I got banned from a theater for telling people to shut up

My wife and I went to the movies last night. Packed theater. Fine.

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A group of loud teenagers came in after the movie had already started, sat behind us, kicked my seat, and talked loudly the entire time. Jokes. Screaming. Laughing. I couldn’t hear half the film.

I finally said “shhh.” Others did too. They ignored it.

Eventually I turned around and said, “Can you please be quiet? You’ve been talking through the whole movie.”

They told me to shut up.

They got an employee. Lied. Said I was disruptive. My wife and I were escorted out. No refund. And I was banned from the theater entirely.

I hate teenagers in movies. I hate theaters that reward bad behavior. And I hate that now I have to drive an hour just to watch a film because someone couldn’t sit quietly for two hours.

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