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Not everyone should be a parent.
The hubster and I went to see Horrible Bosses tonight. The movie started after 7, is R rated, the theater was packed. A couple with an infant and a toddler take their stroller to the front row.
The baby cried for the first hour HOUR of the movie. The toddler was climbing in front of the screen and dancing. I went to the kid who rips ticket stubs in the hallway and asked if he could send someone in and he said he couldn't do anything, but told me to go knock on the office door. The manager in said office couldn't have been more than 18 and a half and told me he couldn't make them leave. WTF.
So I went back in to the theater and told the lady to leave. She took the infant out in to the hallway, which caused the toddler to lose his freaking mind. They ended up leaving 20 minutes before the end of the movie.
Every other word in this movie was slang for genitalia. Who brings their 3 year old to that? Why punish a whole theater because you can't afford a babysitter? And who the eff doesn't remove their child as soon as they start fussing? It takes a special class of stupid to wait, and wait, and wait for a stranger to approach. I don't care how well your little angel may be at home, an R rated movie theater is no place for a child.
I should have asked for my money back.
Re: Not everyone should be a parent.
It's parents like that which prompted the restaurant that banned children under 6.
The sad thing is, nothing breeds faster than stupid.
I was going to ask if they had a rule like that; the theater I worked at when I was 17 didn't allow children under a certain age into R rated movies at all, accompanied by parents or not. Also, we had the authority to kick people out. Maybe they were being lazy? Either way that sucks big time.
Wow. I hate when ppl fail to control their children in public. It was so funny once b/c I caught one of my students acting a fool at Applebee's. After he knocked it off I said "see, you never know who's watching you." Then I was side-eyeing the hell out of his mother b/c if I can get him to stop, why can't you?
Oh and an R rated movie is a FABULOUS place for a toddler, who are like sponges when it comes to words.
When I worked at a theater, I would tell ppl that if they didn't calm their children down, they were going to have to leave b/c they were disturbing the other patrons. I had one woman get in my face and call me a biatch. I told her "ok now you definitely need to leave and before I call the police."
Amen!
The first time DH and I were able to get away from our screaming baby for a little while and see a movie, we were so excited. Then guess what we had in our movie...a CRYING BABY. We wanted to cry ourselves.
Many people have told me to take my little ones to the movies while they are young (infants) to get out of the house but I would never do such a thing. Kids do not belong at the movies, unless it's a cartoon. My children will not be going to the movies for many many years
When Z was a newborn, we went to the movies a few times she slept through the whole thing.
Now DH and I only go by ourselves Z would never sit still through a whole movie she doesn't do it for TV I know in a movie theater she would be all over the place.
We're going to see HP after 6 tonight, but we're dropping Bean off at the child care place next door to the theater. Convenience entertainment at its best. We never took her to the movies as a wee tiny one because we were afraid the volume would hurt her wee tiny ears.
Hooray for still being allowed to be a parent!
I totally agree with you and would have done this if they were unwilling to do something about disruptive kids. I mean, they'll kick disruptive preteens out, kick out people on phones or adults talking/being obnoxous (at least in my experience) but wont ask a crying baby to leave a rated R movie? Ridiculous.
I changed my name
I loved kicking people out when I managed a movie theater. Once, no joke, I kicked people out for MAKING a baby in the handicapped row (more room). And I managed an art theater, like fancy independent movies and the like. Strange.
Write a letter, if it's a chain, make sure you give identifying info on the unhelpful employees, etc.
67/200
I saw that movie last night and even the language alone in that movie is awful for a kid to hear. You know they'd be repeating it in no time.
I agree that kids don't belong in non-kid movies.
It blows my mind how many parents do this these days. I swear, every time DH and I go to the movies to enjoy an ADULT evening out, there are toddlers running around and jibber jabbering through the whole rated-R movie. Sometimes it's even more disturbing to me when the young child actually sits quietly and absorbs the whole movie: cuss words and naked stripper boobs and all. Absolutely disgusting. Get a clue people!
Sorry you had to sit through that, good for you for at least trying to get something done about it. It's refreshing to see a lot of ladies on here agreeing with you! I hope that the majority of parents feel the same way.
We went to the midnight showing of HP 7.2 last week - that actually started at 1:30am instead of 12:03am because the film reel broke - and there was a newborn and 4-year-old in the audience. Neither kid made a sound, but I just sat there thinking, "Who the heck brings their kids to a movie this late?" And they stayed through the 1.5 hour wait we had to get the movie started!
I'd definitely write the company and complain. That's just ridiculous.
1 - Harry Potter gave me nightmares. Those floaty things that look like an octopus really freaked me out, not to mention that noseless dude and his snake. That movie is too graphic and dark for a four year old.
2 - I'm disappointed that none of you snickered at my use of the word 'hubster'.
1. um, they are dementors. lol
2. I actually was thinking "really?" but didnt saw anything about it.
I changed my name