The 'gold card' a few posts above reminded me of working in a cinema when a huge film was newly out (think one of the Harry Potters or star wars or something), and we had huge queues snaking out into the main lobby for people waiting to go into the (completely full) screen. Someone came up to me and asked "We have premier seats, do we still have to queue?" "Yes, sorry, your payment of an additional 50p only entitles you to a slightly wider seat in a central position in the screen, not some sort of celebrity priority and personal escort to bypass the rest of the peasants"
Also as above, trying to get people to move when the fire alarm went off was impossible. If they were in the screen they would just continue to sit there blinking stupidly despite the fact the film stopped, the screen went blank, lights came up, an ear splitting siren was going off, the fire exits lit up, and an announcement came on telling them to evacuate. They would literally wait until a member of staff came in to make them leave. If they were still in the lobby I swear they'd prefer to burn alive rather than lose their space in the queue. Particularly awful given staff weren't supposed to leave themselves until we were sure anyone was out so they were happy to let 16 year old kids endanger themselves.
Then of course there were all the random bodily fluids, in the toilets, in the screens, the people who shagged through the films, people who wanted a refund because they didn't enjoy a film, people who wanted admittance to an 18 showing but to then pay a child's price ticket, people who didn't understand the concept of a cinema "Are you showing Titanic?" "No, that came out 15 years ago." "Okay, um, can I watch Gone with the Wind?" "No. We are only showing the select films listed on the large screen in front of you, and advertised outside which you would have had to walk past. You don't request any random film and we put it on for you."