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When David came out, it was exclusively showing in our coldest auditorium, like the one touching 2 outside walls while it was in the negatives outside, and every other person was coming up AFTER the movie finished to ask for a refund because it was cold My brother in christ, our state is known for nothing but it's freezing temperatures, it's gonna be cold.
So far, I've worked Christmas eve, Christmas, New Years Eve, and now Easter. The crowd today was miserable, by the time I was ready for my lunch, I was ready to start fighting people. I'm writing this in the parking lot after closing, and holy shit, I'll take opening day Zootopia 2 over this.
The winner for worst customer quote today goes to "Why don't you call someone up here that actually knows what they're doing?" followed by "Let this be a learning experience for you." Both by the same lady, because I rang her up for what she asked, and didn't read her mind that she wanted something else.
At least a manager hid candy all over the employee only spaces, most of which was taken by opening crew. Yay.
I was so worried I did this to an author I love, but luckily I think it went okay.
They wrote the fic for a fandom that had just recently started, and I loved their headcanon for one of the characters, and I made a comment praising their writing and joking I was gonna steal their headcanon, which they replied excitedly to. A few months later I actually got around to writing it, and after I posted it I sat in the comment of their fic debating so hard on if I should tell them I wrote it or not. I ended up replying to my first comment and they read and commented on my fic. Overall it was very positive but oh god I was terrified for a minute they would block me.
I work at the only Cinemark in my state, so I have no way to go check for myself. I've seen a lot of posts talking about how box office isn't even a thing anymore at a lot of theaters and now I'm wondering if my theater is weird for still having it.
I love having it because it's one of the only positions I can actually physically work, and also I'm just so much happier working box than even podium. We've got 2 kiosks in the lobby, and obviously online tickets, so selling tickets is only about 50% of my job, compared to having 5 box office employees at once when our location first opened.
I'm planning on moving out of state next year and transferring to the Cinemark in my new town, but now I'm starting to wonder if I'd even be able to if they're not going to have a box office.
Also I love box office because I wont have to clean up after Mario.
Hi! Theater employee here
Stranger things did a similar thing for the series finale. It was available to stream on Netflix like usual, but also on new years eve and new years it was available to watch in theaters. My (smallish) theater had probably 10/16 screens showing it at once and they were all sold out. I'd imagine it would be like that, where people can still watch Ep 9 on YouTube like normal, but also can go see it in theaters just for that little extra pizzazz
The first chapter has a disclaimer stating
Do not read this fanfiction as a "challenge" to see if it will traumatize you. Warnings are listed for a reason. If you cannot handle any topic or warning listed in any of the chapters throughout the fanfiction, do not read to see if you can "stomach it".
I will report back shortly.
Everyone's talking about the length of the sentence, but I'm more confused about how he got away with only being charged for second degree murder. I may have slept through half of my crime classes in college, but you don't lock a child in a room without food till the point of death without there being intent there. That's not very "spur of the moment".
I drive a 2008 Honda Ridgeline, 150,000 miles on it. Its got its problems, as any truck does, but I just had something new happen that I'm more curious about than anything.
My key fob died about a month ago, and I'm too lazy to get a new battery so I've just been using the key to open the driver's door and then the door unlock button to open the rest, as any vehicle would.
Today as I was leaving work, I put my key into the door as usual, but when I twisted it, two things happened.
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I heard all 4 of my doors unlock and then lock again.
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All my windows rolled down about 2 inches.
This isn't the first time a similar chain of events has happened. About 2 years ago I was cleaning out my backseat, and laid down across it to grab something. As I did so, all my doors locked and the windows began rolling down until I sat up.
Is my truck haunted? Should I speak to it in a nicer tone? Sometimes the steering wheel shocks me while I'm driving or the doors will lock repeatedly on their own and I'm scared it's starting to gain sentience and fight back.
I'm being dead serious that all this happens, I'm just fighting the fear of a mechanic bill with jokes. Is this something I should take it to a shop for, or is this a common thing I just don't know about? If it means anything to anyone, the backlight of my radio just burnt out too.
I am probably overthinking this but I need some help cause this isn't just something you can really Google. What is the etiquette after a hookup with the intent of continuing some form of sexual relationship?
Hookup feels like the wrong term, but I can't figure out what else to say. This was preplanned for over a week, with the intent of becoming a consistent thing, sort of like a FWB, but as a threesome.
My partner and I had some fun with a 3rd person on Wednesday, everything went really good, the only complaint was that it was softer than expected, which I can live with lol.
That night we both sent them thank you messages, but didn't get a response till Thursday, which is fair. On Thursday I had a small conversation with them, confirming that I wanted to see them again, which they agreed. It's been over 24 hours now and they haven't even opened my last message, which is strange because leading up to Wednesday we talked multiple times a day.
Should I give them space? Am I overthinking? The last hookup I had went very badly, so now I'm very anxious about this going right, and I'm worried I'm scaring them off. They do have a nesting partner, I'm sure they're spending Valentine's Day together, and of course I don't want to intrude on their space.
Sorry if there's like, an obvious answer here. I'm aromantic and kinda new to the ENM scene, so I don't know what the norm is.
I'm 5'3" and I promise you, things get better. I used to stay awake at night counting down the years until I could start T and thought that death would be better than the wait. I've been on T for 2 years now and let me tell you, it was worth every minute of waiting. Like I said, I'm 5'3", shorter than most of my coworkers who are all 4+ years younger than me, and my height has stopped being a concern for me. I used to hate my height, but honestly now I don't even think about it. I have no clue how, but I pass at work to customers 90% of the time, and it's hit the point where being misgendered doesn't even bother me, because I feel so comfortable in my own body.
I understand the struggle, I had to wait 6 years before I could start truly transitioning, and it took 2 more years before I felt like I made any progress, but I swear on everything being able to feel the way I do now makes all that waiting worth it. Some days are hard still, sure. My period came back randomly after a year on T and sometimes I can't stand looking at my chest, but it's becoming more good days than bad.
One day you will get to be truly happy with yourself and your body and everything, please don't forget that, no matter how hard things may feel now
Honestly, I don't know about disinfecting them, in the entire time I've worked there I've only seen 2 headsets get used, and one of them was me yesterday testing if Iron Lung was working.
Both the headphones and captions devices at our theater work via a sensor I'm forgetting the name of. If you've ever gone to the movie and noticed near the entrance there's a small red box, that's what I'm talking about. Once they go past that box they connect to that specific theater instantly. Outside of the theaters the headphones don't play anything and the captions just play a list of famous movie quotes, so there's no way for them to accidentally start playing a different movie.
We've got a sign at box office as well as on the app and website saying we have caption devices and audio assistance. The caption devices get used pretty frequently, I've noticed at least once a week someone will ask. The only time I've seen the headphones asked for while working was actually because the movie was too loud for a customer, and they wanted to block out some sound.
A few years ago at a different theater, I used them to watch a movie because I wasn't super interested and I wanted to see what the audio description was like. It honestly made the movie a lot easier to watch, because one of the major plot points revolved around a few people having the same face, and being face blind I would've never noticed that. It also helped because it tells you the emotions the characters are feeling, which I struggle to do.
Testing out the headset yesterday, I could make them super loud. I'm not sure if it'll help with undertsnading the funky dialogue, because I ended up having to test all the movies so I didn't get a chance to stay in there for long, but it definitely made it super loud.
Theater employee here, theaters do provide headphones! They're for audio commentary typically used for visually impaired people, but depending on the theater/style of headphones there is typically an option to turn off the commentary and have just the movie audio playing
We offer them to people who are hard of hearing as well, because you can turn the volume on them up super high
Might be worth asking an employee about when you arrive, and they should be able to explain how their style of headphones work
I managed to get away with only 2 shifts during opening week, and we were so busy with iron lung I didn't even notice anything weird because I was on concessions register
But now... I've got 2 podium shifts coming up, and I am not excited. Pulling into work and seeing the parking lot look like a Trump rally doesn't make me feel great
Ask your friend. Your parents have no right to know about another person's medical history, especially if it's something they don't even believe in. My parents don't know my partner is a system, and vice versa
I had a FWB tell his family after I broke things off, and it did nothing but make me feel gross
As someone working in Alaska;
The other week we had hurricane force winds, a foot of snow dumped over night, and rain that froze on the ground and turned the roads into an ice rink. Dozens of cars upside-down, on top of eachother, and in trees
We didn't close, but people were calling out a lot until the city got the roads functioning. Maybe it's different because we get weather like this up here pretty often, but still it was enough to close the schools down, and it takes a lot to do that
It happened a little over a year ago, and things are just starting to come back to me. I met with one of his other victim, and they told me about a third. We talked about putting together a police report, but we never did. I just, can't bring myself to. I know I should, I absolutely should, but there's no proof. It's my word against his, and I'm just starting to even remember what happened, how am I supposed to remember enough to testify?
I feel so guilty for not doing anything, and I'm sure his victims before me feel the same. What am I going to do if it happens to another person? It took me so long to be able to even go out in public again, I can't handle the idea of seeing him, having to look him in the eyes while people accuse me of lying over and over.
I've considered sending an anonymous message to the person who runs the event we met at, but apparently he's been going there and telling everyone I'm a liar and an asshole.
God I don't know what to do
I too am unc (2005) with a weird niche name, and I've never had people be like "you clearly picked out your own name", if anything I get a lot of comments about "your parents must've been hippies" and things of that nature
East sounds like a cool name, like now I'm kind of jealous I didn't think of that cause it's something I would see myself using
It depends on several things but the biggest ones are flow and personal preference
I used to exclusively use tampons because once it's in it's out of the way and feels like nothing, but with a pad there's constant rubbing and noise from it. If my flow was extremely heavy I might use both, using the pad as a backup
However, I developed vaginismus a few years into my period, and became physically unable to use tampons, even the smallest size, so I switched to pads exclusively.
There's also things like cups and period underwear, plus some people wear things like incontinence underwear
So I left my last job for several reasons, but one of them was due to the insane amount of times I had to call the cops on customers, I just couldn't take it anymore.
Today marks about 2 weeks since I started working at a movie theater, and I got my first cop interaction. Had a customer extremely intoxicated, tried to fight several people, including members of staff, and it led to a manager calling the police.
They trespassed him and gave him a ride home, and then all his friends (who had dragged him outside) came back in to finish their movie. I'm impressed with how quickly the cops responded, and the fact that in the 10 minutes this all took place was the only time our security guard had stepped away for a break. Nobody thought to radio her, so when she came back to several cop cars in the parking lot, she was understandably upset.
Overall I'd rate today 9/10, cause I had to deal with customers asking me (in box office) to make the concessions line go faster.
I've only got one bit right now, and it's when I'm working concessions. We have the pink and green glitter for wicked, and the only people I offer it too is middle aged men without any kids. Obviously if someone asks I'll give it to them, but I specifically target these guys with the question.
I need more bits pleaseeee, for concessions, ushering, and box office, otherwise I'm gonna start going insane
I just started a new job and I've decided I'm gonna use the men's room
I work at a movie theater and I've started to learn the routines of which bathrooms are empty when, and I've been right the 2 times I've actually gone in
But also, I'm terrified? I've got an "excuse" in my mind if someone asks why I'm in the stall (it's not even an excuse, it's just straight up my medical problems that effect my bladder), but I just can't get over the fear of going in
No one's said anything, not even weird glances but I'm just so paranoid, does this feeling go away?
The worst part is, there literally was none
My mom was out of state for a month, and my dad and I were never home at the same time cause of work and school schedules. It was the first day we were both home in weeks, and out of nowhere he went on a several hour long talk about my sex life and how he's been watching Game of Thrones recently (iykyk) and then ended it with that lovely confession
My partner and I are both on nights and we have 2 ex roommates who are driving us absolutely insane. For context, all 4 of us lived together until July when my partner and I moved 9 doors down the hall, and it's been a mess. They've decided since we're home all day, we can watch their dog while they work their 9-5s. Problem is, if the dog isn't being watched and given constant attention, she'll pee on everything. Which means we either have to sacrifice sleeping, or just accept that she's gonna pee on the furniture.
And to make matters worse, every time one of them comes to pick up the dog after work, they'll come into our bedroom to tell us we sleep soooo much. Or, somehow even worse and the reason I'm writing this rant in the first place, they'll call and wake us up. My partner just got a call, and when he answered, very clearly mid sleep, ex roommate when "woah, you're still sleeping? But you didn't work last night?"
I told my partner if they do this again I'm going over to their place at 2am with an air horn and telling them they sleep too much
I feel like y'all will get a kick out of this
There's begun a running joke that I am cursed to close any business I work at. My first job out of highschool was Joanns, and at my 10 month mark, the bankruptcy was announced. I ended up quitting around then, and started working at a local escape room
Well, 10 months into that job, our boss gave us all a 2 week notice that the business was shutting down. After they closed, I got a job at Walgreens, and I made the joke that I had 10 months before they shut down.
WELL, I actually got about 10 days into my job before it was announced that hundreds of Walgreens were going to be closed. I quit there last month, partially because hearing every other customer ask "so are you guys closing?" Started to enrage me lol
Also during all this mess, a second small business that I was selling my crochet stuff at closed 😭
So if y'all needed someone to blame for the closures, apparently it is my fault
