Movie etiquette

Thank you, TAP, for confirming, absolutely, the wisdom of my continued abstinence from movie theaters. I have not been in one since 1994. The last film I viddied with a large number of fellow humans was “Forrest Gump.”

I refuse to pay for crowding, for noisy people, for spilled, sticky soda and chewing gum on the floor, and would not hand over an X-note for the privilege (or, is it $12 or more?)
Besides, as far as I am concerned, filmdom is dead. If all the producers can come up with for motion pictures are remakes, Roman numeral sequels (can they count up to LXX?), and comic and video game spinoffs, I say, nix this mix, and I’ll stay home in front of my computer enjoying your blog, which I think is more entertaining and edifying than “Dark Knight” ever could be.

Actually, you wouldn’t need the copper mesh, you could get one of those cell phone jammers. I was thinking of buying one of those for the pharmacy to keep those idiots on the counter off their cell phones. I won’t wait on them until they get off the stupid ass phone. QUIT WASTING MY TIME YOU BRAIN DEAD ****. Sorry about that.

That’s a great idea! I’m buying one and putting it under the register! The patients/customers would never know! But, they are probably illegal aren’t they?

Bite the bullet and buy a jammer. they are illegal in the UK, and the US, but the company that ship them label them as “wireless network components” to avoid this. I’ve had mine a few months and it is so much fun jamming annoying patients (and staff members). Mine is portable, so I’ve also taken it to the cinema and on train journeys. Cost the equivalent of a few hundred bucks and covers about 10mx10m. Bigger ones are available including one that “jams a small town”. You’l probably get in trouble with one of those :)

I’ve stopped going to the cinema due to inconsiderate people chatting, talking, texting, etc. Now I either wait for the DVD or download a torrent (Shhh)

They are illegal, true, but arrests are very rare. The police tend not not to care unless your jammer is on while picking up donuts while the cops are shooting the brezze.I use one when I go out to eat or go to a concert. A lot of concert halls are rumored to have the big ones set up. A client company I worked for prohibits cell phones both in the office and the factory, and it appeared to me and the other contract employees that a jammer was being used.
The only caution that I would suggest is to make certain that the jamming radius doesn’t encompass governmental offices nearby, which one of the small ones won’t. Gov’t types, IMHO, will call the FCC in a flash.

Did any of you stop to think about the people who have a real need for their phones? I have a terminally ill husband, and my cell phone is what keeps me from being confined with him. I take my phone everywhere I go. If it’s somewhere that needs to be quiet I set my phone to vibrate and leave the room if I need to answer it. It sickens me to think that there are people out there stopping my husband from being able to get ahold of me in an emergency just because they get annoyed. Because of his illness his brain is failing, and he can no longer communicate effectively with medical personnell, so it truly is necessary for me to be instantly accessible. Taking it upon yourself to stop everybody around you from using a service tthat they have a right to use just because it makes you feel powerful is absolutely disgusting.

I absolutely hate it when people like you (who are the EXCEPTION to the RULE) take a post too literally and fly off the fucking deep end. The Angry Pharmacist has this crazy problem with every post he makes, and I’m starting to catch the same hell. You are courteous about your cell phone possession and use, therefore I don’t give a shit that you have it or use it.

And my final point — if your husband is in such dire straits and near the brink of death, why the hell are you out catching a flick? Shouldn’t you be home? If you are taking a little personal time, that’s fine. But, I want you to remember that leaving was your decision — not the general public’s choice. If he were to die while you were enjoying The Dark Knight, you’d have to deal with that the rest of your life. I can’t even think of how much you’d hate Christian Bale after that…:-)

Oh Jamie, you blithering idiot. So, let me get this straight-your phone is your necessary direct link with your terminally ill husband because of why? You can’t possibly be alluding to the notion that if, while you’re away for a couple hours, and something happens to him, that he’d be better off calling you and not an ambulance or doctor instead. If he does call you rather than professionals, then he’s a moron as well. Are you really trying to say that you’ll get his call, speed all the way home and suddenly fix whatever is wrong with him? Even if you have been trained to do so, an ambulance can get there faster and without being hassled by cops-how far of an acceptable radius can you travel from home if this is the case? If he’s this delicate, why not hire some full-time nurse to stay with him? Why isn’t he in the hospital already where he can be monitored at all times?

The point is that your sob story is full of holes and reeks of being terribly contrived for the sake of the above rant. I don’t believe a fucking word of your tale because I’ve heard other whiny shit-bags like you attempt this kind of ‘drag at the heart strings’ with a bogus story before. You aren’t original, you aren’t convincing, so eat a bag of dicks…

eddipus,

Maybe in my frustration I didn’t make myself clear. The reason that I have to be available is that, due to his illness, my husband’s mind is going. If he calls for an ambulance he can’t communicate clearly with the paramedics about what’s going on, which limits their ability to help him. Whoever is staying with him when I leave knows to call me so that I can answer questions on his behalf. I’m sorry if you find it hard to believe that a person can be needed in an emergency, but that’s my life. The other reason for needing to be accessible is so that in an emergency I can meet him at the hospital. I get annoyed at improper cell phone use too, but that doesn’t mean that I have the right to render all cell phones in the area useless. If it’s truly just wishful thinking, then keep on dreaming. I can definitely see how pleasant of a daydream that would be. However, the thought of somebody actually doing that literally made physically ill. Maybe I’m an overprotective wife, but when you spend as much time as I do fighting for a loved one’s life that tends to happen. I promise that I’ll try not to overeact if you’ll promise to keep the jammer to just a daydream. Deal?

Your response to my challenge has, if possible, more holes than your original statement. If you’re going to make up bullshit excuses at least make them believable.

People with life alert systems in place never actually communicate with medical professionals when the system is used to contact them-this does not decrease the chances of response rate. As far as playing ‘translator’, shouldn’t all of your husbands medical issues be on record with proper professionals anyway? They shouldn’t require a translator. Don’t try to tell me that you’re Anne Sulivan conveying an incomprehensible message to the staff of the hospital, and that without your help they’d simply be lost.

Just admit that your fabricated rant holds no merit of truth and that you are simply a cell phone junky that can’t put the fucking thing to rest for 5 seconds. Same thing goes for people with loud children-stay out of the fucking theaters; we, the ticket buyers, did not pay the movie-going rate for the big screen to hear your phone beeping and playing rap ringtones while the stinking little turds next to you scream and wail because they’re scared and the movie is loud.

Stay home you cretins!

Sir, I love you. You want a job?

After a moment of confusion, I realized that the bold type at the end of posters comments are actually the words of the Angriest himself. Is that a new feature? I have not noticed it before. I like how the ridiculous posters are shot down right within their own comment! BAM!

Anyway, I am looking up buying jammers online right now. Oh how useful these can be the pharmacy.

“I have my Doctor on my cell right now, he is going to authorize more refills on my ZOMAS here you talk to him.”

*click*

“Hello? Hello? … Rats”

And yeah, my patients are increasingly starting to think that Soma is spelled with a Z.

I started doing the bold because it’s easier than me going to the post (which may be months old and buried) and commenting myself. I also like getting an immediate rebuttal on the idiots — it’s my new signature thing. However, I never edit the content of the post or the user’s name. That would just be unethical!

My husband and I went to see the Dark Knight and had a lady removed from the theater who couldn’t keep her 1-year old son quiet. This was a 7pm showing of f****ing Batman for crying out loud. What the hell is she doing there with 2 toddlers????? (She also had a 2-3 yr old). Her reasoning was that she had paid $10 to see the movie, so we should just deal with it. I paid my $10 too…in order to see an adult movie without flippin kids! My husband clomplained to the mgr and they asked her to leave….at which point she called him some choice words. So, my movie etiquitte is LEAVE THE DAMN KIDS AT HOME!!!!!!!!!!