Sneaking... the wrong ways to do it

"Don't worry, we'll just sneak in."

I heard that so many times this weekend.

And I've figured out something.

People aren't good at sneaking around.

As I've mentioned before, my theatre is pretty harsh on the MPAA ratings policies.. and everyone that tries to get around them ends up being as inconspicuous as my buddy on the left here. Here's some of the things I noticed people doing as they were trying to sneak in, as well as some other random observations I noticed this weekend.

• Buying a ticket to a movie they obviously didn't want to see. Like a group of 16 year old males buying tickets to The Nanny Diaries. Um.. I don't think so.
• Wandering around the lobby, peering over edges and around corners to make sure that no one will check when they try to sneak by. Umm.. I've seen you at least 4 times now. And I remember your face. You're not getting in.
• "Oops, I must've bought a ticket to the wrong movie, I wanted this one. I am old enough to see it." That's just bad.
• My parents said it was ok. ::hands me cell phone:: "Hi ma'am, you said your son could see this movie? That's great, now just come here and watch it with him and I'll let him in. :-)"
• Trying to get MY STAFF to get you FREE PASSES to a rated R movie 5 minutes AFTER I've turned you down. Hey buddy, you just ruined my staff member's free pass privileges. How do you feel now? I feel like a jerk doing it, but it had to be done. Sometimes I don't understand why they do it... free movies are such a good perk.. why risk losing it?

Now onto the random observations. You all remember my bootlegging post, right? Of course you do, you hang onto every word I write! ;-) Well today I was just sitting at the Customer Service counter, doing a bit of paperwork when I noticed a girl waving around a video camera walking into a theatre. Uhhh... is she serious? was the first thought in my mind. She came out a minute later to head to the bathroom. On her way back I stopped her and asked if that was a video camera she had on her. She said "yep!" I told her that she couldn't have it in the theatre.. so she gave it to her mom.. who first wanted me to hold it for them, (I said no, can't be responsible for that.) then brought it to the car, saying that it was just a school project.

WHAT KIND OF SCHOOL ASKS YOU TO FILM INSIDE A MOVIE THEATRE?!?!!

Last I checked, schools were trying to keep kids OUT of trouble.

Another woman called about a lost cell phone.. which turned out to be an iPhone. Only she realized it 5 hours after her movie got over. HOW do you drop a $600 phone and NOT realize it? Maybe it is too sleek and small for its own good. lol.

People can't read times very well. I had a guest mistake a 10:05 AM show for a 10:05 PM. I guess its not THAT bad, but when your times read 10:05 3:15 8:20 and its 10 PM.. why would you think its 10:05 PM? Unless we have a 3:15 AM I didn't know about, in which case I closed up shop WAY too early and need to head back now!

Well that's all for now. I'm tired. Looks like my last post wasn't too popular. I guess people don't like trying to get free things as much as I had hoped. Oh well, that spike I got from Stumbleupon was nice.. I was kinda hoping for the same from Digg! Happy Labor Day Folks!

Win a Superbad Banner and a Night at the Movies!

Anyone see the movie Superbad recently? Cmon, you know you have. Well, wouldn't you like to own your own Superbad banner, straight from the theatre? Here's your lucky chance! I'm going to be giving away a Superbad prize pack, consisting of:

• 1 Superbad Banner
• 2 Movie Tickets
• 1 Free Popcorn
• 1 Free Drink

It's really simple to enter. Just write a small entry on your blog, linking to this article, and also to my blog's frontpage. Here's a sample entry!

Intermision at Work is having a Superbad contest! He's going to be giving away a Superbad prize pack that includes a free night at the movies for two, and a Superbad banner! Go check it out if you're interested in winning!

When you've done this, leave a comment with your url. I'll come check it out, and once I've confirmed that you've written it, you'll be entered! This contest will end with the post reaches 501 diggs!

So let's get going! I know all of you are just dying to do it! Hehe, its the inaugural contest on Intermission at Work, hopefully the first of many more to come!

A bunch of minor frustrations...but an ok night!

Quite the hectic evening at work tonight! Definitely not busy, but it really feels that way when not enough people are working. Part of the problem with movie theatres these days.. gotta do less with more. At least the coffee I had was good tonight, gave me the energy to make it through.... and is keeping me up at this hour now. lol.

The big hit tonight was.... Halloween! It's what I expected, but it didn't really do all that well either. Bourne Ultimatum had a strong showing, but that's because we were checkin IDs for all of our Rated R movies ;-).

Only a couple of frustrations tonight! Well, I usually try not to let stuff get to me anyway. BUT I am convinced that our security guard is crazy. He stands in the middle of foot traffic and shines his flashlight in people's faces asking them for their tickets and IDs for R-rated movies, which is great! The problem is, he doesn't read the ticket OR check the date on the ID!!! What is the point if you're just gonna say thanks as soon as they put their hand in their pockets. I had to stop a few groups of 15 year olds after he let them through! To add to that, he is extremely confrontational AND HUMS TO HIMSELF MID CONVERSATION. Blah. I'd feel safer without a security guard if they're gonna be like him. I think he is crazy... cuckoo in the head. He also feels the need to tell me that he'll be looking around in the movie that's gonna get out last. Dude... just tell me if you're going to watch a movie. You're not that useful for anything else anyway.. lol.

Checking IDs and turning people away is a bit frustrating when the kids like to make a big deal about it.. but its not that bad. What I don't get its people's obsession with messing around with the bathrooms! I've had to deal with so many clogged toilets cuz of paper towels in them, or the roll of toilet paper thrown in them... and that's not even mentioning the real clog issues that people sometimes cause. Actually, that's not bad either, I can deal with that. But when I put an "Out of Order" sign on a stall door... what does that tell you?


Apparently.. the answer is "Let's go use that one!"

Needless to say, I had a flooded toilet that took about a half hour to drain and clean out. You can't pay me enough to feel like I should be doing that on a weekly basis. I am no plumber! And if I have to be like one... I should get paid like one right? hehe. Moral of the story is: OUT OF ORDER MEANS OUT OF ORDER!

There was one nice guy who I had a nice conversation with while I was cleaning up in there. He even held the door for me when I was moving the cleaning supplies out. Why can't everyone be like that? I felt like comping everything for him.. but he was gone before I mentioned it. Maybe next time, mysterious nice guest!

On a side note, stumbleupon appears to bring in more people than digging, from what I can tell. Anyone feel like stumbling or digging me? I digg me, but guess that's not good enough. Off to try to sleep... got an idea for a contest, will post about it tomorrow!

Wouldn't you go to the movies if...

She was the ticket taker? No.. we don't have too much time on our hands. What are you talking about? We needed a ticket taker! You don't want to be greeted on your way in? Of course you do. We got some nice looks out of it. :-)

But of course, she doesn't quite match the look. You can't have someone coming in to work wearing that! She's gotta look more professional. More movie theatre professional that is. Hmm.. how are we gonna do this? It was kinda tough, but we managed to do it. Before I get to that though....

Thanks to Adsense Tracker for the boost in traffic I got yesterday. I guess Stumbleupon is a pretty good source of traffic. I wonder if it is better than Digg. I don't know. Regardless I just had to take one look and bam, my hits were way up once I got stumbled. Maybe I will help stumble some people too! Has anyone used it before? If you like something you see here, Stumble It! I've even made it easy with tags near the bottom of my post! Right near the comments! Cmon! :-P

Anway, back to what we were doing. We had to make her fit the image that we're trying to give here at the theatre. What do you think? That uniform looks great on her! I actually had a few people who thought she was real.. lol.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to watch any of the movies last night. I heard that Halloween is pretty F'd up, and from what I saw of Death Sentence, it looks really good. It was really loud when I was in there. I really wish I had a chance to see them, but its a long weekend so I'll be sure to post updates as I see them.

Well, that's it for now, more after work tonight! See you at the movies! :-)

Let's Make Someone Famous: Skittle!

Well, time for a new thing I'm gonna try to start doing here.. making someone else famous, and maybe hanging on to their heels as they rocket their way to stardom. This week, I feature Skittle!

Now who is Skittle? And how did I come to meet her in the blogosphere? Actually, I believe it was Skittle that found me! This actually makes me pretty interested in how she came about finding me. Maybe we can include that in an edit to this post, or Skittle can let me know herself! On to who she is...

Skittle, like me, is a blog addict. She says so herself! And like me, she's trying to make a little dinero off blogging. C'mon, its no risk to try, so why not right? She's also been looking for a house recently too, which is again, a lot like me! My family just bought a new home! Basically, if you're looking for a blog about a woman out there in the real world, workin in business, and bloggin in her spare time so we can share in her world, go check out Skittle! She really succeeds in keepin it real.

Alright everybody, let's give it up to the first blog that I'm making famous! If I've interested you in becoming famous, let me know and you can be my next feature. Movies are the only form of entertainment out there, blogs can be famous too! Now get out there and go support our inagural famous blog in becoming famous! Feel free to support me while you're at it! (You know how ;-P)