Wasted watching, big no-no.

I went to see Stepbrothers the other day, fully intent on bringing a juicy review back to the blogosphere. However, instead, I bring you, (dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnn) Jerk at the Movies, from the patron’s POV.

I knew things were going to be bad about ten minutes into the movie. I sat in the very last row with my boyfriend, since, one, it was a pretty small theater, and two, we smuggled in Chinese food. We didn’t want to disturb anybody with the pungent smell that Chinese food can sometimes give off.

This however, was not the case for the people who walked… or should I say, stumbled into the movie theater ten minutes after the movie had started. They were a man and a woman, who were wasted out of their minds. The man patted my boyfriend on the head, and loudly (and i mean loudly) asked, “HEY! THE MOVIE START YET?” Obviously it had, and, my boyfriend simply said yes, adding a chuckle since if you think about it, it was funny in a twisted way.

Things escalated from funny to foolish very quickly. These people stumbled around the theater looking for seats, and once seated, started causing much trouble. They swore at each other, and the movie, sang songs, laughed, talked, and questioned other moviegoers, all at volume levels which are not even appropriate for roller coaster rides. I was getting very antsy and distracted, and upon looking around the theater, I realized I wasn’t the only one. All heads were turned in their direction. I texted Joe, who was working in the theater that night about these loud and rowdy patrons.

Then, (and I don’t even know why anyone could be so stupid as to do this) they started lighting matches! You know how children aren’t aloud to play with matches? Neither should drunks. Upon seeing the match, I ran out to get Joe. (Movie manager to the rescue!) I was not about to lose my free movie viewing perks because some stupid drunk people burned down the theater.

Joe came in, and escorted them out. How proud was I of my brother right then? hahaha. More trouble with them came later, but that’s not my story to tell. After all, this is only the patron’s POV!

I’d like to hear about some of your more… distracting movie experiences. In the meanwhile, I’m going to catch some of the other recent flicks out! There’s such a variety out this week - I don’t know what to see first!

-Jen

P.S. Watch for my take on this soon! - Joe

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