Banning any wireless communications device from any public location or event for any reason isn't only unnecessary, its rude.
There is a reason that most of us pay a good chunk of change for those phones, the ability to be reachable whenever we want, regardless of how important it is to other people.
I can think of several occasions where I've used my phone at a theater while trying to meet up with a group of people, coming from different locations (& getting to the movie @ various times). Or, in the less pleasant event of some sort of family emergency.
I'll admit I have been known to be "that guy" who forgot to put my phone on vibrate. I can't say that I've never answered a voice call, but *MOST* of the time, if I'm using my phone at a theater (or whatever) its for 2 way text messages.
I'll gladly deal with the occasional accidental ring, and even that obstinate asshole who refuses to quiet his phone, for the ability to keep in touch with my friends & family.
The guy in the back row whose phone won't stop ringing, isn't as annoying as people who think cell phones should be banned from everywhere.
This lame ass excuse for a stupid rule is nothing more than a joke. The 1.3 megapixel camera on my fone has such a crappy camcorder function that its laughable. Seriously, what kind of experiance is watching 15 second clips at 176x144 res anyway?
The thought/notion/option of owning a second, non-camera phone is also ridiculous.
Like I can afford 2 phones...
You want to watch a movie completely uniterrupted and alone in an environment you can control, rent it when it comes out on DVD.
. o O (Everyone could use a lil common f*ing courtesy these days.)
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To everyone that thinks this is reasonable:
Banning any wireless communications device from any public location or event for any reason isn't only unnecessary, its rude.
There is a reason that most of us pay a good chunk of change for those phones, the ability to be reachable whenever we want, regardless of how important it is to other people.
I can think of several occasions where I've used my phone at a theater while trying to meet up with a group of people, coming from different locations (& getting to the movie @ various times). Or, in the less pleasant event of some sort of family emergency.
I'll admit I have been known to be "that guy" who forgot to put my phone on vibrate. I can't say that I've never answered a voice call, but *MOST* of the time, if I'm using my phone at a theater (or whatever) its for 2 way text messages.
I'll gladly deal with the occasional accidental ring, and even that obstinate asshole who refuses to quiet his phone, for the ability to keep in touch with my friends & family.
The guy in the back row whose phone won't stop ringing, isn't as annoying as people who think cell phones should be banned from everywhere.
This lame ass excuse for a stupid rule is nothing more than a joke. The 1.3 megapixel camera on my fone has such a crappy camcorder function that its laughable. Seriously, what kind of experiance is watching 15 second clips at 176x144 res anyway?
The thought/notion/option of owning a second, non-camera phone is also ridiculous.
Like I can afford 2 phones...
You want to watch a movie completely uniterrupted and alone in an environment you can control, rent it when it comes out on DVD.
. o O (Everyone could use a lil common f*ing courtesy these days.)