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[happygolfcartrider]

Going to a movie now a days you never know what to expect. You have the crying babies, the noisy toddlers, people texting and the light shining from the phone, people talking through the entire movie, is there no respect for others any more?

From now on I will ask for a children free zone and a no cell phone zone, in restaurants and theaters.

[Snowpuppy]

Haven't been to a theatre in ages. For all the reasons you mention and well, safety comes to mind, too. Not to mention we don't have IMAX, etc here.

We have "movie nite" when the new releases come out on dvd. We schedule it for a weekend with food, chips, snacks. Can turn the sound up/down as loud as we like (no neighbors). We can pause, rewind and watch a 2nd time if we want.

Sorry but the entire movie experience has changed and not for the better.

[YorkieonmyPillow]

That's just rude!

[brii]

I would have told the manager. The other people should have been asked to leave.

[insomniac]

On 4/5/2015 brii said:

I would have told the manager. The other people should have been asked to leave.

I agree with brii one hundred percent.

[Shorty2U]

I wrote an email to Carmike after I typed this thread and gave our name, address, phone number, email, and we have a Carmike card they scan (that you win free popcorn, soda etc after so many movies). So I put our card number in the email. It stated you will hear from someone in 24 hours. If I don't I will call the manager then.

I would have asked for a manager when we were leaving to tell him, but I happen to know the man in charge left because we know him from going to lots of movies and we were talking to him before we went in. He said he was going out to eat w his sister shortly. And the ticket booth was closed today and teens were manning the concession and that's where we had to get our tickets for today. (Most likely due to it being the holiday this was the situation today).

Anyway as I said we usually go to morning movies and there is hardly no one there on Sundays. So that's what we will do instead from here on. I really thought it would be empty or more people would be seeing Fast and Furious 7 which just came out. Well I was wrong. Lesson learned.

Thanks for the replies and I totally agree that "some" people today just don't have manners anymore. Civility is slowly going down the drain.

[Burnsite]

I grew up in a large family and we were not allowed to go to the movies til we were through kindergarten (used to sitting still for a while). If we acted up we were taken somewhere else while everyone else watched the movie.

I can't imagine bringing a toddler to the movies and allowing them to play with a toy in the aisles, except it happened to me 10 days ago on a plane. There was a child, very small, seat behind me who was in the aisle with his toys the whole flight, except a nap he took just before landing. He played quietly but I kept thinking of what would happen if we hit an air pocket.

[FUTURE]

I for sure would've told the manager, and if they didn't handle it immediately, I would've asked for a refund. What is wrong with people. They don't have any manners or social awareness anymore. It's ridiculous!

[melfie]

Sadly I've seen the same but in R rated movies. Once a poor toddler with his slightly older brother were making such a fuss that several patrons had to get the staff. This was during a very inappropriate-for-minors scene taking place onscreen. The only people who got a refund were those who went to the office and complained. I asked the manager if it was their policy to let children into viewings of R rated movies and he replied that as long as a parent or guardian was present it was okay.

[granddi]

We go to the movies often and recently saw something I have never seen in a movie. Someone brought a DOG! Man came in with a big lab type dog and went to the upper most seating. the dog got comfortable on the floor and was not heard from until the end of the movie. Better than disruptive patrons for sure.