[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Children in theatres

[Sheryll Townsend]

> Anne Squires:
> 
> I love, love, love that story.  I wish I had the
> courage to do something like that.  I went to see HBP
> yesterday.  There was a crying infant in the theater
> who cried and screamed for most of the first half of the
> film.  Finally, finally, finally the person who had
> brought the child left and, thank Merlin, did not
> return.  When they were walking out I was able to
> discern that the child, however old, was a tiny bundle
> wrapped in a blanket---- so I'm thinking the baby was
> extremely young.  While the baby was crying I kept
> trying to tell myself to just ignore it; but, it was very
> hard to do so.  I blame both the parent, or babysitter
> or whoever that was who brought an infant to a movie and I
> also blame the theater personnel for allowing someone to
> bring an infant into the theater.  I am thinking of
> contacting the theater manager about it.  It's so hard
> to get lost in a film when there is a baby loudly screaming
> its head off.  The reason I didn't do anything at the
> time was because:
> 
> 1.  I am a coward and extremely non-confrontational.
> 2.  It was a stadium style theater that was packed
> full of people.  I was sitting many rows away from the
> crying infant and kept thinking someone closer to the
> problem would maybe say something.
> 3.  I thought about getting up and finding a manager;
> but I didn't want to miss a second of the movie.  
> 4.  I kept thinking, "Any moment now that obnoxious
> person and their baby will surely get up and go away."
> 
> Anyway, I liked the film as much as I could
> considering.  I going to see it again tonight at
> another theater.
> 
Sheryll:

Seriously, don't hesitate to go out and complain to a manager. Yes, you'll miss a bit of the movie. But any good theatre manager will offer you passes to come back and see the movie again for free. That's what they're there for, to make sure you have a good viewing experience. 

No one should have to struggle to enjoy a film that they paid good money to see and theatre managers know that. :)

Sheryll, who used to work at a movie theatre


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