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Teenager at cinema

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Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:32

So yesterday I took the kids to the cinema. I was awaiting an important phone call so about 15 minutes into the film I quickly checked my phone to see if I'd missed it. Girl behind, about 12-13, tapped me on the shoulder and told me to put my phone away.

I didn't know whether to applaud her guts or call her a CF. I know the rules but it was a quick glance and I'm a grown adult!!?

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EmmaEmerald · 10/04/2024 18:51

I love her 🥰

SausageRoll2020 · 10/04/2024 18:50

Good on her. There is hope for Gen Alpha afterall!

Houseinawood · 10/04/2024 18:50

OlympicProcrastinator · 10/04/2024 18:35

She’s a legend. To be fair she had no idea you’d be quick so she wasn’t going to wait to find out.

Good for her!

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Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:50

takealettermsjones · 10/04/2024 18:49

Surely you'd sort the hearing aids before the film started, so as not to disturb other customers. 🤨

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Jesus! Not if I don't know how loud the fucking film will be!!!!

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Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:49

I find people rustling food really bloody annoying but I guess there are no rules about that. I'm happy for people to tell me she was right as she was. It's like she was waiting though. I'd barely checked the screen (in my bag, so not full view) and boom, she was there.

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takealettermsjones · 10/04/2024 18:49

Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:47

I thought the same tbh.

I normally wear hearing aids and they are controlled via my phone, in terms of sensitivity and sound dynamics. I wasn't wearing them as I had a battery issue with one. If I'd been sorting the hearing aids I would not have been happy.

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Surely you'd sort the hearing aids before the film started, so as not to disturb other customers. 🤨

Iconicbrand · 10/04/2024 18:48

Good for her. Bright lights from phones are very distracting. As a grown adult you should know better.

takealettermsjones · 10/04/2024 18:47

She's my hero 🤩

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Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:47

BettyShagter · 10/04/2024 18:45

Ouch! 🤣🤣

She had a fair point, but I hope she doesn't pick the wrong person next time and get a mouthful of abuse.

I thought the same tbh.

I normally wear hearing aids and they are controlled via my phone, in terms of sensitivity and sound dynamics. I wasn't wearing them as I had a battery issue with one. If I'd been sorting the hearing aids I would not have been happy.

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AhBiscuits · 10/04/2024 18:47

Good for her. I normally just quietly fume at the selfish pricks who get their phone out during films.

Screamingabdabz · 10/04/2024 18:46

People who ‘check’ their phone in the cinema make me murderous. I say this as someone who ignored multiple buzzes and texts through a crappy film - it was my DH telling me my son was in emergency surgery. Seeing a phone screen in the dark is so distracting and ruins the whole point of paying for a ticket.

YABU and well done that girl!

MrsSkylerWhite · 10/04/2024 18:45

Good for her.

Would you be questioning an adult if they had done this?

Mrsttcno1 · 10/04/2024 18:45

Good for her honestly, grown adults are still required to follow the rules you know?

BettyShagter · 10/04/2024 18:45

Ouch! 🤣🤣

She had a fair point, but I hope she doesn't pick the wrong person next time and get a mouthful of abuse.

BestMug · 10/04/2024 18:44

Good for her, can't stand people who look at their phones in the cinema. It's incredibly bright for others, really distracting and rude.

OrigamiOwls · 10/04/2024 18:44

I'm impressed with her gumption tbh!

A bright phone screen in a cinema screen is annoying for everyone else.

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Mryjkf · 10/04/2024 18:42

I'd planned to walk out of the cinema room and take the call in the space outside.... obviously not sit and chat while the film was on.

I had no choice over the timing of the call as it was a medical issue.

I know she was right but I still think she had more front than Brighton! Her dad was sat right next to her telling her to stop!

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Pepsiisbetterthancoke · 10/04/2024 18:42

Good for her. There is only one CF in this scenario and it’s not the girl

Expecting an “important” call - don’t go to the cinema

Priminister · 10/04/2024 18:40

She was 100% in the right and YABU. If the ‘important phone call’ came while you were in the cinema, what had you planned to do?

TextureSeeker · 10/04/2024 18:37

It seems a strange move to go to the cinema where you know phones aren't allowed when you are expecting an important phone call. You know you were in the wrong, it doesn't matter the age of the person that corrected you.

OlympicProcrastinator · 10/04/2024 18:35

She’s a legend. To be fair she had no idea you’d be quick so she wasn’t going to wait to find out.