I’m getting an alarming amount of pseudo-news from talk radio these days, and not NPR. This morning they told me, via a dubious sounding web survey, that 95% of everyone has bad movie etiquette. I’m wondering if the study said bad etiquette is practiced in 95% of movies? That seems more likely since it only takes one bad apple. I thought I’d go over a few things for those who aren’t clear.
- The only reason the cell phone should come out of the pocket is to turn it off, no texting, don’t check the time, and don’t even think of answering a call. It’s ridiculous to have to even state the last one, but it definitely happens.
- No talking once the previews start. Some people (read: me) enjoy previews. A lot of (old) people seem to think its okay to ask others whats going on, what was just said, etc. It’s not. You people are bad, bad people who will probably spend the afterlife trying to watch Sixteen Candles while Satan sits behind you talking about American Idol just loud enough for you to not hear Molly Ringwald.
- If it’s not a childrens movie, get a babysitter. If you can’t afford one, you probably shouldn’t be going out to movies anyway.
- Don’t buy food with loud cellophane wrappers, and if you find you have on accident, don’t try and get at it slowly to lower the volume of noise you make, dive in, get what your after and get out (thats what she said?).
There’s probably more (comments welcome), but these are the things that I see most often.
Now that we all know, and knowing is half the battle, we can toast are exceptional movie etiquette.
