# No texting in the theater!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 7, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649 "2011-06-07T19:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/1 "2011-06-07T19:20:08Z")

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[Or we’ll take your ass out](http://www.minyanville.com/dailyfeed/2011/06/07/best-movie-theater-humiliates-annoying/?camp=syndication&medium=portals&from=yaho)!

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/2 "2011-06-07T19:44:25Z")

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That movie theater looks kick ass. I wish we had something like that around here. If we did I would start going to movie theaters again.

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**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/3 "2011-06-07T19:48:58Z")

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I would pay extra to watch movies there. At the last movie I saw, a guy came in, late (of course), and WAVED HIS PHONE AROUND LIKE A FLASHLIGHT to find a seat.

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**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/4 "2011-06-07T19:56:45Z")

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Duckster beat you to it:

> **[Don't Text In This Theater & Expect To Get Away With It](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611472)**
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> http://consumerist.com/2011/06/alamo-drafthouse-this-caller-is-incredibly-unhappy-with-movie-theaters-no-texting-policy.html The Founder/CEO of Alamo Drafthouse blogged about it on the official web site.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/5 "2011-06-07T20:16:29Z")

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> [@Enright3](#):
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> Duckster beat you to it:  
> [Don't Text In This Theater & Expect To Get Away With It - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611472)

Crap. Missed that.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-texting-in-the-theater/584649/6 "2011-06-07T20:20:31Z")

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Since this is a dupe, I’ll close it.