Bingo.
I would prefer a theatre that banned perfumes even more that one that banned cellphones.
Ever had a person that must have been sweating some kind of perfume tell you that you should be out in public if you were so sick? Even other people hush you for sneezing if they are the Fortunate Ones who are not allergic to the nasty cheap scents so many people favor.
And while I’m at it, I would patronize a theater with reasonable volume. I was responsible as a teen and young adult; I did not blast music into my ears. What’s the result? I am punished by the ridiculous sound levels needed to entertained everyone who has deafened themselves.
yeah, I should just sit on my lawn and watch - and listen - to the grass grow.
An outright ban wouldn’t be cool with me, as I like using my phone during the advertisements and sitting and waiting around in line and such. Once the previews begin, however, if a cell phone makes any noise or emits any light whatsoever (even the sound of vibrating of course), it should be impounded and the patron forced to pay a $100 fee to get it back. Signing a contract when you buy your ticket beforehand would probably be necessary, but I’d sign it and I’d love going to such a place.
I’ll take both those - but I’d rather have GOOD perfume than a clientele that hadn’t showered today - so there needs to be an offensive odor meter at the door. (Axe Body Spray in the quantities worn by the average fourteen year old boy - no way. A little Chanel I could sit next to all day - though I understand the reluctance of others to do so.) Also, can we start shooting pop slurpers - you know the ones that finish their soda and then suck out the last little bit with the volume of a 747 landing.
I don’t know … I’ll take 48 hours unbathed over perfume.
No, wait, I remember, it takes 4 days to trigger my Worse Than Perfume Alert, as long as the temperature is under ~75. In very arid conditions it may go up to 6 days.
Yes.
I would think that this option would be bery popular, and many folks older than 25 would flock to the banned theater. I know I would.
I can’t remember the laet time I saw a movie where someone didn’t pick up their phone and take/make a call, send or read a text, or run an app or surf the web. It is terribly distracting, and it eill only get worse as technology continues to shrink and improve.
I don’t know, but it seems that in general our attention spans are so short noe that any lull in a movie requires someone to reach for their device and check something. Maybe the score of a game or something. But it’s always something.
Good lord, how did we ever live without cell phones? It truly baffles me how attached people are to their devices, but i suppose if I grew up in today’s world, I might be addicted to sites like facebook and twitter, and be tuned into everyone telling me everything they did during the day. Since I’m older, I don’t care what others are doing, and I don’t care to share with them what i’m doing on a 24/7 feed.
I confess, though… I do have a FB page, and some people type out their entire day in five minite intervals. Always love reading. “Time for dinner… What should I have?” And see 5 responses to the question within 5 minutes. Boggles my mind, it does.
This is, in fact, the exact reason why I wouldn’t support a zero-tolerance, blanket ban.
Having an usher boot you out if you’re playing Angry Birds or texting after the trailers start? Sure. Getting a pat down when you walk in the door? Not so much.
I don’t think ANYONE would object to someone receiving a vibrated message in their pocket that cannot be heard by anyone else, and only felt by the recipient.
If every person was willing to get up and leave the theater, instead of answering the phone and talking like they are at home in their living room, i doubt anyone would object.
Assuming, of course we are all rational. But if you had to be accessible, for work, pregnant wife at home and you don’t want to bother your girlfriend’s movie experience, or waiting for an organ, who could deny the necessity for that kind of thing?
[disclaimer]I admittedly haven’t read the responses following this so it may be addressed already. [/disclaimer]
I agree that there isn’t a problem with cell phones going off. The problem with cell phones is that they light up a dark movie theater like a light house in the ocean. It’s so distracting that it totally takes me out of the movie.
To answer the OP. The perfect solution for me would be having someone monitor the theater for people opening up their beacons of light, and boot their ass out of the theater. Cell phones in a theater should be neither seen nor heard.
Yes, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease…
No ban or blocker. I won’t go to those theaters. I am an IT guy who is often on call. I keep my phone on me at all times and put it on vibrate if I’m in a movie or a church. If I get a call / text I peek at it, and if it’s something that requires a response I get up and leave.
If a website goes down because I didn’t respond quickly enough, it will cost my company millions. Literally millions.
No. Zero tolerance bans of most any sort rankle me.
I would patronize a movie theater or any other venue that didn’t allow cell phones. I would even love to live in a city with a total cell phone ban. If the day ever comes when I am omnipotent, it will be a very sad day for people who are currently tethered to their phones.
It would also be a very sad day for you, as a lot of those people are tethered to their cellphones because they are doing vital work that keeps your own life running smoothly. Let’s not throw out the baby with the bathwater here.
Zero tolerance enforced by large men with pointy sticks and bad dispositions.
I’d be happy to see a cinema that bans phones, talking and eating. I find it really disconcerting watching something like The Railway Man last week and having someone behind me merrily chomping huge mouthfuls of popcorn during scenes of prisoners of war being tortured.
My life ran just fine before cellphones, and I’m sure it would run just fine without them. Yes, people might actually have to sit at their desks, or next to a landline in their homes, but the same work would get done.
I’m curious if anyone can come up with a bona fide example of work that couldn’t be done without cellphones (I’m talking here about regular daily work, obviously there are examples of being someplace without landlines, or during a catastrophic emergency, where a cellphone make a difference).
Yes, more likely to actually.
I’d like to see a theater use some type of technology that automatically sets phones to vibrate.
But to be honest, ringing phones isn’t something that annoys me that much. Maybe I just don’t get out enough.