… and he shot the hamster?
I thought they fixed this…
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[Chuck Heston]YOU MAINAC! YOU SHOT THE HAMSTER!DAMN YOU RIFLE GUY! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL![/Chuck Heston]
Fearing this would happen, I saved the OP.
So here it is:
A Guy Came to MY Work Last Night- With a Rifle Thing
And I work at a movie theater.
I guess I should elaborate. I’m an usher at one of those massive, 23 screen behemoths that have cropped up in the US in the past decade. As an usher, my two main tasks are to clean theaters and tear tickets, among other, more menial pursuits. Last night, I was assigned podium duty, i.e., the ticket tearer. Throngs of people flow in a near constant stream, so rarely do I recall specific persons, unless there’s something blatantly unusual.
Which there was. However, it wasn’t until after I tore his ticket and deposited it that I noticed what was strapped horizontally across his lower back- a rifle looking object cloaked in black electrical tape. On top of that was a backpack. I was struck with acute nervousness. I was uncertain what to do. I stood idly, perplexed, for a few moments, until two customers hastily approached me and remarked on his presence. I dispatched them to Guest Services, where they contacted a manager. The manager got together with two of the venue’s security guards, and they started scouring the half of the theater the man disappeared into. Two HPD officers were then called in.
For half an hour they searched, but it was fruitless. The HPD officers returned, and informed us that there was simply too much to search, but if he were spotted again, to contact them.
Who knows what he had in that backpack. Ammo? Bombs? Something innocent? Was it even a real rifle? It certainly appeared to be. All I know is that luckily nothing tragic came to fruition from this ordeal. And I know that I left work a bit shaken.
Know this: The world is full of fruitcakes.
There can be only one.
Shotgun mike for recording the movie with?
Paintball gun?
Guitar?
Showed up “in costume” for his 20th viewing of Matrix Reloaded?
I’m glad you’re not responsible for security anywhere there’s lots of people, like, say, a movie theatre or something :rolleyes:
Get some proper training fast Daoloth
But he’s not responsible for security at the movie theatre - he’s an usher.
I worked for a summer as an usher/concession stand clerk at a movie theater… Never had to do anything remotely like that, 'cause it was only a four screen, but we did get a bunch of regulars that never saw movies… Just the drunk people that would come and hit on the customers/other empoloyees… And even that was frightening. I dunno what I woul dhave done if someone had brought a gun. o.O;;;
I’m sorry that as someone whose primary task is to clean trash and bathrooms, that I was not fully prepared to confront someone with what appeared to be a rifle.
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No way in hell I’d risk taking a bullet for minimum wage. Contacting the manager was the right thing.
-lv
Well, with Minnesota’s new “shall issue” gun permit law, as I understand it, it would be perfectly legal to bring a gun into a movie theater, unless they have put up big signs at the door saying that guns are banned on the premises AND someone personally tells you not to bring your gun in. So, if you don’t have the stupid sign up (very few places do, so far–my husband’s workplace has the only sign I’ve seen), what can you do? You can’t even ask them to leave!
I can’t imagine why they created this stupid law in light of September 11th and Columbine, etc., etc. But, I’ll hijack your thread no longer.
The thing is, you need to ask your employers for training for you and your fellow employees on what to do about this sort of situation. It could be that, according to Texas law, he is perfectly entitled to carry his gun around, provided he has the permits, etc., and if you ask him to leave, you’re opening yourself or your company up to a lawsuit. Or, of course, worse.
I think you did the right thing by contacting the managers, too. I guess I’m just a little freaked out by the fact that if I were in your situation in my town, there’d be nothing that I or the theater managers could do.
Definity the proper course was to get a manager.
But
Did you hold on to his stub so you knew what house he was probably headed to?
Also there is more info on the stub thaks to the box office computer so a lot could have been learned about the guy.
If you could have you should have got another usher to man the door while you followed the guy.
Do you have a security emergency code for your walkie?
(I assume you get to carry a walkie talkie)
Do you have a link to this law? I find it hard to believe that the law would override the property owner’s right to exclude gun-carrying people from their property. If contract law in Texas is like contract law in Wisconsin (which under the UCC it pretty much is) the theatre retains the right to revoke the license granted by the contract (the ticket) by refunding the purchase price.
In Texas, as long as you have a bill of sale with you, you can a carry a rifle anywhere you want. Handguns are something else, but we’re talking about rifles. However, if a manager of an economic entity(the theater) came up and said “I don’t like that you have a rifle, get out now.” Then that person would have to leave immediately. That has nothing to do with guns, just that economic entities can kick out anyone they want.
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