most theater rules though, you can't use your device as you see fit anywhere, so not just about courtesy. You shouldn't get shot at, but might be asked to leave.

Wow ! I am taken back by a lot of responses here, if the phone is on silent and it is dimmed , why would you be so bothered ? personally I turn off my phone in the movie theater ( or at least put it on mute) . but we all need to be a little more tolerant, Am I irritated when someone is chomping loudly on popcorn beside me ? you bet I am but I either move to another seat or ignore it. what if someone sits next to you and stinks horribly ? you move away !! what if they have excessive perfume on ? what if I find every scene funny and laugh out loud at what most people don't find funny ? will you be irritated ? sure you will . Do you have the right to tell me to shut up or get out ? Hell no ! I also paid for the movie and it is a common space.

There are rules about cell phones etc. Not about eating popcorn or laughing though. I don't know if you can really consider it common space as it typically is owned privately by people who can set certain rules like no cell phone use.

Really ? okay I get it now . because it is against the rule . So if I stink so bad and I eat my popcorn as loud as humanly possible while sitting beside you , you will have no problem with that since it is not against the rule ?

I will still think you're a jerk. I just can't have you thrown out for it.

Wow ! I am taken back by a lot of responses here, if the phone is on silent and it is dimmed , why would you be so bothered ? personally I turn off my phone in the movie theater ( or at least put it on mute) . but we all need to be a little more tolerant, Am I irritated when someone is chomping loudly on popcorn beside me ? you bet I am but I either move to another seat or ignore it. what if someone sits next to you and stinks horribly ? you move away !! what if they have excessive perfume on ? what if I find every scene funny and laugh out loud at what most people don't find funny ? will you be irritated ? sure you will . Do you have the right to tell me to shut up or get out ? Hell no ! I also paid for the movie and it is a common space.

I do have the right to go out and ask management to ask you to stop texting. Given that they specifically ask that you NOT do it.

I'm pretty attached to my phone. And I've texted in a movie theater. I'm not sure how it could bother someone so much if you aren't making noise, and the screen is dim. And during the previews this happened? Damn. Florida is scary. He'll probably get off, especially since he's a former cop.

Staying the hell away from Florida I maybe gunned down because I smile too much. I have got some texts in during a movie and I am alive to tell the story, this cop was irritated from the beginning with his own issues.

This is less of a gun or cell phone issue, than it is about ego and self righteousness. To bad basic manners weren't exercised on both sides, there were several opportunities to disengage for a different outcome. Both sides lose, with one side bearing the ultimate cost.

This thread is so ironic, condoning wrong behavior with wrong behavior, asking for common courtesy without giving it in the reply .... I think I know why, probably because they are they ones that are "right".

Where is our collective tolerance and where is our common courtesy?

Exactly , I am not condoning the behavior I am just advocating we all need to be a little more tolerant.

+1

The third paragraph is pathetic.


Curtis Reeves told Pasco County authorities that he fired his .380 semi-automatic handgun in a movie theater Monday afternoon at a man with whom he'd been arguing because Reeves was upset that the man was texting on his cellphone as previews ran.

The victim, Chad Oulson, 43, was killed and his wife was wounded.

Reeves' attorney, Richard Escobar, argued that because Reeves has lived in the area for many years, has a wife and two children and a grandchild, worked in law enforcement and security, attends church and Bible study, and has ailments such as arthritis and bursitis, he should be given bond. The courtroom was filled with Reeves' former colleagues and family members who could speak to his client's "great character," Escobar said, adding that Reeves has "no propensity toward violence."

The attorney tried to persuade Circuit Judge Lynn Tepper that the former police officer was actually the victim in the incident and that Oulson was the "aggressor."

Tepper said there was no evidence to support that claim, according to a probable cause affidavit. She denied bond and ruled that Reeves should face the second-degree murder charge. She also said that if Reeves wanted to forgo appearing in person in court again, he and his attorney would have to get permission to do so by another judge who will handle the case.

As soon as I enter a movie theatre I turn off my phone and keep it off until the movie is over. If you need to keep in contact with someone then maybe you should just stay home where you'll be more accessible and not interrupt others.

Good advice, but make sure your gun has a bullet in the chamber so you can start shooting as soon as someone else does something that annoys you.

I'm shocked at the amount of people on this thread that think they need to take a gun to a movie theatre. They are part of the problem.

I think I am the only one. Your post is ridiculous of course. As I posted earlier, your phone has killed as many people as my gun, and no one has ever seen it at the theatre. Can the same be said for your phone? And btw, I have a permit and have never seen a "no gun" notice at the theatre's I attend. Please save your politics for an appropriate opportunity.

This from the same person who takes her children and her gun to a theatre? What could possibly go wrong here?
You are proud to be an American but frightened of everyone in your neighborhood to the point where you need a gun everywhere you go...to the dentist, to the daycare, to your Moms house etc.. Going to the park with my kids...stroller? check! diapers? check! loaded gun? check!

Having a permit does not mean you are making compotent choices. Im sure the guy in the movie theatre had a permit too and he murdered someone.

Personally, my phone has never killed anyone. Stop telling lies to prove your point. Lets compare how many people die from cell phones vs. guns world wide. Would anyone have died in this movie theatre situation if no one had a gun? Very unlikely.

This is less of a gun or cell phone issue, than it is about ego and self righteousness. To bad basic manners weren't exercised on both sides, there were several opportunities to disengage for a different outcome. Both sides lose, with one side bearing the ultimate cost.

This thread is so ironic, condoning wrong behavior with wrong behavior, asking for common courtesy without giving it in the reply .... I think I know why, probably because they are they ones that are "right".

Where is our collective tolerance and where is our common courtesy?

Nicely put.

Are you serious!!!! :noway:
I gotta Google that news story.

I don't do it but I don't think it warrants someone getting shot.