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To: pabianice
Stand up and yell "how many people want these parent's and their child to leave?"

I think once several people hear this they'll speak up and the offenders will leave.....

If they don't, walk out to the front and get the manager. Also, demand a refund for the cost of the movie...

NeverGore

4 posted on 06/29/2002 4:13:21 PM PDT by nevergore
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To: nevergore
Exactly the right reaction. If the people ignore the first polite shhh's, it's time to stand up and say something. You paid for the money and those people were stealing it from you by their rudeness.

I went to a matinee on Tuesday. I was standing on line at the candy counter which was very long. The theatre had two counter people, and the customers were in one line. Each time a cashier finished the next person in line would go to get served.

Four different groups of people at different times walked up to the counter thinking they were next. Nobody said anything to any of them at first. But I was already tired of waiting. The first two were groups of kids 10-12, a polite that's the end of the line and they went back there. The next a mom and two kids 8 & 10 or so. They ran to the front. Mom called them back, and the older boy whines "no, this line is shorter." So I explain that we have been waiting and the end is back there. The last group was a mom with three 14 year old or so boys. She marches right to the front. I'm getting a little tired of this and say, "The end of the line is back there." She who just arrived tells me, who has been on this line for 20 minutes, "No. There are two lines and we're next." Well I was the next one in line and asked her if she thought everybody else standing in this line was sooooo stupid that they would wait if there was a line with only one person on it. She looked at the glaring group and went to the end of the line grumbling, but she went.

After I was served, someone else jumped the line and not one of those ninnies who had waited said a word. This is a huge problem. Not many people will even stand up for themselves let alone principals.

8 posted on 06/29/2002 4:30:48 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: nevergore
I would IMMEDIATELY complain to the manager and have him tell the parents either quiet the kid or leave. My husband, on the other hand, would have handled it himself if it were one of our kids. Our kids learned quite young, that if they screamed for no reason, we'd give them a reason. They soon decided it wasn't worth it.
10 posted on 06/29/2002 4:31:13 PM PDT by holyscroller
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