To be annoyed I was accused of recording in cinema

[Welcometonewyork]

Yes I was my phone for a short while as I had received an important email. I think if most of been when they came in to do the checks as she looked toward me then the team leader came in and told me to put my phone away. Aibu to think surely they can tell the difference between a person using their phone and recording and it’s a pretty big to accuse someone of it

The last post about someone using their phone in the cinema and being told off (by a 12 year old) got the same

And then everyone was accused of "piling on" and "bullying" the OP

It doesn't sound like you were accused of anything, just asked to put your phone away.

Good for them. It can't have been quick if you were still using it when the supervisor came. Don't go to the pictures if you need to deal with emails.

Another entitled individual who feels they are more important than everyone else.

You should leave the movie if you want to check your phone. It's not fair on everyone else who's paid to watch it.

If you were expecting an email THAT important that you had to instantly read or reply, then you shouldnt have been in the cinema.

Cinema is a shared experience and you were inconsiderate.

If this is a genuine post, my guess is that OP was gawping at her phone for ages, it was disturbing other people, and the attendant told her to turn it off, at which the OP said “But I’m checking my important email” and the attendant then explained “Sorry, we can’t allow phones to be on in case people use them to record the film.”

However, even if the attendant said “Turn your phone off or get out, you film-pirating arsehole” the OP would still be entirely in the wrong, so it’s a moot point.

Don’t look at your phone at the cinema. It’s twatty.

Your important email will still be there after the movie... Imagine how people used to hear news...waiting for letters!
It's so annoying when people go on their phone in the cinema.

This. Rude and entitled.

So bloody rude to be on your phone in the cinema. Annoying for other people with the screen lit up. If emails are that important then stay home. It is a joke that people can't go for an hour or two without having to constantly check their emails. Can't think how we all survived before smart phones.

ok, fair enough. You get that OP?

So sick of the rude, entitled behaviour from arseholes who think they can do what they want and everyone else has to put up and shut up.

Good on the cinema staff. I wish they would come in more often and check in our local one, some tosser always gets their phone out at some point, taking your attention away from the screen as their dazzling phone screen blinks at you from several rows away.

OP never came back. Colour me shocked.

Is it legal to have a gun in a public place in Florida? I despair.

You were in the wrong, own up and accept that like an adult instead of trying to make out others are in the wrong. You sound like a petulant child.

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What on earth?? Do these men not know how to find porn on the internet?
That is a whole new level of inept men 😂

Nobody "accused" you of anything.

They asked you to put your phone away in the cinema.

Good for them.

Once had someone give me a similar excuse when I asked them to put their phone away in the cinema. They were waiting for an important message because their grandmother was on her deathbed. Perhaps not the time to be watching Pirates of the Caribbean then!

You were being annoying. If it’s that important then go outside or don’t go in the first place. You knew it was wrong, you did it anyway. Be an adult.

Getting your phone out in a cinema to check emails is seriously inconsiderate, selfish behaviour. It’s dark. Nobody wants to see your illuminated phone screen in use when they’ve paid to see a film. You needed to leave the screening room. I’m glad the member of staff had a word with you!

Ha, yes

This. Mega rude

How could you not have said something?
That would have driven me mad.
I'd have been off fuming to the nearest attendant who'd hopefully kick them out!

Any chance I could get the name of the cinema? If there’s actually a chain enforcing phone bans, I want to start going there!

Is it legal to have a gun in a public place in Florida? I despair

As far as I can remember there were signs say 'no guns' in the cinema but they weren't legally enforceable. Same as the signs saying 'no phones' I suppose.

Yabu for being on your phone in a cinema

This is the second thread about someone in the cinema being on the phone in a week